Latest Rhode Island Headlines
All the headlines from our Rhode Island Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer Asserts No Duty to Defend Security Firm in Rhode Island Club Shooting
Jun 28 2022 // The insurer for a security firm for a Rhode Island nightclub where shootings and stabbings took place on October 17, 2021 is asking a court to declare it has no duty to defend the security firm. Persons injured in the...
Rhode Island Gov. McKee Signs 3 Gun Safety Bills Into Law
Jun 23 2022 // Rhode Island’s governor signed three firearms bills into law on Tuesday that included a ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds, calling it a response to a national crisis that has “taken too many lives...
Rhode Island Becomes 19th State to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
May 31 2022 // Rhode Island’s governor signed legislation Wednesday making the state the 19th in the nation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana, an issue that some lawmakers have been working on for...
Oil Firms Strike Out Again in Fight Against Massachusetts, Rhode Island Climate Suits
May 25 2022 // Exxon Mobil Corp. has lost another round in its fight to stop states from pursuing claims that it has deceived investors and the public regarding its products and climate change. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court...
Rhode Island Lawmakers Revise Recreational Marijuana Bill Ahead of Next Week’s Votes
May 19 2022 // Rhode Island lawmakers unveiled changes Tuesday to a bill to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana, revisions that aim to ensure the legislation passes the state’s General Assembly. The amended bill was...
Rhode Island High Court Revisits Exception to Workers’ Comp ‘Going-and-Coming’ Rule
May 12 2022 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently revisited the “going-and-coming” rule that generally excludes workers’ compensation benefits where an injured worker is traveling to or from work. The court has...
Rhode Island to Get $15M in Pollution Settlement With Energy Companies
Apr 14 2022 // Rhode Island will get $15 million through a settlement with major oil and gas companies that allegedly polluted the state’s soil and groundwater with a gasoline additive, the attorney general announced. Rhode Island...
Global MGU Victor Enters Reinsurance, Acquiring Rhode Island Firm RTSC
Apr 13 2022 // Victor, a global managing general underwriter (MGU), is expanding its underwriting capabilities into the reinsurance market. The firm announced it has acquired the business of Regional Treaty Services Corp. (RTSC), a...
Rhode Island Regulator Dwyer Named to Financial Stability Oversight Council
Apr 1 2022 // The Executive Committee of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has appointed Beth Dwyer, superintendent of Banking and Insurance for Rhode Island, to serve as NAIC’s representative on the...
Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department
Mar 24 2022 // Federal labor officials are seeking a restraining order to bar a North Providence doctor from retaliating against a former employee who complained that a co-worker with COVID-19 put her at risk while she was pregnant. The...
Rhode Island Reaches $107M Opioid Settlements With Teva and Allergan
Mar 22 2022 // Rhode Island’s attorney general on Monday announced settlements he valued at $107 million against the drugmakers Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and AbbVie’s Allergan unit to resolve claims over their roles in...
Rhode Island AG Sues 4 Landlords Over Lead Poisoning Hazards
Mar 16 2022 // Four Rhode Island landlords who own properties in which children with lead poisoning live have been sued by the state for alleged noncompliance with state lead poisoning prevention laws, the attorney general’s office...
Trial Against Teva Begins in Rhode Island Multibillion-Dollar Opioid Case
Mar 15 2022 // Rhode Island is set to square off on Monday against Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., as a multibillion-dollar trial begins over whether the Israeli company contributed to an opioid crisis that has caused more than...
Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules ‘Civil Death’ Law for Inmates Is Unconstitutional
Mar 9 2022 // An archaic Rhode Island law that says prison inmates serving life sentences are considered civilly dead in terms of their civil rights is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision released...
FTC Sues to Stop Merger of Rhode Island’s Two Biggest Hospital Firms
Feb 18 2022 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday that it would file a lawsuit aimed at stopping the merger of Rhode Island’s two largest health care providers, Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System. The...
Rhode Island Bus Service Says Data Breach Affected 22,000
Feb 2 2022 // A data breach at the state agency that operates Rhode Island’s public bus service compromised the personal information of about 22,000 people, significantly higher than the previously announced number of 17,000,...
Rhode Island Fines Medical Transport Firm Over Fatal Crash by Unqualified Driver
Jan 11 2022 // The company contracted by the state to provide nonemergency medical transportation to Rhode Island residents was fined $600,000 Thursday in connection with a crash involving an unqualified driver that led to the death of a...
Butler & Messier Insurance Acquires Two Rhode Island Agencies
Dec 22 2021 // Butler & Messier Insurance recently acquired two Cranston, Rhode Island, insurance agencies to add to its expanding statewide footprint. Effective October 1, 2021, Butler & Messier successfully closed on the final...
Two Rhode Island Contractors Face $75K in Penalties for Worksite Cave-In Risks
Dec 21 2021 // A federal inspection at a Warwick, Rhode Island, excavation found two area contractors ignoring cave-in risks and placing their workers in serious danger. On July 8, 2021, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and...
Rare November Tornadoes Hit Connecticut, Rhode Island
Nov 16 2021 // Three tornadoes that hit Rhode Island and southeast Connecticut this weekend were the first since at least 1950 to strike the area in November, the National Weather Service said Sunday. The service confirmed the three...
