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.  ...

One of RI’s Most Notable Pieces of Art is Gone UPDATED For nearly two decades, one of Rhode Island’s most significant pieces of art was hiding in plain sight. A Read More.   Regunberg Applied...

Jorge Depina Found Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder for the Death of his 10-Year-Old Daughter Aleida   Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that today Jorge Depina (age 37), of Pawtucket, was...

Despite $500M Spent on Tech, UHIP Application is a 40-Page Paper Application Rhode Island’s UHIP program has cost more than $500 million. The majority on the investment of state and federal Read...

Attorney General Kilmartin and Mayor Elorza File Suit to Block Trump Administration from Demanding Citizenship Info on 2020 Census   Kilmartin and Elorza Argue Citizenship Question is...

NiLPnote: The sticky article below reminds me of one of my favorite films, “The Boys from Brazil.”   You know, the movie where they got Gregory Peck as Josef Mengele to shout to an...

Census Submits Citizenship and Other Questions for 2020 Census By Angelo Falcón The NiLP Report (March 30, 2018) The Census Bureau yesterday submitted to the Congress the planned questions for the...

“Bucket East” Gang Member Joseph “Black” Segrain Sentenced to 80 Years to Serve for Brazen Daytime Shooting in Downtown Providence   Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Joseph...