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6 Jul 2008, 3:41 pm
Today I diverge from my normal Rhode Island divorce tips after discovering a rather unique writing that I felt strongly about responding too. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 7:20 pm by J. Gordon Hylton
  However, when Rhode Island finally ratified the Constitution in 1790, Northerners gained a two seat margin, which increased to four with the admission of Vermont in 1791. [read post]
29 Aug 2023, 9:02 am by kblocher@hslf.org
In our legislatures, as in our individual capacities, we are entitled to pursue our goals of protecting animals—all animals—from cruelty, suffering and neglect. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 8:40 am by Todd Henderson
An employee of Rhode Island acting within his official capacity or otherwise is subject to the jurisdiction of Connecticut courts for accidents taking place in Connecticut. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 9:40 am by Dale Ho
The ACLU, the ACLU of Rhode Island, the Campaign Legal Center, and the law firm Fried Frank brought the case on behalf of two voting rights advocacy groups: Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters Rhode Island.Minnesota: In August, the state of Minnesota agreed to eliminate the witness requirement. [read post]
27 Aug 2020, 6:53 am by Axel Hufford
Many other states have implemented new ballot drop box systems since the start of the pandemic, including Connecticut, Kentucky, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and Rhode Island. [read post]
15 Oct 2008, 3:57 pm
" The second section of the reading is dedicated to the political philosophy of Roger Williams, philosopher, theologian and founder of the Rhode Island colony. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 5:45 am by Kevin Kaufman
The 10 states which use destination sourcing for out-of-state sellers but origin sourcing for some or all intrastate sales should prioritize adopting destination sourcing for all sales, as should the two states which, while more internally consistent, use origin sourcing for all sales. [read post]
The apps are part of a rare success story in Rhode Island, which was the first state to test 20 percent of its population. [read post]
16 Jul 2016, 2:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
” But on a separate issue, he did not state a False Claims Act whistleblower retaliation claim against individual town officials because a 2009 amendment did not expand the FCA to provide individual liability (Howell v. [read post]
16 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
’ MSN – Marc Fisher (Washington Post) | Published: 6/10/2023 More than two years after Donald Trump’s departure from the White House, the Justice Department revealed the first-ever federal indictment of a president of the United States, a chronicle of allegations that portray Trump as the architect of a knowing scheme to hide classified documents from the government he had run and to persuade his own attorneys to mislead federal officials. [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 10:01 am by Daphne Keller
Rhode Island’s “Commission to Encourage Morality in Youth” regularly sent intimidating notices to book distributors identifying potentially unlawful literature, which led the distributors to withdraw those books from circulation. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 5:45 am by Mark Graber
Charging a grand jury in Rhode Island after the Dorr Rebellion, Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story elaborated on the well-established common/constitutional law of treason and insurrection. [read post]
24 Apr 2023, 7:00 am by Guest Blogger
The petitioners—a group of high school students in Rhode Island, which requires no high school civics—opted for a partial victory by negotiating a settlement with the state that included creation of a “Civic Readiness Task Force” rather than petitioning to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court (whose majority does not seem receptive to recognizing any right to education). [read post]
13 Sep 2018, 10:00 pm by Jim Sedor
Their success in winning and governing as moderates is serving as a model for GOP candidates elsewhere, including in Rhode Island and Oregon, where officials in both parties say the governor’s race is competitive. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 2:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
By FY 2018, Connecticut homeowners paid an effective rate of 1.70 percent on the fair market value of their property, compared to 1.11 percent nationwide and 1.15, 1.40, and 1.53 percent respectively in Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island. [read post]
 This is no easy task as the business community, along with government officials and the public at large, attempt to navigate largely uncharted territory. [read post]
23 May 2012, 12:14 pm by Lyle Denniston
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, filed a brief that commented: “The news confirms, daily, that existing campaign finance rules purporting to provide for ‘independence’ and ‘disclosure’ in fact provide neither. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Martin’s official title with the group is outreach and development director. [read post]