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Look for the General Assembly to flex its muscles on the Lifespan-Care New England merger Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation that would revise the Hospital Conversions Act Updated February 26, 2021, 9:13 a.m. Email to a Friend Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey a Warwick Democrat, during the swearing in ceremony at Rhode Island College in January 2021.Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff If you have friends or relatives who would...

Restaurants filled with diners past 10:30 P.M. on Friday for the first time in months. “It’s a shot in the arm,” said Owner at the Thirsty Beaver Ed Brady. The Department of Health originally announced Thursday the state curfew would be lifted starting next week, but restaurants lobbied to make it more immediate. “When they said they wanted to do it Sunday, our big question was well why? Why do we need to wait?” said Rick Simone of the Federal Hill Commerce Association. “We only nee...

COVID-related restaurant curfews end today (not Sunday) in R.I. Here’s what else local leaders say the restaurant industry would like to see By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated January 29, 2021, 8:54 a.m. Email to a Friend A sign requiring a face mask at SpeakEasy Bar & Grill on May 09, 2020 in Newport, Rhode Island.Maddie Meyer/Getty If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can LEADING OFF Happy Friday an...

As Mass. ends restaurant curfews, will R.I. diners take their business across the border? ‘We’re proud Massachusetts was able to make this change, but we’re not naive to the fact that Rhode Island businesses will hurt because of it,’ said one Cranston lawmaker and local business owner. By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated January 26, 2021, 4:33 p.m. Email to a Friend Passersby walked past an empty restaurant in Providence in May 2020.Steven Senne/Associated Press PROVIDENCE �...

GOV. GINA M. Raimondo announced Tuesday that Rhode Island has used all of its $1.25 billion in CARES Act funds. / COURTESY R.I. CAPITOL TV PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is on track to spend every dollar of the states $1.25 billion slice of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds, and before the Dec. 30 deadline, said Gov. Gina M. Raimondo Tuesday during her weekly coronavirus press conference. On Monday evening, Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package�...