As mass shootings roil the country, Rhode Island debates gun safety laws again
The proposed legislation includes banning assault rifles and high-capacity magazines, prohibiting straw purchases, allowing people to carry handguns without a permit, and allowing people with permits in other states to also carry in Rhode Island.
By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 1 hour ago
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In West Warwick, a Glock pistol on display at Heritage Gun & Coin.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â They each had their own studies, their own interpretations of data, their own passionate opinions on what, if anything, could be done to prevent gun violence.
Report recommends new department to shift responsibilities from Providence police
A NEW REPORT recommends ways to cut costs and improve efficiencies in the Providence Police Department, including creating a new Office of Neighborhood Services to coordinate and handle more community and social service-related needs.
PROVIDENCE – The city could cut costs, improve services and make its police and fire departments more efficient by creating a new department to coordinate and respond to social service-related needs.
This was the primary conclusion of a nearly 200-page report published on Tuesday analyzing the city’s Department of Public Safety budget and operations. Mayor Jorge O. Elorza in September announced plans to hire a consultant, the Public Financial Management’s Center for Justice and Safety Finance, to review and recommend ways to improve city public safety in response to a growing movement calling for municipalities to defund their police departments.
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza joins a canvassing effort to sign residents up for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in the city s hardest-hit community.City of Providence
PROVIDENCE â Given the chance to register for a COVID-19 vaccine appointment from his perch behind the front counter of his fatherâs fast-food joint, Hadaitullah Amini, 23, didnât hesitate.
âI thought Iâd be the last person in Rhode Island to be able to get it,â he said.
Amini, who helps run Crown Fried Chicken on Broad Street in one of Providenceâs hardest-hit neighborhoods, has been patiently waiting to sign up for a vaccine. He deals with the public daily in an area where more than 18 percent of nearby residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at some point in the last year. Many of his customers do not wear face coverings â some by choice, others because they donât have access to any.
R.I. sets goal to get first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of those eligible by May 15
Updated at 2:19 p.m. on April 8, 2021.
CASES OF COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 360 on Wednesday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
PROVIDENCE – State officials laid out the groundwork Thursday during their weekly COVID-19 press conference for large-scale events to incrementally return in Rhode Island.
Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Department of Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott stated that Rhode Island is setting a goal to administer at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of all Rhode Islanders ages 16 and older by May 15.
Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz will run for R.I. governor in 2022
The Pawtucket resident ran as an independent in 2018 but plans to challenge Dan McKee as a Democrat next year
By Edward Fitzpatrick Globe Staff,Updated April 7, 2021, 5:38 p.m.
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Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz speaks during a news conference at the Rhode Island State House on March 25.Edward Fitzpatrick
PROVIDENCE â Dr. Luis Daniel Muñoz, who ran for governor as an independent in 2018, plans to announce on Thursday that he will run again in 2022 â this time as a Democrat.
Muñoz, a member of the state Equity Council, was one of the leaders who called for the state to hold clinics to boost the vaccination rate in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities. He told the Globe that he is running for governor because he believes Rhode Island needs leaders who will place greater emphasis on matters of health equity, affordable housing, and environmental justice.