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Public hearing set for hotel-funded Providence tourism district

Economic Activity 11/16/2022

PROVIDENCE – The city finance committee on Tuesday set a public hearing on a proposal to create a special district to raise revenue in...

Woonsocket City Council removes mayor from office

Government 10/06/2022

WOONSOCKET – The City Council has removed Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt from office in a split vote early Thursday morning, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported. After two...

DECISION TIME: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, seated, and the City Council must decide on $10 million in recommended spending for the city’s racial reparations program. Elorza is pictured in February at the announcement of his creation of a panel that has made spending recommendations for the program.  COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

City must make clearer goals, scope of reparations program

Economy 09/02/2022

Proposed spending for Providence’s still-evolving racial reparations program includes several worthy suggestions. Among them, funding for homeownership, workforce training and support for small businesses. The...

Elorza unveils spending details for $10M racial reparations program

Government 08/25/2022

PROVIDENCE – Lofty visions for how to atone for centuries of racism and discrimination are becoming clearer, with a rough plan for how the...

MAYOR JORGE O. Elorza on Tuesday unveiled a $567 million fiscal 2023 budget proposal with major cuts to city tax rates to offset higher property values. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Elorza proposes tax cuts to offset higher property values as part...

Economic Activity 04/26/2022

PROVIDENCE – As property values soar under a recent city revaluation, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza wants to slash tax rates for the fiscal year...

Residents, activists urge lawmakers to stop Sea 3 Providence expansion

Economic Activity 11/03/2021

PROVIDENCE - Noxious fumes, truck traffic that rattles nearby homes with vibrations and the potential for explosions were among the warnings from residents and...

Providence Finance Committee approves $540M FY22 budget

Government 07/06/2021

PROVIDENCE – A nearly $540 million spending plan for fiscal 2022 will now head to the Providence City Council after receiving the city Finance...

TSA changes would slow development

Economy 10/02/2020

It will be interesting to hear how developers react to newly proposed changes to tax-stabilization agreements in Providence. As proposed by Providence City Council President...

Change is coming at Metacomet

Editorial and Op-Ed 08/14/2020

Development doesn’t always equal progress and prosperity, or the certain destruction of natural resources and residential neighborhoods. The truth is rarely so black and white....