Tag: R.I. Office of the Attorney General
R.I. Board of Elections forwarding all of Matos’ nomination papers to...
CRANSTON – With a 5-1 vote during a lengthy executive session Friday, the R.I. Board of Elections is referring all congressional nomination papers submitted...
Centurion Foundation, Prospect Medical submit application for CharterCARE purchase
PROVIDENCE – Atlanta-based The Centurion Foundation and Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. announced Friday they have submitted an application to state regulators seeking approval for...
State lab error forces 52 cocaine cases to be retested
PROVIDENCE – Accidental cross-contamination during a quality control test at a state laboratory is calling into question hundreds of criminal cases involving cocaine.
The R.I....
NAACP Providence president charged with campaign finance violations
PROVIDENCE – A former Providence City Council candidate and newly elected president of the city’s chapter of the NAACP has been charged with violating...
What’s R.I.’s solution to prevent data breaches?
The state hasn’t been immune to major data breaches – the latest example being an R.I. Department of Health mishap that exposed the protected...
Racist material found on RIC campus, college investigating matter
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College has launched an investigation into finding those responsible who put several packets containing racist and homophobic materials that were...
In some investor scams, warning flags are waving
As a federal prosecutor, Lee H. Vilker deals with not only criminal defendants but the victims of those crimes.
Vilker, head of the criminal division...
Winter electric rate hikes approved despite protest
WARWICK – Historic electric rate hikes will prevail despite controversy, with state regulators approving the proposed rate increases Friday.
The R.I. Public Utilities Commission’s 3-0...
How should the state respond to Rhode Island Energy’s request to...
Blaming rising demand for natural gas, inflation and the war in Ukraine, Rhode Island Energy has proposed raising winter electric rates by an average...
McKee urges state regulators to offset proposed cost hikes to winter...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee is the latest state official to sound the alarm over skyrocketing winter electric rates.
In a letter shared publicly...
