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Trump administration freezes nearly $7B in education funding. How does it affect RI?
The freeze on close to $7 billion in education grants would cost RI nearly $30 million, 7% of the state’s K-12 federal ...
Patricia Sullivan to retire as RI federal magistrate
U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan, who joined the bench in 2012, will retire in October 2026, per court announcement.
Rhode Island judge stops Trump, Kennedy HHS layoffs
A federal judge in Rhode Island stops the controversial mass layoffs and cuts at the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
These lawyers are in the running for two coveted RI judgeships. Here's who.
The Judicial Nominating Commission on July 8 selected two groups of 9 lawyers to interview for a judgeship. PROVIDENCE – ...
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The Supreme Court 'kneecapped' the lower federal courts. Or did it?
The courts continue to be the only bulwark against an overreaching executive, writes Nancy Gertner, a former U.S. District Court judge. After the high court’s ruling on nationwide injunctions, it ...
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Supreme Court Suspends Injunction Preventing RFK Jr.'s HHS Cuts
The high court's order blocks a May decision by a California court that temporarily blocked the efforts of Health Secretary ...
Federal judge blocks mass layoffs and reorganization plans at HHS
A federal judge in Rhode Island has blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from implementing mass layoffs and ...
Federal complaint names Van Buren man in $1.7M wire fraud scheme
VAN BUREN, N.Y. — A complaint filed in a federal court in Rhode Island accuses a Town of Van Buren man of laundering more ...