Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Shekarchi is on list of R.I. Supreme Court potential nominees, but...
Two judges, a state prosecutor, an appellate litigator who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, and former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made...
Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to...
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to...
THE TOLL OF TARIFFS: Factories under strain as they try to...
If there was one thing Rose Wood had been able to count on as a buyer at Pawtucket manufacturer Neocorp Inc., it was that...
For Ward’s, survival of tariffs required complete overhaul of business
Less than a year ago, Kelly Ward, co-founder and president of Ward’s Manufacturing LLC, envisioned that the company would be spending the spring and...
R.I. manufacturers not profiting from ongoing trade wars
It’s not that manufacturers are unaccustomed to dealing with price hikes or supply chain disruptions. The pandemic is an all-too-recent reminder of economic upheaval...
Here’s what’s in the opioid settlement against OxyContin maker Purdue and...
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of...
Judge: R.I.’s gun permit system does not violate Second Amendment
PROVIDENCE (AP) – A federal judge says Rhode Island's gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to openly carry a firearm...
Elections board prepares to revamp R.I.’s aging campaign finance software. It...
Twenty-three years is young for a person. But for a software system, it’s ancient.
That’s why Rhode Island election administrators are pushing to rejuvenate the...
Chevron Corp.’s motion to dismiss state climate change lawsuit rejected
PROVIDENCE – An R.I. Superior Court judge has rejected an attempt by one of the 21 fossil fuel companies seeking to dismiss the state’s...
R.I. Senate President Ruggerio dies at 76
PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, the most senior member of the Statehouse, died Monday morning at the age of 76,...
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