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TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY is one of nine arts and culture organizations to receive $200,000 in grants from the city of Providence to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

Providence awards $200K in COVID-19 recovery grants to 9 arts organizations

Art & Culture 07/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Nine city-based arts and culture organizations received $200,000 in total grants to help local artists continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Providence City Council extends charter school lease

Economy 06/28/2023

PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Tuesday agreed to let a charter school stay in its current building for five more years, WPRI-TV CBS...

A NEW ONE-YEAR contract agreement was reached Thursday between the Providence Teachers Union and the Providence Public School District that includes pay raises and increases the length of school days by 30 minutes.

New Providence teachers contract includes pay raises, extended school days

Education 06/16/2023

PROVIDENCE – Late Thursday, a new contract agreement was reached between the Providence Teachers Union and the Providence Public School District, which includes pay...

Senate panel mulls ranked-choice voting for primaries, state elections

Government 06/02/2023

In October 2021, Sen. Samuel Zurier, D-Providence, won a five-person Democratic primary with a little more than 31% of the vote. The second and...

Providence’s tax proposal is responsible and necessary

Commentary 05/26/2023

Inflation and increased costs, the likelihood of a recession and pandemic-era federal funds drying up are just some of the challenges facing Providence and...

NIRVA LAFORTUNE, a former Providence City Council member and mayoral candidate, has been named the new executive director and senior vice president for City Year Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Former City Councilor LaFortune to lead City Year Providence

News Story 05/12/2023

PROVIDENCE – A former city councilor and mayoral candidate is now set to lead City Year Providence. The education and youth support organization announced Friday...

LEADERS AT THE STEEL YARD, the nonprofit industrial art center and studio, assisted in assembling the 57-page plan called PVDx2031: A Cultural Plan for Culture Shift. / COURTESY THE STEEL YARD

Will Providence’s new ‘cultural plan’ have support to boost the creative...

Art & Culture 03/10/2023

City officials have released a new cultural plan they are hoping will work as a framework to guide policies and investments in the arts...

Teamsters Local 251 bus drivers, First Student reach new agreement, avoid...

Business Services 03/08/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new contract agreement has been reached between the local union that represents school bus drivers in the city and First Student...

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Subscriber Only 03/03/2023

1. $27M grant could finish Providence’s bike lane network, but Smiley noncommittal POSTED ONLINE: FEB. 17. A new, $27 million federal grant could hypothetically cover the...