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Open Government Coalition Calls for Return of Online Meetings

A coalition of RI open government groups sent a letter to Governor McKee urging him to issue an EO that would allow public bodies to again hold online meetings and require public bodies to provide...

ACLU Files Court Brief Against Effort to Overturn RI’s Reproductive Freedom Law

The ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a court brief seeking to beat back an effort to overturn a state law that protects an individual’s right to an abortion.

ACLU Settles Suit over Facebook Censorship by Woonsocket Mayor

We have favorably settled our federal First Amendment lawsuit against Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt for banning of some of her critics from her official Facebook page.