PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 29, 2024: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it will continue treating pockets of spotted lanternfly (SLF) infestations that have been found in Lincoln (including Lincoln Woods State Park), Smithfield, North Providence, Providence and Pawtucket, with insecticide, weather permitting, starting on Wednesday, July 31. Sp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 1 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement on July 31, 2024: * * * Noncitizen workers will now be offered an initial four years of protection against deportation during investigations of workplace violations, enabling labor agencies to more effectively enforce laws and seek justice for impacted workers * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to the Department of Homeland Secu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 31 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve two consecutive life sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for the 2022 murder of Angelo Gomez. At a hearing on July 30, 2024, Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause sentenced Robert Komhlan (age 38) to serve  more