PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 17 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice (NCLEJ) today announced the dismissal of its almost three-year-old lawsuit that challenged the widespread failure of the state Department of Human Services (DHS) to timely provide SNAP food stamp benefits to needy families due to its troubled UHIP computer system.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Microbiology Resource Announcements, a online journal from the American Society for Microbiology that says it publishes articles announcing the availability of sequenced genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes and viruses in public databases, published 24 research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 17, 2019 edition: * 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing of Sediment Bacterial Communities in an Oyster Farm in Rhode Island * Complete Genome Sequence of a Mesophili  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Providence Teachers Union President Maribeth Calabro issued the following statement in response to Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green's plan outlining how the state will manage the turnaround of Providence Public Schools: Calabro said: "From the start, educators and school staff in Providence have voi  more