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CENTRAL FALLS -- Several community groups will gather in Central Falls this afternoon to protest millions of dollars in budget cuts that take effect today, the first day of the state's fiscal year.

The rally, which is being organized by the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless, starts at 2 p.m. Speakers will include adults slated to lose health care coverage, welfare recipients who will be subject to tighten time limits, and representatives from nonprofit groups whose state funding was cut in half in the state budget approved by the General Assembly and signed by the governor late last month.

Seeking to close a $425-million budget deficit, lawmakers cut in half state funding for programs such as Meals on Wheels, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the Crossroads homeless shelter.

-- Steve Peoples, Journal State House Bureau

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Greg said:

Shouldn't these people who are crying about reduced benefits be at WORK at two in the afternoon?

Link | July 1, 2008 12:41 PM
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Jane said:

Greg, they're community groups....I assume the protesters WORK for the community groups and will do this during their working hours.

Link | July 1, 2008 1:49 PM
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