PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * Attorney General Neronha sues Kalshi and Polymarket for unlawfully conducting sports gambling in Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced a lawsuit against Kalshi and Polymarket in Rhode Island Superior Court asking for a declaration that Kalshi's and Polymarket's sports-related "event contracts" amount to sports betting that is subj  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OPPOSES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S EFFORT TO REMOVE REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING RACIAL INEQUITIES IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 19 attorneys general today opposing the U.S. Department of Education's proposal to remove certain reporting requirements related to ra  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Bestselling author and Brown alumna Xochitl Gonzalez: 'Never forget to keep asking why' * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -Growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, Xochitl Gonzalez wasn't exactly praised for being a nosey, or "compulsively curious," child. When she pressed her grandparents on why she had to eat lentils every week, why her uncle was laid off from his job, or why her cous  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * Governor McKee, Commissioner Infante-Green, and Rhode Island FC Announce Week 3 Attendance Matters Challenge Winners As part of the statewide Attendance Matters RI campaign, today, Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Rhode Island Football Club announced the winners of week 3 of the RIFC Attendance Matters Challenge, recognizing Rhode Islan  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Probes Trump's Corrupt, Self-Dealing $1.776 Billion Slush-Fund * WASHINGTON, DC - After the Trump Administration announced that President Trump is "settling" a lawsuit and attempting to grant himself control of a $1.776 billion non-transparent slush fund, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, the New York Times reported that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials prepared a previously undisclosed 25-p  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed, Collins Lead Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Job Corps & U.S. Shipbuilding Workforce Pipeline * WASHINGTON, DC - Over the next decade, the submarine industrial base will need an estimated 100,000 skilled workers to build the high-tech submarines our nation requires. In an effort to address this challenge and revitalize the nation's defense and maritime industrial bases, U.S. Senators Jack Ree  more