Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., for abruptly and illegally terminating nearly $11 billion in critical public health grants to the states.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that two Rhode Island men have been sentenced in Kent County Superior Court to life in prison for the murder of Leila Duarte DaLuz, whose body was recovered from Carbuncle Pond in Coventry on December 21, 2022.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Pawtucket man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court for multiple felony drug possession and distribution charges, including delivering fentanyl that resulted in the death of 35-year-old Tokie Zammarelli in 2022.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today the filing of a lawsuit against Michael Moccia and Palisade Legal Group, PLLC, a debt-management service provider, alleging they violated Rhode Island’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA).
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Attorney General Neronha joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general to issue the following statement after a federal judge in the United States District Court for Maryland issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) for 18 federal agencies, ordering them to stop the illegal mass layoffs of federal probationary employees and to reinstate fired employees by 1:00pm on Monday, March 17, 2025.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued a statement in response to a decision by the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner (OHIC) against incorporating bolder proposed amendments to its regulations governing primary care.
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Attorney General Neronha today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump Administration to stop the dismantling of the Department of Education (ED).
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Central Falls man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court for the murder of 22-year-old Joel Rosario in 2020.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been sentenced in Providence County Superior Court to double life sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for murder and related assault and firearms charges stemming from a 2021 shooting that killed 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann and for the attempted murder of her boyfriend, Sheron Robinson.
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Cranston woman has been found guilty in Kent County Superior Court for the driving death of 51-year-old Donald Boss in 2020.
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