Nancy Lavin
Reporter at Rhode Island Current
Senior reporter for @RICurrent. On the prowl for the best scoops (stories and ice cream). [email protected]
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yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin
A chat bubble shows ChatGPT's response to a user query of 'What's a deepfake?' (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)ChatGPT was hardly a household name when Rep. Jacquelyn Baginski first pitched state regulations limiting artificial intelligence in elections in January 2024. Seventeen months later, the AI-powered chatbot is part of the zeitgeist. “Probably everyone has it downloaded on their phones right now,” Baginski, a Cranston Democrat, said in an interview Wednesday.
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johnstonsunrise.net | Nancy Lavin
In his final months as Rhode Island Senate president, the late Dominick Ruggerio continued to rake in campaign donations, according to the first-quarter report filed with the Rhode Island Board of Elections last Wednesday. Ruggerio died on April 21. But his campaign finance account, and its $148,000 balance, lives on, with state law laying out a host of options for how the balance in his war chest can be spent.
Lawyers challenge customs officials’ constitutional authority to deport Brown Medicine kidney doctor
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commonwealthbeacon.org | Nancy Lavin
ATTORNEYS FOR Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Brown Medicine kidney doctor deported to her native Lebanon in mid-March, continue to fight to bring her back. An amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts Monday contends that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers who refused entry to Alawieh at Boston Logan International Airport lacked the constitutional authority to deport her back to Lebanon.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin
The Rhode Island Board of Elections approved dates for a Senate District 4 special election and deadlines leading up to it during its meeting on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Screenshot)The countdown has begun to fill the late Senate President Dominick Ruggerio’s seat. A timeline with a July 8 primary followed by an Aug. 5 general special election was approved by the Rhode Island Board of Elections Tuesday. Ruggerio, a North Providence Democrat, died on April 21 at age 76.
Lawyers challenge customs officials’ constitutional authority to deport Brown Medicine kidney doctor
1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Nancy Lavin
Demonstrators gathered outside of the Rhode Island State House to protest the deportation of Brown Medicine kidney doctor Rasha Alawieh on March 17, 2025 in Providence. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)Attorneys for Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a Brown Medicine kidney doctor deported to her native Lebanon in mid-March, continue to fight to bring her back.
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