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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
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.