Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin issued the following statement on the news that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected earlier greenhouse gas emissions standards for 2022 to 2025 model cars and light trucks.
In 2010, the EPA changed the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)...
Kilmartin and Elorza Argue Citizenship Question is Unconstitutional, Arbitrary and will Fatally Undermine Accuracy of the Population Count
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza - part of a coalition of 18 Attorneys General, six cities, and the bipartisan U....
Scam Calls Become More Frequent and Aggressive During Tax Season
With the federal and state tax filing deadline in a couple of weeks, consumer calls into the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office report a significant uptick in the frequency and aggressiveness of IRS scam phone calls. ...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin, part of a coalition of 17 Attorneys General, filed a new amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) opposing President Trump's third travel ban.
The brief was filed in Trump v. Hawaii (No. 17-965), ahead of arguments before the SCOTUS...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced that the Office of Attorney General has retained the national law firm Motley Rice to work with the Office in its investigation involving prescription opiate manufacturers and distributors in anticipation of potential civil action on behalf of...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Joseph "Black" Segrain (age 34), of Pawtucket, was sentenced today to a total of 90 years with 80 years to serve, of which 35 years is non-parolable, for his role in the January 9, 2017 daytime drive-by shooting in downtown Providence that left...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that yesterday Lynda Proietti (age 42), of Danielson, CT, was found guilty by a Providence County Superior Court jury of one count of felony patient abuse in a healthcare facility and two counts of misdemeanor patient abuse in a healthcare facility. ...
The Office of Attorney General filed a complaint in Rhode Island Superior Court citing the Tiverton Town Council and/or Randy Lebeau, in his individual and official capacity as a member of the Town Council, for a reckless and/or willing and knowing violation of the Access to Public Records Act (...
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today announced he is working with the New York Attorney General's Office on a multi-state lawsuit to preserve a fair and accurate census. The federal Commerce Department announced on Monday that the 2020 Census will include a question on citizenship, asking...
The Office of Attorney General announced that the Town of North Kingstown has entered into a consent judgment acknowledging it violated the state's Access to Public Records Act (APRA) when it failed to provide a response to an APRA request filed by William Mudge dated March 15, 2017 as required by...
