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STUDENTS AND FAMILIES from the now-closed 360 High School in Providence have settled their federal lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Education and the Providence Public School District.

Settlement reached in closure of Providence high school

Education 07/17/2024

PROVIDENCE – Multilingual learner students from 360 High School and their families, the Providence Public School District and the R.I. Department of Education have...

360 High School students, families file lawsuit to keep school open

Education 04/23/2024

PROVIDENCE – Multilingual learner students who attend 360 High School and their parents have recently filed a federal lawsuit along with the Rhode Island...

Tenants, landlord reach interim settlement in right to organize case

Housing 02/06/2024

PAWTUCKET – A group of tenants and their landlord have reached an interim settlement following allegations that the landlord and his property management company...

R.I. ACLU, Center for Justice allege landlord violated tenants’ rights to...

Housing 12/29/2023

PAWTUCKET – Two nonprofits have filed a lawsuit against Warwick property management company Elmwood Realty, alleging that the business and its manager are illegally...

Lawsuit over alleged lack of special education services to young students...

Education 08/29/2023

PROVIDENCE – A settlement between the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc., the Rhode Island Center for Justice, the R.I. Department of Education...

THE RHODE ISLAND American Civil Liberties Union Inc. and the Rhode Island Center for Justice filed Monday a federal class-action lawsuit against the Providence Public School District and the R.I. Department of Education over allegations of the district not properly providing special education services to young children.

PPSD, RIDE sued over lack of special education services to young...

Government 07/17/2023

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc. and the Rhode Island Center for Justice on Monday announced they have filed a...

ADVOCATES FOR the unhoused say Rhode Island's "Homeless Bill of Rights" should have protected those camped out on the Statehouse lawn last month when Gov. Daniel J. McKee ordered them removed from the grounds. A Superior Court judge sided with McKee. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?

Economy 01/06/2023

Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...

ACLU, student advocate group pen letter opposing body cameras on school...

Technology 11/15/2022

PROVIDENCE – A coalition of nine groups focused on students and civil rights, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc., have released...

LEGAL  ASSISTANCE: Rhode Island Legal Services staff attorney Brian Furgal, Roger Williams University School of Law student Nicole Palmer, center, and RWU faculty member Eliza Vorengerg operate the Eviction Help Desk outside Sixth District Court at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Housing crisis putting eviction law in spotlight

Coronavirus 10/14/2022

Most of Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s peers at Harvard Law School weren’t interested in eviction defense work. The pay was low. Elorza, who worked...