Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and one governor in suing the Trump Administration over the sweeping budget reconciliation law (“Big Beautiful Bill”), specifically the “Defund Provision,” signed by President Trump this month.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and one governor in filing a lawsuit that challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) demand that states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 15 months at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) and pay $150,000 in restitution for defrauding consumers by selling motor vehicles with significant “rollbacks” on their odometers.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today co-led a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in the District of Rhode Island against the federal administration to stop its unlawful attempt to restrict access to critical health, education, and social service programs.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of murdering 40-year-old Mohsin Muhammad and mutilating the victim’s dead body.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging an unlawful final rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would create significant barriers to obtaining healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 20 states in suing the Trump Administration over its decision to illegally shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) bipartisan Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to protect communities from natural disasters before they strike.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two governors in filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island against the Trump Administration for its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six longstanding programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced that Rhode Island will recover approximately $3 million in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access of individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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