Suspension of "Clean Water Rule" Violates Federal Law, Threatens to Undermine Decades of Clean Water Protections in RI and Across Country
The Clean Water Rule Is Vital to Rhode Island's Environment and Economy by Preventing Polluted Water from Flowing into the State
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Deadline to file claim extended to May 31, 2018
Did you lose money to a scammer who had you pay using Western Union between January 1, 2004 and January 19, 2017? If so, you can ask for money back from a multistate settlement with Western Union. And the deadline to file your claim was just...
The Providence County Grand Jury has completed its investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Joseph Santos and the non-fatal shooting of Christine Demers by members of the Rhode Island State Police and the Providence Police on November 9, 2017, and has...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today urged U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to terminate his plan to allow offshore drilling off the coast of Rhode Island. Kilmartin stressed those comments to Secretary in a letter signed by attorneys general from 12 coastline states. Kilmartin and...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today James Lombardi (age 33), of Cranston, waived indictment and pleaded guilty before Superior Court Justice Luis Matos to the April 2017 murder of Krystal Boswell (age 29) of Fall River. Under the terms of the plea, Lombardi was sentenced to...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today Axel Morales (age 22) pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon domestic in the July 3, 2016 death of Cesar Alonzo and assault of Karla Estrada. In addition, he pleaded guilty to violation of a no contact order.
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Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Alvin Huggins (age 34), of Woonsocket, pleaded guilty today to second degree murder for the May 26, 2015 stabbing murder of his girlfriend and mother of his two children Yanira Flores. Under the terms of the plea, Huggins was sentenced to 60...
21 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief in Mark Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, Urging SCOTUS to Follow Precedent that Empowers States to Manage Labor Relations as They Deem Appropriate
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that he is joining a coalition of 21 Attorneys General...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today John Avarista (age 35), of Cranston, RI, pleaded nolo contendere before Superior Court Magistrate John F. McBurney to one count of domestic strangulation and one count of violation of a no contact order third offense. Under the terms of the...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and a coalition of 22 Attorneys General filed a multistate lawsuit to block the Federal Communications Commission's illegal rollback of Net Neutrality. The coalition filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, formally...
