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ACLU calls on Governor to rescind eviction order; threatens legal action
Among other issues, "The state has no formal rules or regulations setting standards or criteria for use of the State House grounds that authorize the notices to vacate," writes the ACLU.
Governor McKee grilled on State House encampment eviction
Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee was in Pawtucket at noon today. Uprise RI and other news outlets were on hand to ask about his administration's efforts to evict a homeless encampment from State House grounds.
Caitlin Frumerie: We simply don't have enough housing
In the afternoon after the news broke that the Administration of Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee was forcibly evicting people camping on State House grounds, Caitlin Frumerie, Executive Director at Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness spoke to the press to advocate for more resources for Rhode Islanders experiencing homelessness.
State House homeless encampment served 48-hour eviction notice
On Wednesday morning around 8am members of Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee's staff, backed up by a State Police presence, exited the State House to issue 48-hour eviction notices to the unhoused people camping on the plaza by Smith St...
Community leaders accuse PVD Public Schools of retaliation and discrimination
Reacting to the failed state takeover of Providence Schools and the revelations of racism and retaliation in the Superintendent's office, community leaders call for resignations, investigations and change.
Large group demands Governor McKee keep promise of providing shelter to the unhoused
Over 75 people, many currently experiencing homelessness, gathered at noon outside the second floor offices of Governor Daniel McKee at the Rhode Island State House on Monday to deliver a letter signed by over 600 people demanding that the Governor fulfill his promise to provide shelter beds to anyone who is living outside. As people suffer in below freezing temperatures at more than 80 unsheltered encampments across the state, Governor McKee has not lived up to past promises.
Exclusive: State admits those camping at State House not offered alternative shelter
In a statement that endangered unhoused people, the McKee Administration falsely claimed that every person camping in front of the State House had been offered - and declined - "alternative shelter resources."
EPI's Standard of Need reports key findings on poverty
A new report from the Economic Progress Institute calculates how much money is required for low-income Rhode Islanders to pay for basic expenses including food, housing, healthcare, transportation and childcare.
Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness delivers 2022 address
The Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness delivered its first ever State of Homelessness Address in the CIC Providence Building on Dyer Street Monday evening. The event presented and highlighted local and state-wide data on homelessness gathered by Coalition staff and partners.
Growing calls for McKee to shut down inhumane, unconstitutional maximum security prison
In 1977, United States Chief Judge Raymond Pettine issued a legal opinion stating: 'the record here overwhelmingly supports, and no one seriously disputes, the concession that the present Maximum Facility is irremediably obnoxious to constitutional standards and that it must be closed.' Yet the facility remains open.