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Federal Delegation Brings Home The Bacon! Rhode Island Fire Departments Net $4.5M to Enhance Public Safety

Federal Delegation Brings Home The Bacon! Rhode Island Fire Departments Net $4.5M to Enhance Public Safety

  The Rhode Island Federal Delegation, Sen Reed, Sen Whitehouse, Congressman Cicilline & newly minted Congressman Seth Magaziner can claim scoreboard for 3 Rhode Island communities, bringing home 4.5$ million dollars in grants for Cumberland, Cranston, & Narragansett!   From The Office of Senator Jack Reed:   Cumberland, Cranston, and Narragansett Fire Departments awarded federal grants to hire firefighters &[Read More…]

by — February 17, 2023 — 0 comments — Politics
City of Pawtucket to Begin Harm Reduction Station Program

City of Pawtucket to Begin Harm Reduction Station Program

Starting January 1, 2022, the City of Pawtucket will have a harm reduction station in each fire station across the city in an effort to reduce incidents related to substance use disorders. Since 2014, the opioid overdoses and drug abuse has increased dramatically to epidemic-level numbers across Rhode Island, with overdose related deaths increasing in Pawtucket from 16 in 2014[Read More…]

by — October 26, 2021 — 0 comments — General
Rutgers Law Student Bar Association Rescinds Critical Race Theory Requirement

Rutgers Law Student Bar Association Rescinds Critical Race Theory Requirement

  Six months after passing an unconstitutional amendment that would force student groups to promote critical race theory or lose funding, Rutgers Law School-Camden’s Student Bar Association has finally done the right thing. After facing public pressure from FIRE, the SBA met with the Rutgers administration and then sent an email to the Rutgers Law student body announcing that they rescinded the Nov. 20[Read More…]

by — May 24, 2021 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Katlyn Patton-Attorney FIRE Foundation For Individual Rights In Education Tackles Campus Free Speech

Katlyn Patton-Attorney FIRE Foundation For Individual Rights In Education Tackles Campus Free Speech

  Support The Coalition Radio Network? Consider A Purchase From Any Of Our Vendors From https://www.thefire.org/ “Freedom of speech is a fundamental American freedom and a human right, and there’s no place that this right should be more valued and protected than America’s colleges and universities. A university exists to educate students and advance the frontiers of human knowledge, and[Read More…]

by — April 22, 2021 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
FOWL PLAY: University of Pennsylvania Denies Hunting Club Official Recognition

FOWL PLAY: University of Pennsylvania Denies Hunting Club Official Recognition

During the COVID-19 pandemic, over 750 registered student groups at the University of Pennsylvania have been able to host virtual events. But Penn students interested in hunting, archery, and shooting are being denied permission for even virtual activities. Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education called on Penn to stop engaging in viewpoint discrimination and promptly process the students’ application for[Read More…]

by — March 17, 2021 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
FIRE! University President Threatens Student Newspaper Editor For Asking Questions, Not Treating Administration With ‘Highest Respect’

FIRE! University President Threatens Student Newspaper Editor For Asking Questions, Not Treating Administration With ‘Highest Respect’

Student journalist Jared Nally is defending his rights after the university president threatened him with disciplinary action if he continued to engage in basic acts of journalism.   Haskell Indian Nations University president issues student-editor a “directive” entirely incompatible with practice of actual journalism. Student-editor: “When our university challenges the free speech of students, they are silencing a whole generation[Read More…]

by — October 27, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Stockton University Drops Five Charges For Student’s Political Facebook Status-Disruption Charge Remains

Stockton University Drops Five Charges For Student’s Political Facebook Status-Disruption Charge Remains

Stockton University drops five charges for student’s political Facebook status, disruption charge remains Amid public backlash, Stockton now claims student’s Facebook status, not his Zoom background of Trump, is the “substantial disruption” warranting the charge Student still faces probation, community service, a decision-making workshop, and a fine for expressing his political opinion on social media Stockton University administrators on Monday[Read More…]

by — August 12, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties