Warwick Businessman Agrees to Drop Retaliatory Evictions
By: Rob Borkowski on February 8, 2024 in Business, News to You
WARWICK, RI — Jeffrey Butler, Warwick property management businessman and landlord, sued by the the R.I. Center for Justice and the American Civil Liberties Union of RI, has agreed to drop […]
Council Takes Undisclosed Vote on Cote Free Speech Suit
By: Rob Borkowski on September 8, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council began its full meeting Wednesday with an immediate vote to enter executive session to discuss Rob Cote’s free speech suit against the body, […]
ACLU Files Warwick City Council Free Speech Suit
By: Rob Borkowski on August 28, 2023 in News to You, Police News & Fire News in RI
WARWICK, RI — The ACLU of Rhode Island has filed a Warwick City Council free speech suit against the body in federal court for stifling the free speech rights of […]
ACLU Urges Council to Reassure Public of Free Speech
By: Rob Borkowski on August 4, 2023 in News to You
Editor’s note: This article has been updated with information about the 2021 land transfer from the Oakland Beach Real Estate Owners Association to Donna and William Travis. When reached for […]
ACLU Defends TurtleBoySports Against Superior Court Gag Order
By: Rob Borkowski on June 22, 2019 in News to You
PROVIDENCE — The ACLU of RI is defending a Massachusetts website publisher facing censorship via Superior Court order to remove posts about a Hopkinton, RI resident and business woman’s YouTube […]
RIACLU Brief Asks RIAG to Waive $4,000 Google Fund Records Charge
By: Rob Borkowski on October 15, 2018 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — Rep. Patricia Morgan is asking Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office to waive a $4,000 charge for records she’s requested on the AG’s use of $50 milllion in […]
Warwick City Council Sept. 6: Dangerous Dog, Panhandling Ordinances
By: Rob Borkowski on September 1, 2017 in News to You
The Labor Day weekend bumps next week’s Warwick City Council meeting till Tuesday, when councillors will consider ordinances regulating dangerous dogs and restricting standing in areas of streets without sidewalks, typically used by panhandlers.
Teachers, Students Insist Protesters Unfairly Punished; Nadeau Seeks Suspensions
By: Rob Borkowski on January 11, 2017 in Schools
WARWICK, R.I. — Teachers and students at Tuesday’s School Committee meeting insisted three-hour detention for the 100 student walkout protesters Dec. 21 demonstrating against special education practices was punishment for the protest, not the truancy, while Vice Chairman Eugene Nadeau called for suspending the demonstrators.
ACLU Sues to End 1,000 Ft. No-Home-Zone Around Schools for Sex Offenders
By: Rob Borkowski on October 30, 2015 in News to You
As the RIACLU’s bid for a restraining order suspending the state’s new prohibition of Level III sex offenders housed within 1,000 feet of schools is heard in US District Court this afternoon, one Warwick sponsor of the restriction stands behind the restriction.
ACLU: Warwick PD Has Improved Complaint Info — But Can Still Do More
By: Joe Hutnak - editorjoe.warwick@gmail.com on September 25, 2014 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
Warwick, RI — The local police department meets two of five standards set by the ACLU for how it follows a 2004 law requiring publication of complaint procedures and other information.