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

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Attorney General petitions to intervene in proposed LPG facility expansion in Port of Providence

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that his office has filed a motion to intervene in Energy Facility Siting Board Docket No. SB-2021-03, which involves a proposed expansion and associated increase in operations at a Liquified Propane Gas (LPG) facility that could affect the nearby community already burdened by the co-location of industrial operations and associated air pollution. ...

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Cranston drug dealer who possessed ghost gun and large capacity magazine sentenced to serve 4 years in state prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Cranston man was sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to serve four years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) stemming from a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and the Cranston and Providence Police Departments into the trafficking of ghost guns. ...

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