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Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today signed on to an amicus brief supporting state sovereignty over marriage in the case of United States v. Windsor, challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Noting that states have made different choices about...

Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin praised the United States Congress for putting aside partisan politics and reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), protecting hundreds of thousands of dollars to Rhode Island programs to support victims of domestic violence. Attorney General...

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and The Rhode Island Foundation announced today that they are bringing the "Assets for Artists" program to Rhode Island, through a partnership with the internationally acclaimed Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMoCA), the...

Governor Lincoln D. Chafee announced on October 28, 2013, that Long Island City, N.Y. - based Tunstall Americas will relocate its data and medical call center operations to Rhode Island and is expected to create 250 jobs in the state over the next two years. By April 2013, Tunstall plans to move...

The Commission took the following actions: Issued Advisory Opinion 2013-6 to Robert T. O'Neill, M.D., a member of the Narragansett Zoning Board, opining that he qualifies for a hardship exception to the Code of Ethics' prohibition on appearing before his own Board to obtain a variance for...

The Commission took the following actions: Issued Advisory Opinion 2013-8 to Nathan T. Calouro, a member of the Bristol Town Council, opining that he is prohibited by the Code of Ethics from participating in the Town Council's appointment of a new harbormaster and the Town Council's review...

Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) are reminding commuters that this is the final week of the Wickford Wintertime Wednesdays promotion. This invitation to try commuter rail service for free ran for the past five weeks as a way to introduce commuter...

GOVERNOR'S CENTENARIANS BRUNCH CRANSTON---The Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs (DEA) has begun its annual survey to locate persons who are age 100 or older. Centenarians will receive an invitation from Governor Lincoln Chafee to the 36th annual Governor's Centenarians Brunch. The brunch...

The Rhode Island Office of Attorney General (RIAG) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) will hold public informational meetings concerning the proposed sale of Westerly Hospital to Lawrence & Memorial Corporation. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Attorney General...

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that the Conimicut Triangle and Area A of Upper Narragansett Bay will be closed to shellfishing beginning at sunrise tomorrow, February 26. The closure is being enacted due to a period of inadequate disinfection at the Narragansett...