NO FINES OR CITATIONS were issued under Rhode Island's mandate requiring proof of vaccination or indoor masking that was first announced by Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Dec. 15. / AP FILE PHOTO/DAVID J. PHILLIP
PROVIDENCE – While an executive order signed by Gov. Daniel J. McKee in December empowered a task force to issue $500 fines against violators of a state mask or proof-of-vaccination mandate, no businesses or organizations have been cited or fined. Even as hundreds of businesses and other venues have been investigated by the state task…