Attorney General Neronha today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Education’s threat to withhold federal funding from state and local agencies that refuse to abandon lawful programs and policies that promote equal access to education in K-12 classrooms across the nation.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced a $213,000 settlement with A.R. Building Company, Inc. (ARBC) which resolves allegations of unfair trade practices targeting prospective tenants and sets a standard for the Rhode Island housing industry.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Pawtucket man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of committing sexual assault against a juvenile female victim between 2014 and 2017.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves announced today that a Pawtucket man has been charged in a seventeen-year-old cold case, stemming from the murder of 63-year-old Carl Seebeck.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued the following statement applauding Judge McConnell’s order granting the Office’s motion to enforce an injunction previously imposed by the Court which prohibited the Trump administration to categorically freeze federal funds to states after the Administration withheld FEMA funds allocated for disaster relief.
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Attorney General Neronha today co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the dismantling of three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and small businesses nationwide.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration in the U.S. District Court for Massachusetts over its unlawful attempt to disrupt grant funding issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The lawsuit challenges the Administration’s unreasonable and intentional delays in reviewing NIH grant applications, as well as its termination of hundreds of already-issued grants.
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