This week, we feature the Economic Progress Institute, which is dedicated to improving the economic well-being of all Rhode Islanders. We asked executive director Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies to tell us more about the organization. What is your vision and mission?

Southern Rhode Island offers plenty to do beyond the beach, with its charming small towns, scenic hiking trails, and rich history.

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

In a case brought by Stephen Lara, a judge ruled that Nevada law enforcement cannot use an “equitable sharing” civil forfeiture program to bypass state laws.

Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia and San Francisco sued in federal court to block Trump's order.

Nevada's attorney general joins nearly two dozen of his counterparts in challenging an executive order he calls a "unilateral attack on the constitutional rights of Americans."

Attorney General Dan Rayfield has joined other states in Texas gun rights cases in support of Biden administration rules requiring background checks and banning conversion devices that turn handguns into rapid-fire weapons.

New Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday that Oregon and more than a dozen other states are joining together to defend two federal rules aimed at reducing gun violence nationwide. Here's Rayfield's news release about the action,

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

Oregon has joined other states in Texas gun rights cases in support of Biden administration rules requiring background checks.