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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday July 26, 2020 ( 8 items )  

ACLU: Groups Applaud New Dept of Ed Guidance on Providing Services to Students With Special Needs
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: In response to concerns raised by attorneys and advocacy organizations that remote learning during COVID-19 related school closures was, in violation of the laws that protect some vulnerable students with disabilities, causing significant educational harm, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Angelica Infante-Green has issued important policy guidance to schoo  more

ACLU: Groups Challenge Rhode Island Vote-By-Mail Requirements That Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union, Campaign Legal Center, and law firm Fried Frank filed a federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island's witness/notary requirements for voting by mail throughout the 2020 elections. The case was filed on behalf of t  more

ACLU: Groups Challenge State Vote-By-Mail Requirements That Risk the Health of Voters
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Rhode Island, the Campaign Legal Center, and the law firm Fried Frank filed a federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island's witness/notary requirements for voting by mail throughout the 2020 elections. The case was filed on behalf of two voting rights advocacy groups -- Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of W  more

Campaign Legal Center: Groups Challenge Rhode Island Vote-By-Mail Requirements That Put Voters at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: Campaign Legal Center (CLC), the American Civil Liberties Union, and Fried Frank filed a federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island's witness/notary requirements for voting by mail throughout the 2020 elections. The case was filed on behalf of two voting rights advocacy groups - Common Cause Rhode Island and the League of Women Voters Rhode Island - and three people with disabilities who will have d  more

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders: Governor Raimondo Signs Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 22 -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release on July 21: Governor Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act (RIUPA), legislation that updates the state's 40-year-old paternity laws to ensure all Rhode Island children have equal access to the security of legal parentage. The RIUPA fills critical gaps in the state's parentage law, particularly for LGBTQ parents and their children. The legislation allows LGBTQ couples access   more

Human Resources Business Partner at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island Honored at 2020 Poderoza International Conference on Cabo Verdean Women
SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, July 21 -- Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island issued the following news: Lucy Rose, Human Resources Business Partner and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead for Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (Neighborhood), was honored at the 2020 Poderoza International Conference on Cabo Verdean Women for her extensive support of the Cabo Verdean community in the United States. Rose was recognized at the conference as a Kriola Poderoza - an empowered woman who has ma  more

League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and Partners Challenge Onerous Mail Ballot Requirements During COVID-19
WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: The League of Women Voters of Rhode Island and Common Cause Rhode Island filed a lawsuit, along with individual plaintiffs, seeking to suspend the state's mail ballot witness and notary requirement during COVID-19. "The pandemic has shone a bright light on the barriers facing our most vulnerable voters in Rhode Island. Without relief from onerous laws like our witness requirement, these voters will be disenfr  more

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society Issues Research Articles in July 2020 Edition
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 20 -- Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features applied mathematics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 2020 edition: * 3-dimensional combinatorial Yamabe flow in hyperbolic background geometry * Borel complexity of sets of normal numbers via generic points in subshifts with specification * Classical solutions of oblique derivative problem in nonsmooth domains with mean   more