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1 month ago-Attorney Leah Boisclair Announces Entry Into Rhode Island General Assembly District 36 South County Primary-Sets Stage for "Common Sense" Moderate Democrat Clash vs Progressive Democrats
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ACLU Rhode Island: Local Governments and Nonprofit Groups Challenge Unlawful New Trump-Vance Administration Restrictions That Threaten Proven Solutions to Homelessness 

ACLU Rhode Island: Local Governments and Nonprofit Groups Challenge Unlawful New Trump-Vance Administration Restrictions That Threaten Proven Solutions to Homelessness 

Suit Raises Concerns that Trump-Vance Administration Actions Will Push Hundreds of Thousands of Families Into Homelessness as Cold Winter Months Arrive  In a lawsuit filed today in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, a broad coalition of local governments and…

Rhode Island Leaders React to Judge McConnell Reinstating SNAP (Complaints Included): Plaintiff Bonnie Piekarski of The Milagros Project, Congressman Seth Magaziner (Video Statement), Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and More!

Rhode Island Leaders React to Judge McConnell Reinstating SNAP (Complaints Included): Plaintiff Bonnie Piekarski of The Milagros Project, Congressman Seth Magaziner (Video Statement), Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and More!

      Two near simultaneous court decisions … one from Massachusetts … another from Rhode Island … have apparently have the force of law to prompt the Trump Administration to use an existing surplus to fund SNAP. While we…

ACLU of Rhode Island Sues Governor McKee for Restricting State House Before His January “State of The State” Address

ACLU of Rhode Island Sues Governor McKee for Restricting State House Before His January “State of The State” Address

      Statement from the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union   In a case seeking to vindicate the right to free speech and assembly at the state’s quintessential public forum for free speech activity – the Rhode Island…

Attorney Leah Boisclair Announces Entry Into Rhode Island General Assembly District 36 South County Primary-Sets Stage for “Common Sense” Moderate Democrat Clash vs Progressive Democrats

Attorney Leah Boisclair Announces Entry Into Rhode Island General Assembly District 36 South County Primary-Sets Stage for “Common Sense” Moderate Democrat Clash vs Progressive Democrats

          It’s not about red or blue … It’s not about left or right … It is about right and wrong. –  Leah Boisclair, Candidate Rhode Island General Assembly District 36   Speaking to a packed…

Pawtucket Coalition: Woodlawn Community Declares Victory with Dramatic Cleanup of Morley Field – Continues to Demand Reopening of Pawtucket Park/Greenspace

Pawtucket Coalition: Woodlawn Community Declares Victory with Dramatic Cleanup of Morley Field – Continues to Demand Reopening of Pawtucket Park/Greenspace

Statement from: Clovis Gregor (Representative Counselor District 5, Pawtucket, Woodlawn/Oak Hill) Cherie Cruz (Rhode Island State Representative District 58) Jennifer Stewart (Rhode Island State Representative District 59) Harrison Tuttle (Community Leader) In a significant victory for the Woodlawn community, Morley…

Congressional Check In! Recent Communications from Rhode Island Congressmen Magaziner & Amo

Congressional Check In! Recent Communications from Rhode Island Congressmen Magaziner & Amo

These Posts represent direct communications/press releases from the respective Congressman’s Congressional Office Ranking Members Thompson, Magaziner, and Correa Condemn Trump Administration for Diverting Counterterrorism Agents to Suppress Free Speech  Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on…

ACLU of Rhode Island Condemns Trump Administration’s Newest Threats to Higher Education, Urges Brown University to Reject Demands

ACLU of Rhode Island Condemns Trump Administration’s Newest Threats to Higher Education, Urges Brown University to Reject Demands

  The ACLU of Rhode Island today sent a letter to Brown University President Christine Paxson condemning the Trump Administration’s new “compact” that would undermine academic freedom and the autonomy of higher education institutions, and urging the university president to…

Human Rights Watch: Yemen-Houthis Arrest Dozens Commemorating National Holiday

Human Rights Watch: Yemen-Houthis Arrest Dozens Commemorating National Holiday

  Arrests Amount to Arbitrary Detention, Enforced Disappearances Press Advisory: Human Rights Watch   Houthi authorities arrested dozens of people in the last week of September 2025, as they have in past years, for peacefully celebrating or posting on social…

“Representative Casimiro’s Resignation is the Only Path Forward”-Demands The League of Rhode Island Businesses

