Tag: Attorney General
POWER SURGE: AG Neronha has asserted his authority in the name...
Peter F. Neronha is in the homestretch of his second – and final – term as Rhode Island’s attorney general, and his workload is...
Term-limited AG has full plate as he mulls gubernatorial run
Rhode Island’s activist attorney general, Peter F. Neronha, has lots of unfinished business as he hits the homestretch of his second and final term.
He’s...
Payday lender opponents renew legislative effort
Advocates for payday lending reform celebrated lin 2023 when the House voted overwhelmingly for a bill they believed would finally curtail so-called “payday lenders,”...
Sale of Fatima, Roger Williams hospitals gets conditional OK
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Health and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha Thursday gave preliminary approval for the sale of Roger Williams Medical...
Not everybody sold on the proposed Centurion hospital transaction in R.I.
Some view the Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital from Prospect Medical Holdings as a...
AG report: High-capacity magazines, ghost guns a problem
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Monday released the office’s required annual gun crimes report for the 2022 calendar year, the first...
Unions still powerful in R.I.
Labor unions may be losing power nationally, but they remain a strong presence locally, as a brewing dispute over beer delivery in the Ocean...
A strength test for gym contracts
The COVID-19 pandemic is fraying relations between fitness clubs, many of which are suffering financially, and some members who are enduring struggles of their...
Spend more, collect more from AG’s office?
R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha wants to be more aggressive in pursuing consumer protection and antitrust cases against big business, but says he...
Resolution for Rhodes, Purdue could take a while
This could be the year of reckoning for pharmaceutical companies over their sales and promotion of opiate painkillers, including a Rhode Island-based drug manufacturer...