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The campaign to embed an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the constitution is in trouble because of profound changes in society.

David Patten’s lawyer issued a statement apologizing to the people of Rhode Island and Philadelphia but continued to blame the incident on “an acute stress event”

The redevelopment of the Cranston Street Armory seems to be in limbo after an e-mail from the developers detailed David Patten’s behavior during a trip to Philadelphia to meet with Scout Ltd., the project’s potential developer.

A Philadelphia developer has accused one Rhode Island official of making racist and sexist remarks, and has said another declined to stop him.

BARRINGTON — J. Renn Olenn, a lawyer admired for his wise counsel, compassion and formidable courtroom presence, died Sunday in Naples, Florida, where he had retired part-time with his wife, Mary. Olenn, 76, founded the Warwick firm Olenn & Penza LLP in 1975, with his good friend and partner Joseph F. Penza Jr.  Former colleagues and friends remembered Olenn this week as an intellectually curious, laser-focused man who left no stone unturned when it came to advocating for his clients. “He never mailed it in,” said Superior Court Presiding Justice Alice B. Gibney, who sat for the bar e...