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“In a small Rhode Island town, a big issue about the First Amendment; Legal ads bring a lot of revenue to little local newspapers; What happens when local politicians pull them?”

HowAppealing

“In a small Rhode Island town, a big issue about the First Amendment; Legal ads bring a lot of revenue to little local newspapers; What happens when local politicians pull them?” ” Amanda Milkovits of The Boston Globe has this report.

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Rhode Island Becomes First State to Legalize Supervised Drug Consumption Sites

The Crime Report

Project Weber/Renew, a Rhode Island-based group providing drug users in Providence’s poorest neighborhoods with clean needles, treatment, housing and empathy, is preparing to open the first legalized supervised drug consumption site in the country, reports Noah Weiland for the New York Times.

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Top Rhode Island court upholds abortion-rights law; other legal fights expected if Roe is overturned

ABA Journal

The Rhode Island Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the state law guaranteeing a right to abortion before viability. The court…

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Pinterest settles shareholder lawsuit alleging discrimination at top executive level

JURIST

” The plaintiff, Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island, alleged that the executives and board members had breached their fiduciary duty by failing to address allegations of workplace harassment and discrimination. Her lawsuit was later settled for $22.5

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US President Biden pardons all federal offenses of simple marijuana possession

JURIST

Currently, 19 states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana use, with Rhode Island being the most recent. .” The House of Representatives passed a bill to federally decriminalize marijuana in April.

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New Sabin Center White Paper Recommends Legal Steps to Help New Jersey Meet GHG Reduction & Environmental Justice Goals

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The paper’s findings and recommendations are potentially applicable to the many other states who have set climate and justice goals without robustly embedding them into their existing legal and administrative landscapes. The state already has GHG reduction targets, a plan, and mapped pathways. Read the full paper here.

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DOJ Targets Discrimination Against People with Addiction Disorders

The Crime Report

In recent months, the government has reach agreements with, or filed suit against, institutions in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Colorado regarding ADA violations. It also targets facilities that retaliate against or punish those in recovery, particularly in the criminal justice system.