Open Government Groups Call for Renewal of Executive Order Providing for Remote Public Participation at Meetings
A coalition of open government organizations has called on Governor McKee to reinstate an executive order allowing remote meetings of public bodies while requiring livestreaming and remote public...
A coalition of open government organizations has called on Governor McKee to reinstate an executive order allowing remote meetings of public bodies while requiring livestreaming and remote public...
ACLU Settles Lawsuit Protecting Medical Marijuana Patients from Discrimination
The settlement comes four years after R.I. Superior Court ruled that a Westerly fabrics company discriminated against Christine Callaghan when consideration of a paid internship was rescinded because of her...
The settlement comes four years after R.I. Superior Court ruled that a Westerly fabrics company discriminated against Christine Callaghan when consideration of a paid internship was rescinded because of her...
ACLU Sues RIDLT for Hiding Information on Facial Surveillance Technology
Is the R.I. Department of Labor and Training (DLT) planning to use facial recognition technology to process unemployment claims? The agency doesn’t want the public to know, so the ACLU of Rhode Island today...
Is the R.I. Department of Labor and Training (DLT) planning to use facial recognition technology to process unemployment claims? The agency doesn’t want the public to know, so the ACLU of Rhode Island today...
Lawsuit Challenges ACI Prisoner’s 8 Months in Solitary Confinement for Free Speech Activity
Attorneys for the R.I. Center for Justice and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a man who spent almost eight months in solitary confinement at the ACI in retaliation for exercising his...
Attorneys for the R.I. Center for Justice and the ACLU have filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a man who spent almost eight months in solitary confinement at the ACI in retaliation for exercising his...
Groups Applaud CVS for Withdrawing U.S. Supreme Court Petition that Threatened the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities
The ACLU of Rhode Island and Disability Rights Rhode Island today applauded CVS for withdrawing its petition in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that the groups said could have turned back decades of...
The ACLU of Rhode Island and Disability Rights Rhode Island today applauded CVS for withdrawing its petition in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that the groups said could have turned back decades of...