Continued good news.
MN: “Minnesota’s COVID restrictions to end May 28, mask mandate July 1” [Star Tribune]. “A mask-wearing mandate for public indoor spaces will end no later than July 1 in Minnesota and COVID-19 restrictions on business capacities and gathering sizes will end by May 28 under a plan announced Thursday by Gov. Tim Walz. The first step on Friday will include an immediate expansion on the sizes of indoor and outdoor gatherings, and an end to early closing times for bars and restaurants, but all such limits will be eliminated by May 28 ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. The mask-wearing requirement could be lifted before July 1 if the state can increase the rate of Minnesotans who have received COVID-19 vaccine from 59% to 70%. ‘As cases recede, more people get vaccinated every day, and vaccines are readily available to all who want it,’ Walz said. ‘We can now confidently and safely set out our path back to normal.’ The change comes as other states such
By Dave Smith
May 6, 2021
Otisville, N.Y. - Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is going back to prison. His request for community placement has been denied.
Silver is due to return to prison as soon as this afternoon. Silver was released earlier this week while awaiting a potential placement on home confinement.
The 77-year-old is serving a six-year sentence on corruption charges.
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In this May 11, 2018 photo, former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves federal court in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
NEW YORK (AP) Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has been released from a federal prison on furlough while he awaits potential placement to home confinement, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Silver, 77, began serving his more than six-year sentence at a prison in Otisville, New York, in August, after years of fending off going behind bars in a corruption case.
He has been released to his home while awaiting a final decision on whether he can serve the rest of his sentence there in home confinement, the person said. The person was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.