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State of Rhode Island, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha ,

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Attorney General Neronha, coalition challenge Trump Administration’s attack on fair housing laws

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general filing a lawsuit challenging unlawful actions by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including threats to withhold funding from state and local fair housing enforcement agencies for abiding by state laws and threats to impose illegal conditions on HUD funding. These actions threaten to weaken America’s fair housing enforcement system and undermine states’ ability to ensure equal access to housing. ...

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Attorney General Neronha, coalition sue to stop unlawful data demand to colleges and universities

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general in challenging the Trump Administration’s demand that higher education institutions provide new data via a recently added component to the Integrated Postsecondary Education System (IPEDS), a collection of interrelated surveys administered by the Department of Education, following the Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. ...

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Attorney General Neronha publishes comprehensive report on child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Providence

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today published the Office’s Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Diocese of Providence. The report, which describes the Diocese’s handling of decades of clergy abuse, is the result of a yearslong investigation by the Office of the Attorney General, with assistance from the Rhode Island State Police. The investigation began in 2019 when, as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Attorney General and former Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, the Diocese agreed to voluntarily produce internal records relating to clergy abuse dating back to 1950. ...

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North Smithfield man to serve 17 years in state prison for deadly DUI

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a North Smithfield man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve 17 years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for driving under the influence and causing a crash that killed 63-year-old Thomas Lamoureux and severely injured 36-year-old Jeremy Davis. ...

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