“Representative Casimiro’s Resignation is the Only Path Forward”-Demands The League of Rhode Island Businesses

  Not content to simply let the insult fade into the political sunset, Businessman/Political Maverick Dave Levesque, Proprietor of the Brewed Awakenings Restaurant Chain … and Co Founder of the League of Rhode Island Businesses issued the following press release…

Congressmen Magaziner & Amo Join Health Care Leaders to Call for Urgent Action to Address Health Care Affordability Crisis

Congressmen Magaziner & Amo Join Health Care Leaders to Call for Urgent Action to Address Health Care Affordability Crisis

Representatives from Health Care, Nursing, Hospitals & Health Insurance Providers Join the Rhode Island House Delegation in a Joint Appearance     From the Offices of Rhode Island Congressman Seth Magaziner & Gabe Amo Today, U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner (RI-02) and Gabe Amo…

Rhode Island First District Congressman Gabe Amo Issues Statement on Dueling Charlie Kirk Resolutions: Opposition to House Resolution 719 & Sponsorship of House Resolution 746

Rhode Island First District Congressman Gabe Amo Issues Statement on Dueling Charlie Kirk Resolutions: Opposition to House Resolution 719 & Sponsorship of House Resolution 746

  Representative Gabe Amo has risen in opposition to House Resolution 719, authored by House Speaker Johnson, and instead, sponsored House Resolution 746, authored by Representative Marc Veasey, of Texas.   Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) issued the following statement on H….

Rhode Island ACLU: Court Rules in Favor of Artists, Free Speech, in Case Against the National Endowment for the Arts

Rhode Island ACLU: Court Rules in Favor of Artists, Free Speech, in Case Against the National Endowment for the Arts

  Court Strikes Down Unconstitutional Grant Restrictions on Various Legal Grounds    From the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union In an important victory for First Amendment rights, a federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled in…

RIHousing Operational Costs Under Fire: A Press Conference/Masterclass by Rhode Island House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale

RIHousing Operational Costs Under Fire: A Press Conference/Masterclass by Rhode Island House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale

    Republican Minority Leader Michael Chippendale, in a press briefing Wednesday afternoon, led Reporters through a stark demonstration of the underlying costs of housing development in rehabilitation/new construction projects “managed” by RIHousing … the long troubled Rhode Island agency…

Opinion Piece: Hasbo’s Departure is a Failure of Leadership – Adam Greenman: Candidate for Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Opinion Piece: Hasbo’s Departure is a Failure of Leadership – Adam Greenman: Candidate for Mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island

  Hasbro’s Departure is a Failure of Leadership   Hasbro has been part of our city for over a century. Toys and games carried Pawtucket’s name into households globally while here at home the company employed thousands. Since the news…

Conservation Law Foundation Requests Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Denial! Of City of Pawtucket Proposed Conversion of Morley Field to a Non Recreational Use

Conservation Law Foundation Requests Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Denial! Of City of Pawtucket Proposed Conversion of Morley Field to a Non Recreational Use

      In a scathing letter to Terrence “Terry” Gray, McKee Appointee/Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM),  Darrell Brown, Vice President of the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), & Senior CLF Attorney Richard Stang, CLF are…

Rhode Island Young Republicans & Rhode Island Young Democrats Issue Joint Statement on the Death of Charlie Kirk

Rhode Island Young Republicans & Rhode Island Young Democrats Issue Joint Statement on the Death of Charlie Kirk

Rhode Island Young Republicans and Young Democrats Issue Joint Statement on the Death of Charlie Kirk In the wake of the tragic death of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk, the Rhode Island Young Republicans and Rhode Island Young Democrats have…

Good Job Grebs’! Reactions to the Worst Kept Secret in Rhode Island. Hasbro is Outta Here! Are There Ramifications for Generational Failures CommerceRI & Mayor Don Grebien

Good Job Grebs’! Reactions to the Worst Kept Secret in Rhode Island. Hasbro is Outta Here! Are There Ramifications for Generational Failures CommerceRI & Mayor Don Grebien

How Long Has Dan McKee Known?   In an announcement described as the “Worst Kept Secret” in recent Rhode Island History, Hasbro Corporation formally revealed that it is, in fact, moving its Corporate Headquarters to Boston, Massachusetts. This is the…

Tonight! Cumberland Town Council Ordinance Sub Committee to Consider Ordinance Requiring Monthly Financial Statements for “The Lodge at Diamond Hill”

