Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rebecca Aitchison was selected by the Rhode Island's federal court to be its newest magistrate starting in October. (Courtesy ...

A Rhode Island federal judge has ordered the revival of the $7 billion Solar for All program after the Trump administration’s ...

A federal court has slapped down an attempt by the town of Johnston, Rhode Island, to use eminent domain to seize a vacant lot slated for affordable housing development. "When a municipality elects to ...

A U.S. District Court judge rules the Trump administration acted unlawfully when terminating congressionally authorized clean energy grants designed to lower energy costs for low-income households.

A Rhode Island federal court has temporarily allowed out-of-state lawyers to represent immigration detainees. The court's decision comes in response to a significant surge in habeas corpus petitions ...

Judge Mary McElroy of the US District Court of Rhode Island on Friday dismissed a suit from the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking detailed voter information from Rhode Island’s Department of State.

The court publicly cautions lawyer after finding sufficient evidence he violated ethical duties Court says ICE falsely suggested Rhode Island judge knowingly released someone wanted in murder probe ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The federal court decision that authorized Rhode Island’s controversial truck-toll program just got a little bit worse for the American Trucking Associations. Rhode Island ...