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R.I.’s FY 27 budget overhauls determination of need laws

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's recently enacted fiscal year 2027 state budget brings significant changes to the state's determination of need laws, which supporters say...

R.I. Superior Court judge sides with property owners in shoreline access...

The R.I. General Assembly overstepped its bounds in drawing a line in the sand on shoreline access, a Washington County Superior Court judge ruled. The...
LINE IN THE SAND: Monica Teixeira de Sousa, a professor at the Roger Williams University School of Law, says the lawsuit against Rhode Island’s new shoreline access law has the potential to create a precedent that will either inspire similar challenges or have a chilling effect on other coastal property owners. 
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Ripple effect expected from legal challenge of shoreline law

It came as a surprise to few when, soon after shoreline access advocates celebrated the law’s passage in June, a group of coastal property...
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