Tag: Providence City Council
Smiley unveils $598.6M city budget, vows ‘a new culture in City...
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Wednesday presented a $598.6 million budget for fiscal year 2025, a 3% increase that targets investments in...
Providence mayor to unveil fiscal 2025 budget Wednesday
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Wednesday will formally present his proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 that targets investments in every neighborhood,...
Providence to host nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center
The first-ever state-regulated overdose prevention center in the country is on track to open later this year at 45 Willard Ave. in Providence.
An overdose...
Smiley removing bike lanes in plan to ease Washington Bridge traffic
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced on Wednesday plans to remove the two-way bike path along South Water St. as part of the...
Five Questions With: Nora Barré
Nora Barré | Executive director, Downtown Providence Parks Network
1. What is the Downtown Providence Parks Network’s role in the city, and what resources...
NAACP Providence president found guilty of violating campaign finance law
PROVIDENCE – Former City Council candidate and Providence NAACP President Gerard Catala has been found guilty of violating state campaign finance laws, R.I. Attorney...
Nunez named executive director of R.I. Board of Elections
Even after a nationwide search, the state elections agency didn’t end up straying far from home for its new leader.
In fact, the newly named...
Nation’s first state-regulated overdose prevention center to open in R.I. this...
PROVIDENCE – Project Weber/RENEW and its partner VICTA announced they have secured a location next to Rhode Island Hospital’s campus in Providence for the...
Tax deal for proposed 71-unit apartment complex in Providence advances
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously forwarded the proposed 10-year tax stabilization deal for the developer building a 71-unit apartment complex in...
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...
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