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HEALTH KICK: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has focused much of his attention during his tenure in office on the state’s health care system. He says it remains a top priority for the final 18 months of his term. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
READY TO CAMPAIGN?: Term-limited ­Attorney ­General Peter 
F. Neronha says he’ll decide this summer whether he’ll run for governor next year. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
AT IT AGAIN: State Rep. Karen Alzate, D-Pawtucket, says the first bill she filed this legislative session was one that would restrict payday lenders, a measure that some legislators have been trying to get passed for more than a decade. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

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,”...
CENTURION FOUNDATION's bid to purchase Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence, shown above, and Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence has received conditional approvals from Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and the R.I. Department of Health. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
THE FATE of Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, pictured above, and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence is at stake as state regulators consider Centurion Foundation’s proposal to buy the company that operates the two hospitals. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER

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...
THE ANNUAL GUN CRIMES REPORT issued by Attorney General Peter Neronha on Monday offers a breakdown of gun-related prosecutions in state courts through 2022.  PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

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...
RI ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter Neronha says he intends to go back to the General Assembly next winter and try again to get additional state funds so his office can beef up its Antitrust Division and concentrate more on multistate litigation against companies. / COURTESY/RI ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

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...
BENDING BUT MAYBE BROKE: Rhodes Technologies in Coventry – along with parent Purdue Pharma – was the location of a February protest against its role in the opioid crisis, which was represented by a large spoon.  / COURTESY THE OPIOID SPOON PROJECT

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...
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