PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSgov) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news on May 11, 2023: As questions swirl around the suicide of a man being held in solitary confinement at the ACI last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a "friend of the court" brief supporting an ACI inmate's constitutional challenge to his confinement in solitary for over a year as a violation of the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual pu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 12 (TNSgov) -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: * * * As threats to LGBTQ+ people escalate across the country, the Senate today unanimously voted to pass a bill to make confirmatory adoption more accessible for LGBTQ+ families * * * The Rhode Island Senate voted unanimously to pass S 0121, a bill that will streamline the process for confirmatory adoption and make it more accessible for LGBTQ+ parents to ensure s  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 (TNSgov) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release and letter on May 8, 2023: Save the Sound commends the leadership of Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in delivering a letter today to the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calling on the agencies to address the mounting problem of plastic microfibers present in waterbodies across the globe. We thank  more