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ACLU files brief challenging Federal Immigration Mandates on receipt of law enforcement funds
The ACLU has filed a “friend of the court” brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston in support of a legal challenge brought by the cities of Providence and Central Falls to a United States Department of...
Rhode Island Economic Development Strategy comes under fire for being paid for by corporate lobbyists
"When people are paying your salary it affects the decisions that you make around policy," said Senator Sam Bell. "And I think that the ethics principles that guide not taking money from corporate interests - and the Chambers of Commerce...
A conversation with Attorney General Peter Neronha at the 49th Annual Meeting of Common Cause Rhode Island
"Attorney General Barr, I've only met him once," said Neronha. "for about an hour or so and I'm still not sure what to make of him… As Attorney General it's really important to separate politics from what it is you do on a day-to-day bas...
City councilors urge empathy and community solidarity for relocated NYC families experiencing homelessness
Four city councilors representing three Rhode Island cities today issued a letter in support of six families relocated from New York City to Rhode Island. Pawtucket City Councilmember Meghan Kallman (Ward 5), Providence City Councilmembe...
Attorney General Neronha opens up on the grand jury not indicting Wyatt correctional officers
"What the prosecutors were trying to get at there, and what the issue there is, what is going through the minds of those correctional officers at the time they deployed the pepper spray? It is one thing to deploy pepper spray when no one...
#NationalizeGrid action at Governor Raimondo's home
First printed on the Providence DSA website. Reprinted with permission. On Saturday, November 2nd, members of the Providence chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (ProvDSA) and the George Wiley Center marched to and picketed ou...
Opportunity Zones, embraced by Trump and Raimondo, exploit low-income communities and enrich billionaires
"...the federal government has left the future of neighborhoods up to developers and investors alone, and given them the opportunity to remake cities however they please, meaning however it is profitable. This vision does not typically i...
Governor Raimondo meets with Aquidneck Island elected officials to discuss DPUC report and energy reliability
"What I know to be true, and what I feel firmly about, is that the ratepayers in Rhode Island will not and should not bear the costs for [National Grid and Enbridge's] mistakes," said Governor Gina Raimondo. Rhode Island Governor Gina Ra...
Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance (AMOR) delivers letters to Wyatt bondholders
"We call on all investment firms that serve as bondholders for the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island to divest from this institution and stop profiting off of dehumanization and family separation," said Arely Diaz of AMOR in a state...
Report: Despite mandatory Rhode Island law, family court only orders firearm surrender from domestic abusers one-third of the time
“Guns and domestic abuse are a deadly combination and we’ve seen firsthand how the Family Court can make a difference in dangerous situations,” said Melissa Power, a volunteer with the Rhode Island chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun S...