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U.S. District Court clerks office to reopen Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal © File photo Published Caption: A judges gavel rests on a book of law. [File photo] Original Caption: A judges gavel rests on a book of law. PROVIDENCE — The clerk’s office in federal court in Rhode Island is reopening to the public on a limited basis for the first time since the outset of the COVID pandemic. Beginning June 1, the office will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and T...

Rhode Island man sentenced for 5 Massachusetts bank robberies Jack Perry, The Providence Journal © File photo Published Caption: A judges gavel rests on a book of law. [File photo] Original Caption: A judges gavel rests on a book of law. A Rhode Island man was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in prison for robbing five banks in the Greater Boston area in 2018, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office in Massachusetts. Dong Lee, 50, and a co-defendant, Charles Lamont Wh...

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 h...

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 Sundays 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 wa...

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 administrations budget with an eye towa...

RI Senate committee hears Act on Climate bill Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal © Daily News staff, incumbent Published Caption: State Sen. Dawn Euer will serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture when the 2021 legislative session begins. [FILE PHOTO] [incumbent] Original Caption: State Sen. Dawn Euer will serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture when the 2021 legislative session begins. [FILE PHOTO] PROVIDENCE —...

GOP response to Raimondo: RI still desperately needs turnaround Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © Patrick Anderson, Sandor Bodo, The Providence Jour Published Caption: Jessica de la Cruz, R-North Smithfield [Sandor Bodo, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Jessica de la Cruz, R-North Smithfield PROVIDENCE — From her own view as a Rhode Island Republican, Sen. Jessica de la Cruz sees a state still in need of a much bigger turnaround than departing Gov....

RI Governor Raimondo makes her case to become Bidens commerce secretary Katherine Gregg and Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo appeared virtually before a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday to pitch her qualifications for a promotion from Smith Hill to the political major leagues as President Joe Bidens commerce secretary. There was no immediate vote after the two-and-a-half-hour hearing that tested Democrat Raimondos knowledg...

GOP group, Fox News focusing on Raimondo ahead of Cabinet hearing Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © Brian Amaral, Kris Craig, The Providence Journ Published Caption: Raimondo [Kris Craig, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Raimondo PROVIDENCE — The day after Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo surfaced as then President-elect Joe Bidens pick for commerce secretary, a representative of the "unofficial research arm of the Republican Party"  began poking in...

This Just In: Raimondos future; vaccines in Central Falls Michael McDermott, The Providence Journal © Patrick Anderson, Kris Craig, The Providence Journ Published Caption: Raimondo [Kris Craig, The Providence Journal] Original Caption: Raimondo Good afternoon and welcome to This Just In. Im Mike McDermott, managing editor of The Providence Journal. Once again, we find ourselves transfixed by rumors about the future of Gov. Gina Raimondo, who is now said to be a candid...