January 27, 2023

Improved ProvPort deal on its way to full City Council for approval

The Providence City Council Finance Committee approved the passage of an ordinance establishing a new 30 year...

January 26, 2023

Reps Cicilline and Magaziner discuss first days in Republican-controlled House

The Representatives talked partisan gridlock, raising the debt ceiling, classified document security, saving Social Security and Medicare,...

Remembering Allen Charette, who died alone and unhoused in Woonsocket
January 26, 2023

Remembering Allen Charette, who died alone and unhoused in Woonsocket

Allen Charette was found dead in Woonsocket’s Social Park on Sunday morning. Unhoused, Allen had dealt with...

Planned Parenthood gathers elected officials to rally for Equality in Abortion Coverage Act
January 25, 2023

Planned Parenthood gathers elected officials to rally for Equality in Abortion Coverage Act

The rally marks what would have been the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing a person’s...

January 25, 2023

Conflicting laws leave contested Chariho School Committee vacancy up to RI Supreme Court

There are two laws that govern the appointment of members to vacated Richmond seats on the Chariho...

McKee’s new head of prisons was previously fired from Wyatt, failed to assist sick prisoners
January 23, 2023

McKee’s new head of prisons was previously fired from Wyatt, failed to assist sick prisoners

Hiu Lui Ng was essentially tortured, to death, by prison administrators, including Wayne Salisbury, who at the...

January 21, 2023

Kim and Akim lived in tent in Woonsocket, until home was bulldozed by the City

In our most recent interview with a former member of the Woonsocket encampment, we discovered that the...

Governor McKee 2024 budget features tiny tax cuts, EACA funding
January 20, 2023

Governor McKee 2024 budget features tiny tax cuts, EACA funding

Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee submitted his FY24 RI State Budget proposal to the General Assembly on...

RI House debates potential rule changes
January 25, 2023

RI House debates potential rule changes

The Rules by which the House and Senate organize themselves serve as the operating system for the...

One of Rhode Island’s top ‘slumlords’ receives a Sunday morning wake up call
January 16, 2023

One of Rhode Island’s top ‘slumlords’ receives a Sunday morning wake up call

About a dozen people approached the home of Anurag Sureka in an upscale neighborhood cul de sac...

January 13, 2023

Exclusive: Uprise RI interviews those unlawfully evicted from Woonsocket homeless encampment

On Thursday morning we spoke to three people who lived in the encampment until last Wednesday, Jeremy,...

Woonsocket Mayor responds to accusations about homeless encampment eviction on conservative radio
January 11, 2023

Woonsocket Mayor responds to accusations about homeless encampment eviction on conservative radio

Mayor Baldelli-Hunt hit back at advocates, borrowing a tactic from Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee, and accusing...

Woonsocket City officials called out on ‘cruel’ homeless encampment eviction
January 10, 2023

Woonsocket City officials called out on ‘cruel’ homeless encampment eviction

“What was done last week in our city was cruel and thoughtless. City officials that ordered the...

Smiley administration gathers education ideas and priorities from the public
January 9, 2023

Smiley administration gathers education ideas and priorities from the public

The three hour event was held to get public input into the future of Providence Public Schools...

White supremacists litter state with hate literature, recruiting flyers
January 6, 2023

White supremacists litter state with hate literature, recruiting flyers

Uprise RI has also learned that on the same evening the specific homes of trans leftists were...