RI to ease restrictions on funerals, gyms; restaurant capacity increased Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal / Sandor Published Caption: Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor [The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo] Original Caption: Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that up to 30 people would be allowed at indoor wakes. That change applies to indoor funerals and memorial services at funeral homes; indoor wakes remain capped at 15 people.
PROVIDENCE Rhode Island will begin incremental easing of capacity limits on restaurants, gyms and funerals starting Friday, Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor said at the state s weekly coronavirus briefing.
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Rally at ACI identifies inmate who died Feb. 9, calls for guards to follow protocols Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal © Katie Mulvaney/The Providence Journal One of the buildings at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston that Sunday s car-rally organizers included in their protest.
CRANSTON A car rally Sunday afternoon renewed the cry for decarceration and called for corrections officers to be held accountable for not following protocols.
The weekly rally was held this time in memory of the inmate who died Feb. 9 in medium security, identified by organizers as Jose Franco.
ACI officials have not confirmed that the inmate was Franco, but court records show that Jose Franco, 46, who was returned to the ACI in July as a violator of the terms of his release, was deceased. He had been arrested Feb. 19, 2020, by Cranston police for failing, as a sexual offender, to notify police of his change of address. The judge suspended two years and gave him
Political Scene: By day, some RI lawmakers work for big players at State House Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © SANDOR BODO, The Providence Journal Published Caption: Facing softer-than-anticipated revenue from sports gambling and other sources, and with proposed spending outpacing projected revenue by as much as $160 million in the budget year that begins July 1, lawmakers over the next few weeks will work through the Raimondo administration s budget with an eye toward pruning. [The Providence Journal, file / Sandor Bodo] Original Caption: ORG XMIT: picture page of views from the dome of the State House 6. DOMEVIEWS 7 SB - View of the State House from the south during a dark sky/bright light moment. [The Providence Journal, file / Sandor Bodo]