The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling that a New York congregation could oust the Jewish congregation that has called Newport's historic Touro Synagogue home for more than a century. The ...

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require judges and magistrates to retire at age 75. Judges serve for life in ...

A federal judge in RI is reconsidering a decision ordering the Trump administration to release FEMA funds after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in another case.

Presiding Justice Alice B. Gibney vacated the $160,278 given to Alan Sampson because of a "miscommunication" with prosecutors ...

The RI Judiciary is moving to a new online court document system, but it won't meet directly with stakeholders on what the ...

The Journal previously reported that the state's most-skilled lawyers were dropping off the lists of court-appointed attorneys because of pay.

Alan D. Sampson was arrested in 2003 and convicted on an attempted larceny charge that was vacated by the Rhode Island ...

The Immigrant Coalition of Rhode Island implored Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul A. Suttell to follow the lead of other ...

His lawyers then returned to the Rhode Island judge on April 5, arguing that the Supreme Court decision "plainly vindicates ...

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: The federal government is trying one ...

If passed, the proposal would apply to judges and magistrates appointed after July 1 in all the courts and the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal except within the Supreme Court. Judges currently enjoy ...