Daily Briefing: Could wages be on the rise in RI

ALSO: One of the big players in Rhode Island's road projects is speaking out. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Fri Mar 29 2024 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at [The Providence Journal]( and this is the Daily Briefing. The debate over wages has reached the General Assembly with multiple bills being heard that could affect the pay rates for a number of Rhode Islanders. The one that most people may connect with involves tipped workers. Currently paid at a rate of $3.89 an hour the rate would rise to $15 an hour under the bill. The proposal brought out many voices against the measure, including at least one restauranteur who said the increase would cost him into the millions. Also on the docket is a bill to increase the state's minimum wage to $20. [04 RI labor] A server heads in to place an order at Plant City in Providence. David DelPoio/The Providence Journal, file How did legislators feel about these bills and what are the arguments for and against them? [The Journal's Wheeler Cowperthwaite has the details.]( • Over the years Journal columnist Mark Patinkin has told the story of Gisela Carrier and her family. Gisela was diagnosed with leukemia at age 8, overcame it, relapsed at 10 and finally was free of it again at 13. Just before she was about to turn 17, Gisela was killed while she sat in traffic with her mother and brother, when a man driving distracted slammed into their car. That man was sentenced recently and Mark was in the courtroom to capture the final chapter in Gisela's story. [When he was let off with probation, Gisela's family felt justice wasn't served.]( • Amid the turmoil of being fined for trucking in contaminated soil used in the 6/10 and their potential involvement in the Washington Bridge closure, [The Journal's Katherine Gregg and Patrick Anderson report "Barletta Heavy Division has gone to court in an attempt to restore its reputation]( and prove it was the victim of industrial espionage by a union with ties to its erstwhile rival in the construction industry, the now defunct Cardi Corp." • Could it be true? A weekend without rain? 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