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Lifespan-CNE merger draws concerns, support at first public comment meeting

Health Services 01/20/2022

PROVIDENCE – Providers, health care executives, union representatives and members of the public weighed in on the proposed merger between Lifespan Corp. and Care...

Study finds Lifespan-CNE merger would boost R.I. academic medicine industry

Education 01/11/2022

PROVIDENCE – An independent study commissioned by Brown University found that Rhode Island trails most of its neighboring states in the academic medicine industry. According...

ENHANCED ABILITIES: R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha says a new state law gives his office more power to pursue businesses accused of deceptive or unfair business practices. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

New R.I. law strengthens protection for consumers

Focus 10/29/2021

Bad drivers and a weak business climate aren’t the only measurements by which Rhode Island ranks poorly compared with other states. For nearly two decades,...

WAIT AND SEE: Attorney John L. Calcagni III says there are some gray legal areas when it comes to a new Rhode Island law that creates a pilot program for safe injection sites, or “harm reduction centers,” to counteract the opioid overdose crisis. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Legal questions loom for R.I.’s injection center law

Focus 08/20/2021

Combating the opioid overdose crisis is a cause with broad support. But a new Rhode Island law establishing a two-year pilot program for safe injection...

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY: A lawsuit filed on behalf of Roger Williams University law student Lindsay Koso was successful in persuading the R.I. Office of the Attorney General to waive a $225 fee when she requested copies of public records as part of research she was conducting for a law review article. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

RWU student scores win in open-records dispute

Education 05/28/2021

When second-year law student Lindsay Koso started working on an article for the Roger Williams University Law Review last fall, she had no idea...

Brown reaches agreement with AG to improve hate crime reporting process

Education 03/03/2021

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has reached a deal with R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha that will ensure that all alleged hate crimes on...

THE NAME GAME: Attorney Rob Levine, who branded himself the legal “Heavy Hitter,” says he is opposed to a requirement in Rhode Island that law firms use attorney’s names, not trade names, to identify firms. / COURTESY ANDREW FOGELL VUP MEDIA

Lawsuit targets R.I. restriction on law firm names

Focus 02/19/2021

Attorney Rob Levine knows the value of branding – after all, countless billboards and TV ads have touted Levine as the “Heavy Hitter” of...

R.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter F. Neronha has filed objections with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner over rate requests for 2021 made for the 2021 individual health insurance market. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

Neronha files objection to individual-market health insurance rate requests

Government 08/13/2020

PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has filed objections with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner related to rate-increase requests...

Johnston metal shredding company to pay $875K for alleged air pollution...

Natural Resources 08/12/2020

PROVIDENCE – SMM New England Corp., doing business as SIMS Metal Management, has been fined $875,000 for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act, Attorney...