Tonight! Cumberland Town Council Ordinance Sub Committee to Consider Ordinance Requiring Monthly Financial Statements for “The Lodge at Diamond Hill”

  Tonight! The Town of Cumberland Town Council Ordinance Sub Committee will consider an Ordinance submitted by Coalition News Founder/Reporter Pat Ford, requiring a complete financial statement reporting performance and costs associated with the operation of the controversial Lodge at…

RIDOT Update: Upcoming Construction/Delays Across Rhode Island August 22-29, 2025

RIDOT Update: Upcoming Construction/Delays Across Rhode Island August 22-29, 2025

One-Night Closure Needed  for Pavement Repair on Route 3 in Hopkinton: Tuesday August 26   During the late evening and overnight hours starting at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26, the Rhode Island Department Transportation (RIDOT) will temporarily close a…

Benjamin Evans: Deny J.K. Equities’ Second Request for an Extension of Their Preliminary Plan to Pave Morley Field

Benjamin Evans: Deny J.K. Equities’ Second Request for an Extension of Their Preliminary Plan to Pave Morley Field

Morley Field-Pawtucket, Rhode Island This Letter is Printed, with permission from the author: Attorney/Community Activist Benjamin Evans Dear Senior City Planner Pettinato and Pawtucket Planning Commission members, I was surprised to see on your agenda for August 19th that J.K. Equities is…

Cumberland Citizen Ford\Reporter Ford-Submits Town Ordinance Demanding Full Monthly Financial Transparency on The $8? Million Dollar “Country Club” Lodge at Diamond Hill

Cumberland Citizen Ford\Reporter Ford-Submits Town Ordinance Demanding Full Monthly Financial Transparency on The $8? Million Dollar “Country Club” Lodge at Diamond Hill

  Earlier this year, the Coalition’s Pat Ford, a long time resident of the Town of Cumberland, responded to a Facebook post announcing the effective closure of 2025 Summer Day Camps, due to construction at Cumberland Schools. A simple question…

The Gabe Amo Congressional Update: Netanyahu in Gaza / Trump’s “Deal” Between Armenia & Azerbaijan / Amo Tours Rhode Island Veterans Home Amidst Trump’s Attacks on Those Who’ve Served / Amo, Ross Lead 88 Democrats in Opposing Trump’s Cuts to EPA Office Keeping Americans’ Air Clean and Water Safe

The Gabe Amo Congressional Update: Netanyahu in Gaza / Trump’s “Deal” Between Armenia & Azerbaijan / Amo Tours Rhode Island Veterans Home Amidst Trump’s Attacks on Those Who’ve Served / Amo, Ross Lead 88 Democrats in Opposing Trump’s Cuts to EPA Office Keeping Americans’ Air Clean and Water Safe

From the Office of Congressman Gabe Amo – Rhode Island Congressional District 1 Amo Statement on Netanyahu’s Planned Occupation of Gaza City “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must halt his planned occupation of Gaza City. As several Israeli military leaders have suggested,…

Human Rights Watch (HRW): United States Military Deployment in Washington, DC Unwarranted, Dangerous

Human Rights Watch (HRW): United States Military Deployment in Washington, DC Unwarranted, Dangerous

  From Human Rights Watch:   United States President Donald Trump on August 11, 2025, announced the deployment of US National Guard troops in Washington, DC, claiming that “rising violence in the capital now urgently endangers public servants, citizens, and tourists, disrupts safe…

Activist Harrison Tuttle Issues Statement to Pawtucket City Council on Morley Field

Activist Harrison Tuttle Issues Statement to Pawtucket City Council on Morley Field

  Community Leader Harrison Tuttle penned a letter to the embattled Pawtucket, Rhode Island City Council … in anticipation of tonight’s landmark meeting on the future of the much-villified Tax Stabilization Agreement with Long Island based JK Equities, on the…

Narragansett GOP Chair Calls for “Bounty Hunters” to Pursue “Illegal Aliens”. The Rhode Island Republican Party Responds

Narragansett GOP Chair Calls for “Bounty Hunters” to Pursue “Illegal Aliens”. The Rhode Island Republican Party Responds

        Imagine our surprise, when a screen shot, depicting a call for “illegal immigrant bounty hunters” was sent to the Facebook account of the Coalition Radio not once, not twice, but 3 times? Embattled Narragansett GOP Chair…

