American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island

Lawsuit against Brown University sparks debate on campus police secrecy at...

Education 09/30/2025

PROVIDENCE (AP) – A new lawsuit against Brown University has renewed questions surrounding the secrecy afforded many law enforcement officers employed by private colleges and...

After winning over House for second year, fate of election deepfakes...

Government 05/09/2025

ChatGPT was hardly a household name when Rep. Jacquelyn Baginski first pitched state regulations limiting artificial intelligence in elections in January 2024. Seventeen months later, the AI-powered...

PROVIDENCE may have the policies of a "sanctuary city," but leaders would rather not refer to it that way. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

For local leaders, ‘sanctuary’ has become a word to avoid

Editor's Choice 03/21/2025

Rhode Island and its capital city may have adopted policies that limit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities in many cases,...

Appeal of state’s $15B Medicaid contract highlights secrecy of process

Economic Activity 08/27/2024

It’s hard to make a case without all the facts. Which is why the two health insurance companies denied a piece of the state’s $15.5 billion, five-year...

Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?

Government 08/23/2024

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....

Is holding an R.I. constitutional convention a danger?

Government 08/02/2024

As Rhode Island undertakes its once-a-decade tradition of deliberating whether the state should hold a constitutional convention, a unified opposition and scattered proponents have...

THE AMERICAN Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island’s class action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of New England Inc. can move forward, a Superior Court judge has ruled.

Judge denies request to dismiss data breach lawsuit against RIPTA, UnitedHealthcare

Law 11/30/2023

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc.'s class action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and UnitedHealthcare of...

R.I. election panel opts not to delve back into Matos signature...

Elections 09/13/2023

That was fast. After monthslong discussion of signature fraud on Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos’ congressional campaign nomination papers, a state elections panel put the controversy...