Rhode Island Tag

Judges Tell Trump Admin to Use Contingency Funds to Partially Cover SNAP

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 31, 2025 74 Comments

"Here, Congress appropriated $6 billion to SNAP in 2024as a contingency reserve through 2026, 'to be used in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations.'”...

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Federal Judge Overturns Trump Halting Revolution Wind Project Construction

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 24, 2025 45 Comments

Meanwhile, the Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project....

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Revolution Wind Developers Apparently Ignored Fed’s Information Requests Related to National Security and Fisheries

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 20, 2025 17 Comments

Meanwhile, Connecticut and Rhode Island have filed an injunction to restart the offshore wind project....

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DOJ Sues Providence Schools Over Anti-White Teacher Program Challenged by Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 16, 2025 25 Comments

"To me it's the most open and shut case you can get, which is why it's so amazing that everybody in the establishment in Rhode Island thumbed their noses at us, refused to listen to us, refused to even respond to us...

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Student Sues URI Claiming School Defamed Her After Voyeurism Incident

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2025 8 Comments

"The lawsuit, which had originally been filed in Superior Court in Rhode Island, was refiled in federal court in the District of Rhode Island last week."...

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Americans Rejoice after Trump Admin Pulls Plug on Behemoth Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 24, 2025 32 Comments

Meanwhile, Rhode Island leaders slammed the Trump administration's decision to halt Revolution Wind....

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RI Attorney General: Assistant AG Will Be Suspended Without Pay After Humiliating Arrest

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on August 20, 2025 77 Comments

"You know, look, she’s put me in a bad position. She’s embarrassed herself, humiliated herself, treated the Newport Police Department horribly."...

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RI Assistant AG Kept Shouting ‘I’m an AG’ During Arrest at Newport Restaurant

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on August 19, 2025 65 Comments

“I’m an AG. I’m an AG.” Unimpressed, the officer shot back, "Good for you. I don't give a sh**. Let's go."...

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ICE Rips Portsmouth, RI PD Over Allegedly Ignoring Detainer on Illegal Accused of Pedophilia

Posted by Stacey Matthews on August 10, 2025 24 Comments

"Josue Santiago Perez-Gomez stands accused of some disgusting and disturbing crimes and represents a clear threat to the children of our Rhode Island communities. Releasing an alleged child sex offender the very day of his arrest begs the question, what is the point of arresting...

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Will $1.5 billion Rhode Island Foundation escape accountability for anti-White teacher hiring program?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 05, 2025 5 Comments

My interview on the Jesse Kelly Show: "The question I'm asking is, why aren't [the Department of Justice] going after this Rhode Island Foundation, [which] helped create the program, administer the program, and fund the program?"...

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Trump Admin Reaches Deal With Brown University to Restore Federal Funding

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 31, 2025 4 Comments

"Brown has reached an agreement with the government to restore funding for the University's federally sponsored medical and health sciences research and to resolve three open reviews by federal agencies assessing Brown’s compliance with federal nondiscrimination obligations."...

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Rhode Island is First State to Mandate Workplace Accommodations for Menopause

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 30, 2025 7 Comments

"Employers are now required to engage in a timely, good-faith, and interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations."...

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Brown University Selling Multiple Properties in Desperate Bid to Increase Cash Flow

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2025 2 Comments

"It is an unprecedented move by the Ivy League school."...

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ICE Arrests MS-13 Fentanyl Trafficker in Providence, RI and Local Officials Worry Police May Have Assisted

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2025 35 Comments

“The presence of Providence Police officers next to ICE agents during the detainment has deeply disturbed the community.”...

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Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to ‘Assault Weapon,’ Magazine Ban Cases

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 02, 2025 54 Comments

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a coward....

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Providence City Council to Raise Palestinian Flag Over City Hall – Backlash Building

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on May 14, 2025 60 Comments

Outrage is building: "Providence, RI has been conquered."...

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U. Rhode Island Removes 31 Discriminatory Scholarships Pending Review After Equal Protection Project Complaint

Posted by James Nault on April 27, 2025 2 Comments

"OCR will investigate whether the University discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national origin [and] on the basis of sex"...

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Rhode Island Israel Supporters Alarmed At Proposed Legislation Mandating “Ethnic Studies” Statewide

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on April 20, 2025 9 Comments

Well-funded far left activist groups are hiding behind purported student groups to push Ethnic Studies, which has been lambasted in California as anti-Israel and anti-American. A key hearing is scheduled April 23....

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