Tag: Steven Brown
Reaction from across R.I. critical of Roe v. Wade overturn
PROVIDENCE – Several Rhode Island elected officials and candidates seeking elective office, nonprofit leaders, and a prominent health care organization were among those Friday...
ACLU settles medical marijuana discrimination case
PROVIDENCE - The ACLU of Rhode Island on Thursday said it has settled a lawsuit filed in 2014 against Darlington Fabrics Corp. over its...
ACLU sues state labor department director for records on facial recognition...
PROVIDENCE - The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island is taking the state labor department to court seeking access to records about facial...
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Cranston man in gun...
CRANSTON – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected police arguments Monday and ruled in favor of a Cranston man whose two lawfully owned firearms were...
Federal judge approves settlement allowing panhandling in Cranston
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement related to a Cranston ordinance that prohibited panhandling in the city, declaring that the...
Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on housing, landlord bills
PROVIDENCE – The Senate Judiciary Committee last week held almost four hours of testimony on a series of bills relating to housing and landlord...
R.I. highlighted in ACLU report on decriminalizing prostitution
For almost 30 years, prostitution wasn’t a crime in Rhode Island, as long as it took place indoors. What was the result?
According to one...
RIACLU: Emails show Brown officials had desire to ‘kill’ 1998 Title...
PROVIDENCE – More than 100 pages of Brown University internal emails were publicly released Thursday as part of ongoing litigation related to a settlement...
Federal judge suspends R.I. mail-in-ballot witness requirement for 2020 elections
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge ruled on Tuesday night to suspend witness and notary requirements for mail-in ballot voting during the coronavirus pandemic for...
URI students unhappy with Narragansett proposal to reduce number of unrelated...
NARRAGANSETT – A proposed amendment to the town’s current ordinance limiting the number of unrelated individuals living in a single dwelling is reigniting a...
