RIPTA: Masks Optional, Mandate Debated
By: Rob Borkowski on April 22, 2022 in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE — Masks remain an effective protection against spread of COVID-19, and while RIPTA encourages you to use one on their buses if you want, and experts advise using them […]
RIPTA: Federal Public Travel Mask Mandate Extended
By: Rob Borkowski on April 15, 2022 in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) has announced the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has extended the federal mandate requiring face masks to be worn when using public […]
School Mask Rule Ends March 1, Indoor Rule Ends Friday
By: Joe Siegel on February 9, 2022 in COVID-19, News to You, Schools
WARWICK, RI – If Gov. Dan McKee gets an extension on his executive order mask rule from the General Assembly, Rhode Island will end the mask mandate for schools next […]
School Mask Update Due, COVID Rate Tops 8%
By: Rob Borkowski on in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI— Gov. Dan McKee promises an update on RI’s school mask mandate as Connecticut prepares to drop its own, though the percent positivity rate, 8.4 percent excceds the 5 […]
McKee: Masks, Or Vaccinations, Required in RI Monday
By: Rob Borkowski on December 16, 2021 in COVID-19, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The state’s 5 percent COVID-19 positive rate is expected to increase with the more contagious Omicron variant, so masks and vaccines will be required in most indoor […]
RI School Masks Continue, Pilgrim COVID-19 Spikes
By: Rob Borkowski on November 15, 2021 in COVID-19, Schools
PROVIDENCE, RI — The COVID-19 Delta Variant, twice as contagious as the original, is highly spread in RI, so Gov. Dan McKee has extended a school masks mandate and declared […]
School Committee Ignores Masks During COVID-19 Review
By: Joe Siegel on August 11, 2021 in COVID-19, Schools
WARWICK, RI – The CDC has ordered students and drivers must wear masks on school buses this fall, and advises they keep them on in class, but the Warwick School […]