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Do you agree with Cranston’s clampdown on homeless encampments?

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has signed an executive order allowing police to remove homeless encampments. The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug....
CRANSTON MAYOR KENNETH J. Hopkins signed an executive order Wednesday to break up the encampment next to the city's police station after his proposal received pushback at a City Council meeting on Aug. 15, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Report: Cranston mayor signs order to break up homeless encampment

CRANSTON – The city police are reaching out to “any social services necessary in an effort to relocate and provide temporary housing,” as the...
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In homelessness fight, better measurements needed

Homelessness is a major problem in the U.S., and it’s getting worse. A record 650,000 Americans were homeless on a single night in January...

State plans temporary 45-unit homeless community in Providence

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Housing on Thursday announced it is pursuing vacant state-owned land on Victor Street to serve as a temporary...

New street medicine program brings health care to R.I.’s homeless 

A group of doctors has made it their mission to make medical care more accessible to homeless patients, and in the process they are...

R.I. Coalition for the Homeless executive director stepping down

PROVIDENCE – Caitlin Frumerie, who has led the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless for six years, announced this week she will step down...
AT ODDS: Gov. Daniel J. McKee, left, and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha haven’t agreed on much lately, including the latter’s budget request for his office. Neronha has turned to social media and news outlets to register his displeasure with the governor’s $13.8 billion spending plan for fiscal 2024.

Public not served by lingering flap between governor, AG

Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha are apparently not on speaking terms, most recently due to an ongoing dispute over...

McKee unveils budget proposals to spur housing across state

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor on Friday announced a package of housing proposals, which include a low-income...
MICHELLE LEE, left, speaks during Thursday's press event cutting the ribbon-cutting event on new homeless family apartments in Warwick for Crossroads Rhode Island. Lee will become a new resident in the apartments. Also pictured are R.I. Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor, middle, and House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, D-Warwick. / COURTESY CROSSROADS RHODE ISLAND

Crossroads R.I., state officials cut ribbon on new apartments for homeless...

WARWICK – A former convent building for St. Benedict Church on Beach Avenue has formally been converted into new apartments for families experiencing homelessness. Additionally,...
ADVOCATES FOR the unhoused say Rhode Island's "Homeless Bill of Rights" should have protected those camped out on the Statehouse lawn last month when Gov. Daniel J. McKee ordered them removed from the grounds. A Superior Court judge sided with McKee. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

Does ‘Homeless Bill of Rights’ need an update?

Rhode Island’s adoption of a “Homeless Bill of Rights” may have won state leaders praise when it was passed in 2012, but the weakness...
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