Judge allows Shekarchi’s bid for R.I. Supreme Court seat
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi may seek a seat on the R.I. Supreme Court without violating the state’s Code of Ethics, Superior...
More than 24 states sue Trump administration after it put conditions...
BOSTON (AP) – More than two dozen states, including Rhode Island, on Thursday sued the Trump administration for requiring them to comply with election...
ACLU calls on municipalities to beef up public meeting policies
PROVIDENCE – The state’s Open Meetings Act says that deliberations by local elected officials “be performed in an open and public manner.”
However, according to...
Election26: Providence mayoral candidates debate housing, public safety
PROVIDENCE – Housing affordability was the defining divide Tuesday as incumbent Mayor Brett P. Smiley and state Rep. David Morales offered competing visions for...
Judge’s ruling in Shekarchi’s bid to quash ethics probe expected in...
WARWICK – The fate of the state Ethics Commission’s investigation into whether former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi can join the R.I. Supreme Court...
PBN recognizes 40 Under Forty honorees
WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 22nd annual 40...
Report: Richmond man gets suspended sentence in animal cruelty case; 22...
RICHMOND – A local man pleaded no contest to animal cruelty charges during a pretrial hearing on July 15 and received a suspended sentence.
Dylan...
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R.I. federal judge denies Trump’s emergency stay request in asylum application...
A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday left intact his ruling from last month blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on processing asylum applications from...
2 Dominican nationals sentenced for fraudulently obtaining federal benefits
PROVIDENCE – Two Dominican nationals have each been sentenced to time in federal prison for stealing identities of American citizens to fraudulently obtain Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
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