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Metrc Enters Into New Track-And-Trace Government Contract With The State Of Rhode Island

Metrc, provider of cannabis regulatory systems in the U.S., has entered into a contract with the State of Rhode Island to support the State’s regulation of medical cannabis, the company’s 22nd government contract to date and fifth so far in 2022.

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Rhode Island auditor general reports $550 million in unemployment insurance fraud during pandemic

Rhode Island Auditor General Dennis Hoyle released a report on July 12, 2022, estimating the state paid $550 million of fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. The figure was up over the previous fiscal year in which the state estimated $171 million of fraudulent…

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Lawmaker suspended from TikTok defends twerking video

A state senator in Rhode Island who was suspended from TikTok after posting a video in which she twerked while doing a handstand in a bikini says she has no regrets

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Bally’s, praised by labor here, faces strike threat in Rhode Island

The winner of the Chicago casino bid, who promised good labor relations here, nearly had to contend with a walkout over the July 4 weekend at its operation outside Providence.

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Off-duty cop punches woman in face at abortion protest in Rhode Island, gets suspended

An off-duty police officer punched a woman twice in the face at a pro-choice protest in Rhode Island on Friday night.

Tribune News Service

Dan Rinaldi's Rhode Island-Style Fried Calamari

A recipe for Rhode Island-Style Fried Calamari is included in “The Great American Recipe Cookbook.”

The Independent UK

DEA Stonewalling MMJ's MS & Huntington's Disease Clinical Trials For 3 Years

MMJ companies are building a center of marijuana excellence in Rhode Island and has filed for FDA sanctioned clinical trials in multiple sclerosis and Huntington's disease. MMJ was awarded the much coveted orphan drug designation from the FDA for its planned Huntington's disease trials, and has also received a D

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Hangar 420 Brings WILLIE'S RESERVE Cannabis Products To Rhode Island

Hangar 420, a cannabis producer and distributor owned by Ocean State Controlled Botanicals, has entered into a commercial packaging, licensing and distribution agreement with Long Play Inc., a Colorado corporation and licensor of renowned cannabis brand “WILLIE'S RESERVE.”

Benzinga

YouTube star trained for boxing debut in car park "street fights" with fellow influencer

Epic Meal Time host Harley Morenstein had to make do with a car park for his sparring sessions against Sam Hyde in the lead up to his boxing debut

Daily Mirror

The Conjuring: Home that inspired horror movie sells for nearly £1.2m

Real-life events at the Rhode Island farmhouse inspired 2013 horror movie

The Independent UK

Home that inspired ‘The Conjuring’ sells for more than $1.5M (old)

The Rhode Island farmhouse that inspired the 2013 horror movie “The Conjuring” occurred has been sold to a Boston developer who plans to keep it open to the public

The Independent UK

Surfer helps families honor loved ones with 'one last wave'

Rhode Island surfer Dan Fischer created the One Last Wave Project to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss

The Independent UK

Rhode Island Becomes the 19th State To Legalize Recreational Marijuana

Meanwhile, Delaware's governor has blocked a more modest step, and a legalization initiative has qualified for the ballot in South Dakota.

Reason

Nearly 6 years later, man indicted in mother's death at sea

Nearly six years after Nathan Carman told authorities his mother drowned at sea off the coast of New England, he has been indicted in her killing

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Rhode Island Becomes 19th State To Legalize Cannabis, Gov. Dan McGee Signs Bill Ending Prohibition

With the stroke of a pen, Rhode Island joined its two neighboring states and 16 others in legalizing the recreational use of cannabis, becoming the 19th state in the country to end marijuana prohibition.

Benzinga

Rhode Island Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Legalization, Sending Bill To Gov. McKee, Here's What's In It

Rhode Island lawmakers gave the green light to a pair of identical companion bills to legalize adult recreational cannabis use on Tuesday.

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Cannabis Regulatory Update: Rhode Island, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington & Thailand

Rhode Island Senate & House Committees Send Cannabis Legalization Bill To Full Chambers

Tribune News Service

Census misses may have cost Florida and Texas in redistricting

WASHINGTON — Census miscounts in Texas and Florida may have been big enough to cost those states a congressional seat this decade, and may have helped states such as Rhode Island keep a seat, according to data in a Census Bureau report released Thursday.

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K-9 featured in Netflix's 'Rescued by Ruby' euthanized

A Rhode Island dog whose inspiring story of going from shelter dog to life-saving police K-9 became the subject of a recent Netflix movie has been euthanized

Benzinga

Teva, Allergan Ready To Pay $5B To Settle Lawsuits Related To Opioid Painkillers: Bloomberg

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA) and AbbVie Inc's (NYSE:ABBV) Allergan Plc are willing to pay more than $5 billion combined to resolve more than 3,500 lawsuits filed over highly addictive opioid painkillers, according to three people familiar with settlement talks. The people said the companies have been in mediation talks with plaintiffs for more than a year. …

The Independent UK

Scientists renew efforts to find ship torched by colonists

A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago

The Independent UK

Man charged with killing mother at sea to inherit estate

A man found floating on a raft in the ocean off the coast of Rhode Island in 2016 after his boat sank has been indicted on charges alleging he killed his mother at sea to inherit the family’s estate

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U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Rhode Island disclosure law

On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not take up Gaspee Project v. Mederos, a lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s campaign finance disclosure regulations. The court’s refusal to hear the appeal means a lower court ruling upholding the state’s law will stand.

Reason

Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Rhode Island's Abortion Rights Statute

From Wednesday's decision of the Rhode Island Supreme Court in Benson v. McKee (opinion by Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg, joined by Chief Justice Paul Suttell and Justice William Robinson; Justices Erin Lynch Prata and Melissa Long did not participate): In 2019 the General Assembly enacted the Reproductive Privacy Act (the…

The Independent UK

New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development

City officials in Providence weighing reparations for Black residents are looking beyond the Rhode Island capital’s leading role in slavery

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