Tag: Steven Brown
Crush COVID app raises caution flags for some
More than 35,000 people have downloaded the Crush COVID RI phone app that’s designed to make contact tracing easier during the pandemic, but critics...
Raimondo doubles down on tracking New Yorkers
PROVIDENCE - Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Friday doubled down on keeping track of New Yorkers coming into Rhode Island.
In addition to authorizing the...
ACLU: Sex-discrimination lawsuits against Harmony Fire District settled
PROVIDENCE – A pair of sex-discrimination lawsuits filed against the Harmony Fire District in Glocester have been settled, the American Civil Liberties Union of...
Solitary confinement of mentally ill inmates subject of class-action lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – On behalf of incarcerated Rhode Islanders with mental illnesses, attorneys on Friday filed a class-action lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Corrections...
As school districts battle student distraction, smartphones take center stage
The power of the smartphone to bring worldwide connectivity to the palm of a hand has transformed people’s daily lives.
In public school classrooms, though,...
Providence councilman introduces new ordinance on panhandling
PROVIDENCE – A city councilman has proposed a variation on the city’s panhandling ordinance, which would define anyone speaking to another person or following...
Mass. recording ban unconstitutional
A journalist, or a citizen with a tape recorder, secretly records the conversation or debate involving an elected official or a police officer, in...
Is crackdown coming on strip clubs?
Are Providence authorities sending a message of a coming crackdown to so-called “adult entertainment” businesses with their recent short-lived closure of the Foxy Lady...
ACLU of Rhode Island settles suit against state on behalf of...
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has ended its class-action lawsuit against the state claiming its Medicare Premium Payment Program kicked people...
Living restrictions for sex offenders getting pushback
The release of a high-profile, convicted sex offender and his subsequent move from Massachusetts to Rhode Island has created a storm in a Providence...
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