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7 Organizations Call On Governor Raimondo To Repeal "Extremely Damaging" Executive Order Delaying Access To Public Records

7 Organizations Call On Governor Raimondo To Repeal “Extremely Damaging” Executive Order Delaying Access To Public Records

Calling Governor Gina Raimondo’s two-and-a-half-month old executive order giving public bodies extra time to respond to open records requests “unwarranted and extremely damaging to the public interest,” seven media and open government organizations today called on her to immediately rescind the order.  The Access to Public Records Act gives public bodies ten business days to respond to a request for records,[Read More…]

by — May 28, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Rhode Island ACLU Sues Over Frozen Unemployment Insurance Payments

Rhode Island ACLU Sues Over Frozen Unemployment Insurance Payments

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys Ellen Saideman and Lynette Labinger today filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the state Department of Labor and Training’s (DLT) actions in summarily freezing weekly unemployment insurance benefit payments to hundreds of Rhode Islanders without any notice or explanation. The suit was filed three weeks after reports first emerged of the DLT freezing the payments of thousands[Read More…]

by — May 27, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
RiseUp‌ ‌to‌ ‌FreeThemAll A‌ ‌Car‌ ‌Rally‌ ‌in‌ ‌Solidarity‌ ‌with‌ ‌People‌ ‌Caged‌ ‌in‌ ‌Bristol‌ ‌County‌

RiseUp‌ ‌to‌ ‌FreeThemAll A‌ ‌Car‌ ‌Rally‌ ‌in‌ ‌Solidarity‌ ‌with‌ ‌People‌ ‌Caged‌ ‌in‌ ‌Bristol‌ ‌County‌

#RiseUp‌ ‌to‌ ‌#FreeThemAll:‌ ‌A‌ ‌Car‌ ‌Rally‌ ‌in‌ ‌Solidarity‌ ‌with‌ ‌People‌ ‌Caged‌ ‌in‌ ‌Bristol‌ ‌County‌ ‌ Since‌ ‌the‌ ‌start‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌pandemic,‌ ‌over‌ ‌3,000‌ ‌people‌ ‌have‌ ‌died‌ ‌in‌ ‌US‌ ‌prisons‌ ‌and‌ ‌jails.‌ ‌Infection‌ ‌rates‌ ‌continue‌ ‌to‌ ‌soar.‌ ‌Yet,‌ ‌elected‌ ‌officials‌ ‌refuse‌ ‌to‌ ‌implement‌ ‌the‌ ‌only‌ ‌measure‌ ‌that‌ ‌will‌ ‌save‌ ‌lives‌ ‌—‌ ‌decarceration.‌ ‌Therefore:‌ ‌from‌ ‌Memorial‌ ‌Day‌ ‌through‌ ‌June‌ ‌1st,‌ ‌over‌ ‌50‌[Read More…]

by — May 26, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Jason Pye: Vice President of Legislative Affairs - FreedomWorks.Org Joined The Coalition!

Jason Pye: Vice President of Legislative Affairs – FreedomWorks.Org Joined The Coalition!

  From www.FreedomWorks.org “The mission of FreedomWorks is to build, educate, and mobilize the largest network of activists advocating the principles of smaller government, lower taxes, free markets, personal liberty, and the rule of law.” Jason Pye Jason Pye is the vice president of legislative affairs for FreedomWorks. He provides policy and legislative analysis for FreedomWorks, promotes the organization’s policy[Read More…]

by — May 26, 2020 — 0 comments — Politics
ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP

ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP

ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP The following statement was issued today by ACLU of Rhode Island executive director Steven Brown on the Governor’s announcement and release of the “Crush Covid RI” app: “As the Governor has acknowledged and most people recognize, potentially substantial privacy issues are raised by the government’s use of any[Read More…]

by — May 20, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
ACLU Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Release For ICE Detainees at Wyatt Detention Center

ACLU Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Release For ICE Detainees at Wyatt Detention Center

PROVIDENCE, RI — The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys Deborah Gonzalez and Jared Goldstein, and lawyers from the firm Morgan Lewis filed a class-action lawsuit today against federal immigration officials and the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls. The suit, filed as a habeas corpus petition, seeks urgent relief for a class of over 70 immigration detainees[Read More…]

by — May 15, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
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