ACLU: RI Judge Grants Motion to Block Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, & Unhoused Communities

ACLU: RI Judge Grants Motion to Block Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, & Unhoused Communities

The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) continued its relentless assault on the news cycle with yet another victory, in the courts and the legislative halls … in this case blocking the Trump Administration from attempting…

Woonsocket Flash! ACLU of RI Settles False Arrest Suit Of Woonsocket’s Mack Blackie for $550,000

Woonsocket Flash! ACLU of RI Settles False Arrest Suit Of Woonsocket’s Mack Blackie for $550,000

Another expensive lesson from the Baldelli Hunt “Reign of Terror”. In combination with the Sosa LEOBOR failure, the City of Woonsocket has spent over $1 Million Dollars in penalties for police misconduct. I know a School District that could have…

ACLU of Rhode Island: Broad Nationwide Coalition Sues in Rhode Island to Block Trump Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants

ACLU of Rhode Island: Broad Nationwide Coalition Sues in Rhode Island to Block Trump Administration’s Unlawful Restrictions on Health and Housing Grants

From The Rhode Island Chapter of the Amercian Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) New Certification Requirements Threaten Critical Services for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities Local Woonsocket-Based Non Profit Community Care Associates Is a Plaintiff…

Mayor Brett Smiley Announces Preparations for Hurricane Season and Extreme Weather

Mayor Brett Smiley Announces Preparations for Hurricane Season and Extreme Weather

City Officials Share Important Safety Tips and Highlight Providence’s Proactive Investments to Mitigate Impacts of Extreme Weather  From the Office of Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Brett P. Smiley     Mayor Brett P. Smiley joined Councilwoman Helen Anthony and Providence…

ACLU RI Update! Smithfield School District! RI Latino Arts on Gender Ideology!

ACLU RI Update! Smithfield School District! RI Latino Arts on Gender Ideology!

Settlement Reached In Smithfield School District Social Media Censorship Lawsuit The ACLU of Rhode Island today announced the favorable settlement of a federal lawsuit that challenged, as a violation of the First Amendment, Smithfield School District’s actions in blocking a…

ICYMI: Amo Joins MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’ to Ring Economic Alarm About Trump’s Tariffs and Big, Ugly Bill

ICYMI: Amo Joins MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’ to Ring Economic Alarm About Trump’s Tariffs and Big, Ugly Bill

In an appearance on MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend’, Rhode Island Congressman Gabe Amo sounded off to ring the Economic Alarm about Trump’s Tariffs and the “Big, Ugly Bill”.  “Amo shared how Rhode Island manufacturers are hurt by Trump’s dangerous economic policies“…

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Should Press US on Immigration Policies-Human Rights Watch

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Should Press US on Immigration Policies-Human Rights Watch

  90 Rights Groups Write Soccer Leaders Over Rights Risks For 2026 World Cup FIFA, the world soccer governing body, should press the Trump administration to reverse immigration policies that create serious human rights risks around the 2026 World Cup,…

Opinion: The City of Providence v Sgt Joseph Hanley – An Activist Speaks Out

Opinion: The City of Providence v Sgt Joseph Hanley – An Activist Speaks Out

A Note From Coalition News: We live in an era where opinions are dangerous. Having a “Take” can get your fired … doxed … the object of retaliation. “Free Speech” is on life support. Accordingly, at the request of the…

Rhode Island ACLU Update: Files Lawsuit-Stop Trump From Imposing Unlawful Restrictions on Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against Women Grants Plus! RIDOC/ACI Suite Defending Native American Prisoners’ Religious Freedom

Rhode Island ACLU Update: Files Lawsuit-Stop Trump From Imposing Unlawful Restrictions on Department of Justice/Office on Violence Against Women Grants Plus! RIDOC/ACI Suite Defending Native American Prisoners’ Religious Freedom

  CHALLENGING NEW FEDERAL GRANT REQUIREMENTS, ACLU OF RI, LAWYERS’ COMMITTEE FOR RI AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUE ON BEHALF OF RI COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NATIONAL COALITIONS (Statements Issued by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union)…

Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press: European Union Rewards Journalists From Palestine, Egypt & Syria

Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press: European Union Rewards Journalists From Palestine, Egypt & Syria

  SAMIR KASSIR AWARD FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS The European Union Rewards Journalists From Palestine, Egypt & Syria during the 2025 Edition of the Samir Kassir Award   On 3 June 2025, the Delegation of the European Union to…

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