Rhode Island Bill Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales, Set Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition Scheme
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 18, 2021) – A bill filed in the Rhode Island House would legalize the sale of raw milk in the state. Passage into law would take an important step toward rejecting a federal prohibition scheme in practice and effect. Rep. Blake Filippi (R)...
Rhode Island House Committee Passes Right to Try Act to Reject Some FDA Restrictions on Terminal Patients
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 17, 2021) – Last week, a Rhode Island House committee passed a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to bypass some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments. Rep. Joseph McNamara (D-Warwick)...
Rhode Island Bill Would Limit Warrantless Electronic Data Collection, Hinder Federal Surveillance
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Feb. 10, 2021) – Bills introduced in the Rhode Island House and Senate would ban the warrantless collection of electronic data and the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications in most situations....