Category : Health

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and a coalition of 18 attorneys general today announced the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit’s dismissal of the Trump Administration’s appeal of the states’ victory in their lawsuit challenging the federal government’s unlawful order to freeze all federal permitting for wind energy projects. “Wind energy creates jobs […]Read More

Providence, RI – The Providence Police Department has charged two men in connection with a shooting and violent assault that occurred on June 7, 2026, near Paris Lounge at 375 Smith Street. At approximately 6:45 p.m., officers assigned to the Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) were conducting directed patrols focused on unauthorized car meets, which have been associated […]Read More

Growing partnership strengthens States’ Retirement Programs, benefits savers. Providence, RI – Rhode Island Treasurer James A. Diossa and Comptroller Sean Scanlon today welcomed the Hawaiʻi Retirement Savings Program (HSRP) as the newest member of the Multistate Alliance for Retirement Savings (Retirement Alliance), an interstate partnership for state-facilitated automatic-IRA retirement savings programs. RISavers and MyCTSavings created […]Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a South Kingstown man has been sentenced in Washington County Superior Court to serve life in prison at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for child molestation and sexual assault. On June 15, 2026, at a hearing before Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers, Luke Gedeon (age […]Read More

PROVIDENCE: Journey to Hope Health and Healing (Journey) and its former CEO, Kenneth L. Richardson, Jr., have agreed to pay $10.2 million to resolve allegations that the opioid treatment provider submitted false claims to the Rhode Island Medicaid program and Medicare for substance use disorder treatment services that were not provided. Journey, when owned and […]Read More

Providence, RI – On Thursday, June 18th at 6 p.m., the Providence City Council will convene in the Council Chamber on the third floor of City Hall. Press and the public are invited to attend.   After extensive vetting in the Special Committee on Ways and Means, the Council will vote for the second and […]Read More