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Attorney General files lawsuit against Woonsocket City Council alleging willful or knowing violation of open meetings law
"Given this history of repeated violations, the patent inadequacy of the agenda item, and the multiple admonishments provided to the City on this exact issue, together with the City Council’s discussion of substantive matters under the “...
With climate change looming, why is Rhode Island making public transportation less convenient?
"We have usurped funds for pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to build wider highways, we have ignored calls to redesign Route 10, and we are acting to make RIPTA more inconvenient for riders. In the face of the crisis we face, this i...
Rhode Islanders for Parentage Equality calls for fixing state's outdated Parentage Law so children aren’t left vulnerable
Parents and advocates launch new coalition to pass comprehensive parentage reform, saying families can’t keep waiting for the law to change. A coalition of Rhode Island parents, supported by stakeholder organizations and family advocates...
9-year old Ryan Kyote helped end lunch shaming in California
"I saw on the news about a little girl that was in line, she got her lunch and then the cafeteria person said, 'You don't have enough money so you need to give it back,'" said 10-year old Ryan Kyote. When Ryan Kyote arrived at the Rhode...
Sherrie Andre goes on trial in January for standing up to Sheriff Hodgson and ICE - and they need your help
"The most important thing to me is to make people aware that these 287(g) agreements and IGSA agreements exist in their own communities and that these agreements can be overturned at any time. You don't have to wait until their term is u...
AMOR disrupts State Treasurer meeting over State's continued business with Wyatt bondholders
"We are calling on you and this office to end your partnership with Invesco as just one of several investment firms that Rhode Island currently uses for the College Bound 529 plan. We believe it would be an assuredly easy cut to make in...
Never Again Action returns to the Wyatt Detention Facility
"It was the first prison to dabble in privatization and that is why closing it is such a of such great importance," said Kinverly Dicupe. "By closing the Wyatt, we will signal to the rest of America that the era of making money through p...
Community Safety Survey in Central Falls indicates 98.4 percent feel negatively towards the Wyatt
"Out of the folks that were surveyed, about 51.4 percent worry about immigration enforcement in their community," said Yanine Castedo, community organizer for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England and a member of the Immigrant Coali...
The next UHIP? A flawed system is endangering Rhode Island’s homeless
“It’s November, and we’re dealing with folks who are going to end up dying,” said Barbara Freitas, executive director of the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project (RIHAP). “It’s not, ‘they’re not going to get in for a few days and it’s...
Federal Judge holds first hearing in student lawsuit against State of Rhode Island
“What concerned me was that the lawyers who work for the Rhode Island Department of Education were saying that education is not a right, and they kept repeating it," said Symone Burrell, a 19-year-old now attending CCRI. "It’s kind of sc...