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Governor McKee’s decision to prohibit the public’s access to the State House rotunda and to prevent news cameras from recording the State of the State address raise serious free speech concerns.

In a victory for government transparency and accountability, as well as protection of the sanctity of the attorney-client privilege, the RI Department of Corrections (RIDOC) has acknowledged its obligations to follow the public rule-making provisions of the state’s Administrative Procedures Act

Last month, in response to years of glaring failures in Rhode Island’s behavioral health system for children and youth, Disability Rights Rhode Island, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, and Children’s Rights filed a class action lawsuit against the State

Following years of glaring failures in Rhode Island’s behavioral health system for children and youth, Disability Rights Rhode Island, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, and Children’s Rights today filed a class action lawsuit against the State for denying Medicaid-eligible children and youth their right to appropriate mental health care.

Since the last time a Rhode Island Constitutional Convention was held in 1986, Rhode Island voters have rejected this measure four times in a row – in 1994, 2004, 2014, and now 2024. The last two times it has been rejected by double digit margins. The people of Rhode Island, time and time again...

We Know What a Constitutional Convention Is Like – It’s Why We Oppose Question 1

A lawsuit filed today by ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys alleges that the R.I. Department of Corrections (RIDOC) is interfering with the rights of ACI prisoners and their attorneys to share information confidentially and, in the process, violating their constitutional rights

In a disturbing case of serious police misconduct, ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys have filed a lawsuit today on behalf of a Woonsocket resident, Mack Blackie, who was twice unlawfully and falsely arrested and detained by Woonsocket police

On November 5, Question 1 on the ballot will ask voters if they wish to approve the calling of a state constitutional convention. The ACLU of Rhode Island strongly opposes this ballot question.