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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday December 08, 2019 ( 2 items )  

ATA Pleased by Appeals Court Victory in Its Challenge to RhodeWorks Tolls
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 5 -- The American Trucking Associations issued the following news release: Today, the American Trucking Associations hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that held the trucking group's lawsuit over Rhode Island's predatory truck-only tolls could proceed in federal court. "We have long believed that Rhode Island's RhodeWorks truck-only toll scheme was a violation of the Constitution and an attempt to use our industry as a piggy bank," sa  more

Rhode Island Moms Demand Action, Everytown Respond to Rhode Island Family Court Improvement of Final Order of Protection Form
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 6 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following statement: * * * - Last Month, Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Released a Report Finding Substantial Gaps in the Family Court's Implementation of the Protect Rhode Island Families Act - The Report Recommended the Rhode Island Family Court Remove the Firearm Surrender Checkbox on Final Order of Protection Forms * * * , R.I. -- The Rhode Island ch  more