The Last Big Rhode Island La Cosa Nostra Trial Begins Today In a courtroom in Boston, a well-anticipated trial will begin on Wednesday — the U.S. government is prosecuting Read More.    ...

Former Cranston Resident Found Guilty of Child Molestation and Child Abuse Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today a Providence County Superior Court Jury found Jonathan Phillips (age...

Mega-Developer Carpionato Buys Newport Grand from Twin River Carpionato Group, the controversial mega-developer, announced today it has closed on its purchase of the 23.5 acre Read More.    ...

PawSox Attendance Inflated By As Much as 300% The Pawtucket Red Sox are inflating their attendance by as much as 300 percent. A GoLocal review of the reported Read More.     The King’s...

Elorza’s Growing Latino Problem — Only 39% Support Him and Performance Under Fire Only 39 percent of Latinos in Providence support Mayor Jorge Elorza’s re-election. Elorza may be ofRead More....

Family Court Makes Key Staff Changes to Improve System – Giarrusso Elevated, Guglietta Added Chief Judge Michael Forte tells GoLocal he is making critical changes in Family Court in the...

ICE held an American man in custody for 1,273 days. He’s not the only one who had to prove his citizenship By Paige St. John And Joel Rubin Los Angeles Times (April 27, 2018) Immigration...

Rhode Island Joins Coalition of 17 States To Defend National Clean Car Rules Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia in suing the U.S....

Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Travelling Interstate to Engage in Sex with a Minor PROVIDENCE, RI – A Brockton, MA, man pleaded guilty in federal court in Providence, RI, on Tuesday to traveling...

NiLP Guest Commentary The American Civil War Origins of Cinco de Mayo By David E. Hayes-Bautista The NiLP Report (April 18, 2018) Why is the Cinco de Mayo so widely celebrated in the United States,...

Ethics Commission Refuses to Release All Documents from APRA Request A GoLocalProv Access to Public Records Act (APRA) request of the Rhode Island Ethics Commission was returned with 165 Read More....

Attorney General Kilmartin Part of National Initiative to Fight Elder Abuse   AG Kilmartin, Special Assistant AG Diane Daigle have active roles in 2018 NAAG Presidential Initiative, “Protecting...

Attorney General Kilmartin Urges Congress: Don’t Give Lawyers a License to Use Abusive Debt Collection Practices A bi-partisan coalition of 20 state attorneys general, including Rhode Island...

Feds Issue Subpoenas on St. Joseph Pension Fund Collapse Federal officials are now investigating Rhode Island’s largest pension fund collapse. The federal interventionRead More.     Emerging...

Superman Building — Where Are We 5 Years After It Went Dark The Superman Building — Providence’s tallest skyscraper and once the headquarters of America’s ninth Read More.     2018...

Dari Garcia Sentenced to Two Life Terms plus 125 Years to Serve for Murder and Weapons Charges in North Providence Home Invasion   Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Dari Garcia (age...

HUD to Reed – Homeowners 300ft From Proposed Cranston Gas Station Are Ineligible for FHA Insurance The fight over locating a Cumberland Farms in the Edgewood section of Cranston has taken a...

Rhode Island Trucking Companies, Owners Indicted in Scheme to Falsify Safety Inspection Reports PROVIDENCE, RI – Two Rhode Island trucking companies and their owners were indicted by a federal...

Mayor Admits Using Staff and Equipment for Political Usage North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi admitted to sending a political email from a town email address, which blasted Read More.  ...