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Changes to NEA policy in response to ACLU lawsuit do not solve the problems for arts organizations or deprive court of jurisdiction, attorneys argue

In separate rulings issued yesterday, U.S. District Court Chief John McConnell, Jr. has rejected requests by the state to dismiss lawsuits filed against RI Department of Corrections’ (RIDOC) supervisors and staff on behalf of the family members of two individuals who died by suicide

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island announced today that a proposed settlement has been filed in the class-action lawsuit against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (“RIPTA”) and UnitedHealthcare New England (“UHC”)

Artists no longer need to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” to apply and the NEA’s funding bar will be decided by the Court

Artists and theater groups have today filed a lawsuit challenging a new certification requirement for National Endowment for the Arts’ grants that requires applicants to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” in order to be eligible for funding

A lawsuit filed today by attorneys for the RWU Prisoners’ Rights Clinic and the ACLU of RI challenges the R.I. Department of Corrections’ restrictive policies governing the religious freedom of Muslims incarcerated at the ACI, including significant constraints on their ability to observe Ramadan

the ACLU of RI sent a letter to Glocester school district Superintendent Renee Palazzo, urging her to rescind directives she issued to the Fogarty Memorial School’s librarians to allow students to check out only “age appropriate” books.

In a letter sent today to Brown University President Christina Paxson and other members of the University administration, the ACLU of Rhode Island and its student chapter condemned the school’s three-month-long “interim” suspension of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).

The ACLU of Rhode Island today urged municipal officials to adopt a comprehensive ordinance designed to protect their immigrant communities from constitutionally dubious federal actions and pronouncements.