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PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL has passed a $770 million fiscal 2020 budget, and it has been signed by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Providence has FY2020 budget

Economic Activity
PROVIDENCE – Providence City Council passed a $770 million fiscal 2020 budget Tuesday evening and Mayor Jorge O. Elorza signed it into law the...
BUDGET IMPASSE: Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the City Council are deadlocked over the fiscal 2020 budget in ways that can be difficult to understand. / PBN FILE PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

City budget process yields little beyond different sets of reality

Editorial and Op-Ed
The imbroglio of the moment involves the budget for Providence, or rather, the two budgets submitted separately by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the...
PROVIDENCE City Council and Mayor Jorge O. Elorza are still at odds over their proposals for the city's fiscal 2020 budget. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM

Providence City Council and Elorza at odds over budget

Government
PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council Finance Committee approved a $770 million budget for fiscal 2020 over the weekend that among other things includes...
THE PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL said it will introduce a single property tax rate. / PBN PHOTO CHRIS BERGENHEIM.

Providence council backs off tiered homestead, announces plan for single tax...

Government
PROVIDENCE – The city will not gain legislative authority to alter its property tax rate structure this year and City Council leaders have announced...
CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS have scheduled a series of public forums in the coming weeks for the community to discuss the findings of a report on Providence schools issued by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy. The first meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday.

Report paints bleak picture of Providence schools

Education
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public School District is failing miserably at nearly every aspect of its mission, with students struggling to learn in schools...

Providence Safe Stations program sees 100th visitor, city issues $375K in...

Health Services
PROVIDENCE – Providence Safe Stations, a service that allows people with substance use disorders to seek help at any of the city’s fire stations,...
RENOVATED HOME: Homeowner Carlos Reyes, left, is pictured with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Smith Hill Community Development Corp. Executive Director Jean Lamb in front of his home at 120 Camden Ave. during ceremonies to celebrate homeowners moving into houses renovated under the city’s EveryHome program.
 / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

One answer to blight

Cover Story
During a panel discussion in Providence following a screening earlier this month of a documentary featuring a family left homeless after an eviction, Mayor...

Reaching west remains a good plan

Editorial and Op-Ed
More than 11 years ago, Providence Business News published an Op-Ed piece written by Joseph R. Paolino Jr. and Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci Jr.,...
THE CITY is launching the $6 million Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project Monday night with a public hearing. / COURTESY CITY OF PROVIDENCE

Providence holding meeting Monday about Woonasquatucket River Greenway

Government
PROVIDENCE – A public meeting will be held Monday evening to start the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project, a series of proposed improvements to a...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza unveiled the draft master plan for his Great Streets Initiative, a group of recommendations to improve connectivity of Providence's neighborhoods, to improve safety in the city for bikers and walkers, and to improve streetscapes. / COURTESY OFFICE OF MAYOR JORGE O. ELORZA

Elorza unveils draft of Great Streets Initiative master plan

Government
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza released a draft of a master plan that is intended to improve traffic safety, increase protections for bikers...
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