PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release on June 22: In a letter to police chief Hugh Clements, Jr., the ACLU of Rhode Island has sharply criticized the Providence police department for filing felony charges against three Rhode Islanders who allegedly threw white paint at a boarded-up statue of Christopher Columbus in the Elmwood section of the city. The letter, labeling the charges "deeply troubling," called for i  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 25 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release on June 23: Three weeks of marathon bail hearings before U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy are concluding this week in response to a class-action lawsuit filed by ACLU attorneys last month seeking urgent relief for immigration detainees at the facility facing the spread of Covid-19 there. The result: the lawsuit has led to the conditional release of more ICE detainees (25) th  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The Armenian Assembly of America issued the following news: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from California, Connecticut, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island provided testimony in support of continued demining aid to Artsakh and assistance to Armenia before the House Appropriations Committee, reported the Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly). Representatives Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Jim Costa (D-CA), TJ Cox (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA),   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: The NAIC accreditation program establishes and maintains sound solvency regulation standards. Delaware, Louisiana and Rhode Island were awarded continued accreditation. The accreditation provides for the effective regulation of multi-state insurance companies with emphasis on each state's: Financial solvency laws and regulations; Financial analysis and examination capabilities; Orga  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rocky Mountain Institute issued the following news release: As of March 2020, local governments signed 335 deals to procure a total of 8.28 gigawatts of renewable energy over the last five years--more than the total energy generation capacity of Alaska, Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Vermont combined. This data was compiled by the Local Government Renewables Action Tracker, a new resource launched by the American Cities Climate Challenge Renewables Accelerator that documents r  more