PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Stating that "[g]overnment transparency and support of the public's right to know are more, not less, critical during emergency situations," the ACLU of RI and Common Cause RI have urged Governor Gina Raimondo to revise an executive order she issued this week that suspends certain provisions of the state's open meetings and public records laws. In a detailed letter sent to  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release on March 19: An ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorney has filed a charge of race discrimination against the Providence Police Department on behalf of an African-American recruit who was involuntarily dismissed last year from the Police Academy just a few weeks before graduation and after enduring months of harassment from trainers at the Academy. ACLU cooperating attorn  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release: The NAIC accreditation program establishes and maintains sound solvency regulation standards. It provides for the effective regulation of multi-state insurance companies with emphasis on each state's: * Financial solvency laws and regulations; * Financial analysis and examination capabilities; * Organizational and personnel practices; and * Insurer organizational review, licensing   more