A federal court order that blocked Rhode Island regulators from awarding cannabis retail licenses is now lifted, clearing the way for a new application process already underway. U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose on Friday dissolved the preliminary injunction she issued against the Rhode Island Cannabis Control Commission on April 8 now that the state’s […]
One week after a Rhode Island federal judge ruled Johnston’s attempted seizure of a 31-acre property for a proposed apartment complex was unlawful, its owners are asking the court to hold town officials in contempt as they still try to take the land. U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose on Tuesday afternoon scheduled a show […]
A man wanted in connection with a 2021 homicide in the Dominican Republic is back in custody nearly three months after disappearing following his release by a Rhode Island federal judge who was not made aware of the warrant. Bryan Rafael Gomez failed to self-report to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office on May […]
A court order that blocked state regulators from awarding cannabis retail licenses may come to an end soon, a Rhode Island federal judge indicated Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose wrote in an order that she would dissolve the preliminary injunction she issued April 8 now that the Rhode Island Cannabis Act no longer requires […]
