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Statement of Attorney General Peter F. Neronha On The Proposed

Under Rhode Island law, significant healthcare transactions require this Office’s approval before they may proceed. Specifically, under the state’s Hospital Conversions Act, transfers of 20% or more of ownership, assets, membership interest, authority or control of a hospital require approval by the Attorney General. The proposed sale of Roger Williams and Fatima Hospitals announced today will […]Read More

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Pawtucket Announces Warming Centers

PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket announced today that several sites will be available as warming centers to help cope with the cold weather Rhode Island is experiencing. The following local buildings will be open to the public during the times listed below: The Pawtucket Police Department Headquarters lobby at 121 Roosevelt Avenue is available […]Read More

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To Strengthen the Workforce, RIDE Partners with 19 High Quality

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced RIDE has funded 19 providers to deliver high quality Adult Education programming, representing a nearly $7 million in total annual investment of state and federal funds for Fiscal Year 2023. “With the workforce and its requirements rapidly […]Read More

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Reed Statement on Mass-Shooting at Club Q in Colorado

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after at least five people were killed and 18 others injured in a mass-shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the following statement: “It’s hard to articulate the collective grief and anger we feel in the wake of another mass-shooting. “Innocent lives were taken […]Read More

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Jury finds New York man guilty of 2020 New Year’s

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a New York man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of the 2020 murder of 54-year-old Cheryl Smith in Pawtucket on New Year’s Day. On November 15, 2022, following the conclusion of an eight-day jury trial before Superior Court Justice Kristen […]Read More

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Providence man who trafficked fentanyl and possessed illegal gun with

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve six years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to trafficking fentanyl and illegally possessing a handgun equipped with a large capacity magazine following his arrest by the Providence Police Department […]Read More

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Providence man sentenced to serve 15 years in state prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Providence man was sentenced in Providence Count Superior Court to serve 15 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) after pleading to 22 felony counts stemming from his lead role in a gang-related narcotics trafficking operation and several connected shootings in Providence in 2019. […]Read More