PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release on June 16: ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorney Armando Batastini today filed suit in federal court challenging Rhode Island's ballot qualification process as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Noting that the current process "requires in-person solicitation and receipt of signatures, an in-person witness, and use of a common petition form for each twenty (20) signatur  more

EAST PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 19 -- The American Journal on Addictions, a journal that says it features topics ranging from codependence to genetics, epidemiology to dual diagnostics, etiology to neuroscience from the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: * A Literature Review Examining Primary Outcomes of Medication Treatment Studies for Opioid Use Disorder: What Outcome Should Be Used to Measure Opioid Tre  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 18 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Ilya Khayutin, Northwestern University, has been awarded the AMS Centennial Fellowship for the academic year 2020-2021. He works in number theory and homogeneous dynamics; the interaction between arithmetic and dynamics, which often incorporates methods and ideas from homogeneous dynamics and ergodic theory, arithmetic geometry, and automorphic forms; and distribution of toral periods. Kha  more

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, June 18 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Teamsters Local 340 and Catholic Charities USA launched a three-day mission to deliver desperately-needed food to the charitable organization's chapters across New England, starting the trip from the union hall in South Portland. Over the next three days, the Teamsters will deliver more than 40,000 pounds of food to locations in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. T  more