Amid mask fight, some returning lawmakers asked to take COVI

PROVIDENCE— On their first day back from a six-month break, Rhode Island lawmakers approved— and Gov. Dan McKee signed into law— $119 million in federal windfall spending, including a flurry of election-year "bonuses" for select groups of workers. In the Senate, the returning lawmakers found rapid COVID-19 test kits on their office desks, which they were asked to...

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