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ACLU to RI police chiefs: traffic ticket quotas are against the law
In response to recent news reports indicating that some local police departments may be implementing traffic ticket quotas among their ranks, the ACLU of Rhode Island has sent letters to all Rhode Island police chiefs reminding them of a...
Invenergy power plant application delayed 90 days by EFSB
The Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) has delayed Invenergy's application to build a $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant in the pristine forests of northwest Rhode Island by 90 days to give Conservation Law Foun...
Narragansett Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas says Invenergy will not be taking water from Charlestown in a letter to tribe
In a letter from Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas to the Narragansett Indian Tribe (NIT), introduced to the Rhode Island Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) this morning, Thomas claimed that the water deal he struck with Invenergy does not...
Rhode Island's Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally
A coalition of progressive groups held a “Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally” at the Rhode Island State House Saturday to protest the GOP tax bill currently making its way through Congress. The rally was spearheaded by Indivisible Rhode Islan...
The 21st annual Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange
The Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange set up on the Rhode Island State House lawn across from the Providence Place Mall today as it has done on the day after Thanksgiving for the last 21 years. "The event was started as a protest agai...
A letter from Siham Byah, now in ICE custody
I am writing these lines from the Bristol County Jail, where I was brought upon my unjust, unwarranted, and uncalled for ambush-style arrest on Tuesday November 7th at the ICE headquarters where I was asked to come in prior to my origina...
The Special Legislative Commission to study the Energy Facilities Siting Act begins hearings
[caption id="attachment_3110" align="alignright" width="198"] Cale Keable[/caption] The House convened the Special Legislative Commission to study the Energy Facilities Siting Act for the first time Tuesday. This first meeting was strict...
Saturday: Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally at State House
On November 25, a coalition of progressive groups will hold a “Kill the Trump Tax Bill Rally” at the State House on Saturday at 11am. to protest the GOP tax bill currently making its way through Congress. The rally is being led by Indivi...
PUC approves affordable utility restoration
The George Wiley Center turned out in force at the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Tuesday morning in what has become an annual tradition: Encouraging the commission to enable affordable utility service restoration for Rho...
Invenergy objects to disclosure, files to protect some info from public
There was a flurry of motions, objections and supplemental testimony released from parties litigating before the Energy Facilities Siting Board (EFSB) about Invenergy's $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant Invenergy...