The General Assembly approved legislation barring residency requirements for municipal employees. The law will mainly affect Providence, where a tug of war has been occurring for more than two decades over residency provisions in the City Charter. The ACLU has long opposed residency requirements for violating privacy rights and relying on unfair generalizations.
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