Most states have district attorneys to prosecute the highest crimes that happen in their jurisdictions — but not Rhode Island. Instead, felony prosecutions are the duty of the state’s attorney general, an office not quite judge, jury and executioner but one which holds more power than in other states. And with that power, as the […]

Federal fishery managers would start analyzing the DNA collected in ocean waters to help inform their decisions, under a bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, Alaska’s Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Thursday. Called the Fisheries Science Modernization Act, the bill would set up a system for the use of environmental DNA, known […]