Tag: U.S. District Court
Providence man admits to filing false tax return linked to catalytic...
PROVIDENCE – A city man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court on March 4 to filing a false tax return linked to income related...
Cranston businessman sentenced for second tax-evasion conviction
PROVIDENCE – A Cranston businessman was sentenced to two years’ probation and $1.3 million in restitution following a second conviction on federal tax charges,...
Neronha leads coalition challenging funding policy that targets transgender people
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is co-leading a lawsuit with attorneys general from 11 states challenging a U.S. Department of Health and...
R.I. and Conn. attorneys general request to join Revolution Wind developers’...
Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general and the Revolution Wind developers are now taking on the Trump administration under one lawsuit rather than two.
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ACLU: Statehouse rotunda will be open to protesters during McKee address
PROVIDENCE – The Statehouse rotunda and first floor will be open to protestors during Gov. Daniel J. McKee's State of the State address on...
R.I., Conn. attorneys general move to join Revolution Wind developers’ case...
Rhode Island and Connecticut attorneys general in legal filings Monday asked to consolidate their federal lawsuit against the Trump administration with a separate complaint lodged by the developers of...
Trump administration pauses Revolution Wind, 4 other projects off the East...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration said Monday it is pausing leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast,...
Federal judge throws out Trump order blocking development of wind energy
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt...
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a...
BOSTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly...
Judges order the Trump administration to use contingency funds for SNAP...
BOSTON (AP) – Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest...

















