PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch late Wednesday said Rhode Island will get more than $150,000 as part of an agreement with two companies in the health-care industry to settle allegations that the businesses engaged in kickback schemes that defrauded federal and state health-care programs.
The states and [...]
BOSTON (AP) -- Polls in Massachusetts are open as voters choose the two candidates who will square off to fill the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat.
Polls opened across the state at 7 a.m. Tuesday and are scheduled to stay open until 8 p.m.
Attorney General Martha Coakley, Rep. Michael Capuano, City [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new $25 -million settlement resulting from a class action suit brought against various drug companies by the attorneys general of 22 states for alleged vitamin price-fixing will mean $115,000 for Rhode Island, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch announced Tuesday.
The price-fixing is alleged to have occurred [...]
Please join Mr. Stephen Marra
For a reception
in honor of Rhode Island Attorney General
Candidate for Governor
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 – 6pm
Waterplace Restaurant One Finance Way Providence, RI
Suggested Contribution: $100
Maximum Contribution per RI Law: $1,000
Please make checks payable to: [...]
Some musings on media happenings over the weekend:
The White House may be shunning Fox News, but its surrogates are still pushing the administration's line. Rhode Island's senior senator, Jack Reed, was on Fox News Sunday this weekend doing battle with Rudy Giuliani over Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try some [...]By Kathy Gregg
Journal State House Bureau
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the days since Governor Carcieri vetoed a bill that would have given "domestic partners'' the right to make funeral decisions for each other, potential gubernatorial candidates are lining up in opposition to his stand.
Republican candidate for Attorney General, Attorney Erik Wallin, today commended Governor Donald Carcieri for his veto of H-5134, Substitute A, “An Act Relating to Criminal Procedure – Arrest”. “I am very pleased that the Governor vetoed this legislation that would have made prosecuting the most dangerous [...]
WARWICK, R.I. -- A local man has been indicted by grand jury on charges of assault on a child and kidnapping with intent to molest the child, according to the state attorney general's office.
Richard D. Marold, 54, of 251 Long St., in Warwick was charged with kidnapping a minor under [...]
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A West Warwick man convicted in September of slaying a neighbor over a debt was sentenced to life in prison, the attorney general's office announced.
Robert Payette, 47, formerly of 19 Maple Ave. in West Warwick, will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible' [...]
The New York attorney general said Tuesday that Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS:NYSE) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle charges that it sold expired products at its stores in that state.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo initiated legal action in 2008 against CVS after a [...]
There is a fundraiser tonight for Attorney General Patrick Lynch. It is interesting to note that his campaign website already proclaims "Patrick C. Lynch for Governor:"
Please join Mayor Richard Sardella
for a reception in honor of
Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch
[...]
