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The city will pay two incoming state lawmakers $500 each and cover $18,311 in legal bills.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Pawtucket is lifting restrictions on political campaign signs under a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, officials said Tuesday.

Published January 25. 2021 1:05AM  PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has sued Portsmouth on behalf of a resident who's been ordered to take down signs on his property that are critical of the town. Resident Michael DiPaola has been feuding with the town for years over building code enforcement and recently erected several signs about what the ACLU calls “perceived selective and corrupt code enforcement." The town says DiPaola violated the town’s zoning ordinance, failed to obtain a required permit to display the signs, was not allowed to display...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has sued Portsmouth on behalf of a resident who's been ordered to take down signs on his property that are critical of the town.

The ALCU of RI filed the federal lawsuit this week. Photo: ACLU A federal lawsuit has filed by ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorney Richard Sinapi challenging a Portsmouth town ordinance that bans the posting of political signs on residential property. The lawsuit is on behalf of town resident Michael DiPaola, who recently erected a series of signs on his property that express “his opinions criticizing perceived selective and corrupt code enforcement by the Town.” According to the ACLU, DiPaola has had a running feud with town building officials. The suit claims he “posted the firs...