Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo today signed an executive order protecting Net Neutrality a day after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rescinded federal regulations protecting internet users.
In his latest update on the state’s compliance with a court order designed to ensure the timely provision of food stamp assistance to needy families, Special Master Deming Sherman indicated that the Rhode Island Department …
The first meeting of Rhode Island State Representative Teresa Tanzi‘s Special Legislative Commission to Study Unlawful Sexual Harassment in the Workplace met on Tuesday.
Providence County is the only location in the United States that will be conducting a test run ahead of the 2020 Census.
Rhode Island’s parentage laws are woefully out of date. The statutes were enacted in 1979, and have not been revised or updated much since that time. Some parts of Rhode Island’s parentage laws are archaic …
Lobbyists for Internet Service Providers descended upon the Rhode Island House Committee on Corporations Tuesday evening to make the case that they fully support net neutrality and promise to abide by a policy supporting an …
On Tuesday, net neutrality bills are getting a public hearing at the State House, and it’s a good opportunity for members of the public to speak or show support for an effort that could preserve …
House Bill 7182, “takes up where we left off in 2011,” said Representative Edith Ajello (Democrat, District 1, Providence). “In 2011 we made it illegal for pregnant prisoners at the ACI [Adult Correctional Institutions] to …
Senator Louis DiPalma (Democrat, District 12, Little Compton, Middletown) and Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) introduced legislation today to combat the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s recent decision to do away with Net …
“What if somebody told you that being a serial graffiti artist could get you a longer prison sentence than being a serial drunk driver,” begins a new ACLU of Rhode Island report. “That you could …
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