The Rhode Island ACLU released a report on Friday analyzing the “red flag” legislation (H7688 / S2492) being fast tracked through the General Assembly that would “allow family members and law enforcement officers to petition …
Attorney General Peter Kilmartin has announced his opposition to Invenergy‘s planned $1 billion fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant aimed at the pristine forests in the north west corner of Rhode island. Here’s …
Below is a summary – prepared by ACLU of Rhode Island volunteer attorney Lynette Labinger – of today’s court conference before Judge William Smith in the ACLU’s challenge to the state law which caps the …
“We have been involved in preparing this lawsuit because as an outreach program, our work centers on helping people who are street homeless – including registered sex offenders – access housing, shelter, and supportive services,” …
Greater weight should be given to public input. The size of the board should be greater than three members. Fossil fuel power plants should be automatically disallowed. Environmental impact statements should be mandatory. These are …
Governor Gina Raimondo declined to answer any of my numerous inquiries about Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) Chair Jennifer Cervenka or National Grid‘s liquefaction project, and also refused to meet with the NoLNGinPVD Coalition ahead …
The Special Legislative Committee to Study the Energy Facilities Siting Act held its second meeting on Thursday, December 7 in the Rhode Island State House. The meeting consisted of two presentations, the first from Michael …
As of this writing, four more elected state representatives, Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence), Marcia Ranglin-Vassel (Democrat, District 5, Providence), John Lombardi (Democrat, District 8, Providence) and Susan Donovan (Democrat, District 69, Bristol) signed onto …
No other state in New England has passed even one preemptive labor law. Rhode Island has passed two. Writing for the Economic Policy Institute, Marni von Wilbert defines “preemption” as “a situation in which a …
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