Connecticut Governor signs into law codifying prior year Executive Order. Increasingly, the “Torture State” of Rhode Island is becoming an outlier on fundamental human rights. In a “quick response” from StopTortureRI.com, activists noted that the legislation will have the immediate impact: 1) Creates a Correctional Advisory Committee (and specifies who is on that committee) that regularly meets to review[Read More…]

  From The Rhode Island Chapter of The American Civil Liberties Union: ACLU of RI executive director Steven Brown today issued the following statement in response to the RI Supreme Court’s decision in Benson v. Raimondo, a lawsuit filed in 2019 which challenged the constitutionality of RI’s Reproductive Privacy Act:   Today’s decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court upholding the General[Read More…]

Op Ed: Coventry School Board Candidate Bethany Chatterley I am a concerned parent turned candidate for Coventry school committee. If you run against them, guess what happens? The highest level will call you a domestic terrorist while the teacher’s union will accuse you of all sorts of falsehoods. The teacher’s union sent out an email asking all teachers to vote[Read More…]