PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following statement: ACLU of Rhode Island executive director Steven Brown issued the following statement in response to comments from Governor Gina Raimondo at her news conference that she plans to give State Police the power to stop any car with New York license plates in order to obtain contact information from the driver and passengers: "While the Governor may have the power to suspend some s  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 25 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: In an important victory for immigrants' rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has ruled illegal a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) policy conditioning the receipt of federal law enforcement funds on municipal collaboration with immigration officials. The ACLU had filed a "friend of the court" brief in the case in support of the cities of Provide  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: As Rhode Island elections officials move for the first time to conduct a predominantly mail ballot election for the Presidential primary on June 2nd, three voting rights groups have called on the state Board of Elections and Secretary of State to adopt a variety of policies to ensure that the specially-conducted election becomes "a successful experience in preserving the c  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issued the following statement on March 25 by President Matthew L. Myers: * * * - New Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Voters Support the Move * * * The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds Gov. Gina Raimondo for taking action to end the sale of flavored e-cigarette in Rhode Island, making permanent emergency regulations issued last year. This new policy, recently finalized by the state Department of Health, takes effect tomorrow and is a  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 27 -- The Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, a journal that says it focuses on the initiation, formulation and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Are Policy Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Partisan? A View from the States * Criminal Justice or Public Health: A Comparison of the Representation of the Crack   more

MANHATTAN, New York, March 25 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following statement by Jennifer Boylan, volunteer with the Rhode Island chapter after Governor Raimondo signed an executive order that allows additional time for the completion of background checks for purchases of firearms: "A background check on a gun purchase can be the difference between life and death. "It's so important that law enforcement have the support the  more