AT A HEARING FOR THE RHODE ISLAND STATE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, CONSTITUENTS MADE THEIR VOICE HEARD ON A SLATE OF BILLS THAT WOULD SHUT DOWN RHODE ISLAND’S ICE DETENTION FACILITY Dozens of Rhode Island residents called in to a State Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today to testify in[Read More…]
In a rare unanimous decision, the United States Supreme Court re-affirmed some of the most sacred principles we have under Constitutional law – the right to be secure in our homes and free from governmental intrusion without a judicially-authorized warrant. In Caniglia v. Strom, a case that originated right here[Read More…]
On May 18, Attorney General Neronha will participate as a panelist in State and Local Responses to Rising Hate, a national discussion hosted by the Attorney General Alliance and moderated by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine, featuring leaders from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League.[Read More…]
In an important victory for privacy rights, the U.S Supreme Court today unanimously rejected police arguments that engaging in a non-criminal “community caretaking” function allows them to search a person’s home without a warrant. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island had filed a “friend of the court” brief[Read More…]
Brooklyn President Candidate Shares His Opinion. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to restore felons’ right to vote after their release, and Brooklyn Borough President Candidate, Bishop Lamor Miller Whitehead reacts with pure joy, as people on parole in the state of New York are now eligible to vote as[Read More…]
Mayor Grebien announced that City Hall will be opening to the public Monday through Thursday without the need to schedule an appointment for any department starting on May 17th. “As our COVID-19 rates have steadily declined and more and more of our residents are getting vaccinated we feel comfortable with[Read More…]
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Yesterday, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced his Fiscal Year 2022 Budget. This Budget includes spending an additional $2.8 Millions of dollars on upwards of 50 new police officers while investing only a fraction of that amount in diversion programs for mental and behavioral health crises. In response to[Read More…]
Photo by Hédi Benyounes Legal experts, interfaith coalition leaders, formerly incarcerated organizers, public health advocates, and legislators are gathering on Tuesday, April 27th in support of the Restrictive Housing Act. Bills S0395 and H5740, sponsored by Senator Tiara Mack and Representative Grace Diaz, will end the abusive practices of[Read More…]
Tales of Woonsocket: Embattled Former Police Chief Turned Woonsocket Housing Authority Chairperson Turned Interim Director of Human Services Michael Houle Turned in His Report Today. Let’s Just Say It Spares No Details. 
Rhode Island State Archives to Display Declaration of Independence During Special Holiday Hours 
Pawtucket Charter Commission: The Other Shoe Drops-Agenda Displays Mayor Grebien’s Motivation-His Jihad On The Pawtucket Schools 
City of Pawtucket Shuts Down Fiscal Year Early – Terminates Outstanding Purchase Orders -What? 
With his 150-day mark met, Interim Director of Human Services Michael Houle published a tome? A tell all? A confessional? Instead of a monthly report, as called for by the Woonsocket City Council, Houle shunted a veritable dump of everything from the ordinary … his repeated, often profane[Read More…]
With his 150-day mark met, Interim Director of Human Services Michael Houle published a tome? A tell all? A confessional? Instead of a monthly report, as called for by the Woonsocket City Council, Houle shunted a veritable dump of everything from the ordinary … his repeated, often profane[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should[Read More…]
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