The City of Providence cannot pick and choose when to apply an ordinance against residential picketing says Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island. If the City is going to allow protesters …
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed S2678a, which will allow DACA recipients to continue driving legally in Rhode Island. The DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program has been terminated by President Donald Trump, leaving thousands …
A new analysis of law enforcement traffic stops found that a “total of 11.4 percent of motorists stopped were observed to be Black and 13 percent to be Hispanic. The analysis found that stopped motorists …
The ACLU of Massachusetts has filed a class action lawsuit against President Donald Trump, United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials, and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, on behalf of Rhode …
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 …
Representative Shelby Maldonado‘s legislation, H7982, was heard in the House Committee on Judiciary late Tuesday evening. The legislation, the first of its kind in the country, is intended to “provide continued employability and drivers licenses …
Providence County is the only location in the United States that will be conducting a test run ahead of the 2020 Census.
Once we push past the emotive testimony of those who lost loved ones to overdose and are seeking some form of justice for what happened – once we push past the election year posturing of …
When Stephanie Rubio was eight her 14 year-old brother was tried as an adult for murder. Her brother will not get parole because “not only is he an immigrant, but his first couple of years …
“The ACLU of Rhode Island appreciates the severity of the allegations that have been leveled against [Senator Nicholas Kettle] in Friday’s indictment. At the same time, we are alarmed at the apparent haste by which …
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