January 08, 2020
A Rhode Island federal judge has changed her mind and will grant a tribe's bid to transfer its $30 million suit over a highway construction project to the District of Columbia, saying she reconsidered her earlier decision because the case involves a federal official.
September 20, 2019
The Federal Highway Administration pressed a Rhode Island federal court Friday to toss the Narragansett Indian Tribe's $30 million suit over a highway construction project, saying the agency hasn't made a final decision about the cultural impacts of the plan that can be challenged in court.
September 09, 2019
The Narragansett Indian Tribe has said that a Federal Highway Administration decision terminating a plan for handling culturally significant sites on a highway construction project was a final decision that the tribe can challenge.
July 09, 2019
The Federal Highway Administration told a Rhode Island federal court that it should throw out a suit by the Narragansett Indian Tribe that claims the agency failed to mitigate the risks posed to important sites during a highway construction project, arguing the issue isn't ripe for court review.
March 29, 2019
The Narragansett Indian tribe says the Federal Highway Administration failed to mitigate the risks posed to tribal cultural and historical sites during a highway project's construction, demanding $30 million from the agency in a suit filed Friday in Rhode Island federal court.