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Month: January 2026

RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) Storm Updates: Monday January 26, 2026 9:40AM

  RIPTA to Detour Twenty-One Routes Due to Winter Weather Conditions on Monday, January 26, 2026   All Service to CCRI Warwick Reinstated   The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) announced that twenty-one routes are on detour today, Monday, January…

RIPTA (Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) Storm Updates: January 25, 2026 7:45PM

  RIPTA to Suspend All Service at 7:30 PM on Sunday, January 25, 2026, Due to Winter Storm Fern  The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) announced that it will suspend all service effective 7:30 PM today, January 25, 2026,…

City of Providence Announces Citywide Parking Ban Ahead of Winter Storm  Update: Saturday Evening January 24, 2026

From the Office of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley Snow Removal Efforts, Warming Centers & City Services Are In Place As Winter Storm Approaches   Mayor Brett P. Smiley and the Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) today urged Providence residents to take appropriate precautions as a…

Gabe Amo: Congressman Amo Secures Nearly $8 Million to Support Rhode Island Public Safety, Infrastructure, & Ocean Innovation

  From The Office of Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI):   Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) announced he secured $7,904,413 in federal Community Project Funding for Rhode Island’s First Congressional District for projects supporting clean water, law enforcement, public safety, and ocean…

ACLU Rhode Island Update: Slapp Suit Against Tenant Organizers / Court Blocks New Restrictions That Threaten Proven Solutions to Homelessness / Common Cause, ACLU Take on Trump Administration In Court to Protect Rhode Island Voters’ Data

  ACLU OF RHODE ISLAND CHALLENGES LANDLORD’S SLAPP SUIT AGAINST TENANT ORGANIZERS   In response to a defamation lawsuit filed by controversial landlord Jeffrey Butler against tenants and tenant organizers, attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union of RI and…

Human Rights Watch: US-Minneapolis Killing by ICE Unjustified

  Shooting a Product of Abusive Enforcement System F From the Desk of Human Rights Watch:   The killing of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer on January 7, 2026, was unjustifiable, Human Rights Watch said today….