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McKee to reaffirm commitment to housing, education in State of the...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Tuesday will give his State of the State address before the General Assembly in the House chamber...

RIPEC urges fiscal ‘restraint’ for FY 2025 state budget

PROVIDENCE – With the historic infusion of federal revenues from pandemic relief programs expiring and a reversal of record state revenue surpluses, the state’s general...
THE GREATER PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE says it supports the recommendation by the city's Special Commission for Taxation and Revenue to lower the commercial property tax rate incrementally over five years despite there being no clear indication of the effect it might have on residential property taxes. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

5-year proposal to lower Providence’s commercial property tax lauded

A special commission's recommendations that the city of Providence revamp its tax structure and lower its "punishing" commercial property tax rate over five years...

Revamping ‘8% law’ among Smiley’s 2024 legislative priorities

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Thursday laid out his administration’s 2024 legislative priorities, focusing efforts on revamping the controversial "8% law" regulating...

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...

License revocation of inspector who OK’d Harborside Inn’s fire suppression system...

WARWICK – The R.I. Fire Safety Code Board of Appeal and Review on Tuesday upheld a previous decision to revoke the journeyman license of...

Providence County declared eligible for federal disaster relief

PROVIDENCE – The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Sunday announced that applications for federal disaster assistance are now available for those affected by the...

Providence considers 10-year tax deal for 133-unit Fox Point apartment complex

PROVIDENCE – City officials are considering giving a 10-year tax stabilization deal to the developer building a 133-unit apartment complex on the corner of...
SPEAKS WITH AUTHORITY: 
House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi talks before a joint legislative commission on plastic bottle waste before its meeting in December. Shekarchi has given caution signals about this year’s budget process because of a cloudy fiscal picture ahead. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Uneasy money: Worries about returning to deficits hang over General Assembly

The warning flags have been raised: Rhode Island legislators are about to return to reality. After two years of massive surpluses, state budget officials are...
VESTED INTEREST: Gina Lalli, senior loan officer at Shamrock Home Loans, hopes interest-rate cuts will come in 2024 to spur some home sales activity. New mortgage applications in November were 20% lower than they were a year earlier.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Real estate industry ready for some rate cuts

While many real ­estate agents are dream sellers, Gina Lalli, senior loan officer at Shamrock Home Loans in Newport, often has to give buyers...
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