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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...

Some Providence politicians, policy analysts say it’s time to raise taxes

It’s not often that politicians preemptively push for more taxes.  Yet a new report adopted by the Providence City Council on Thursday, Jan. 4, recommends potential tax...

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...

City scooter vendor files for bankruptcy protection

PROVIDENCE – Touted as environmentally friendly alternatives to other forms of transit, the future of the city’s Shared Micromobility Program offering rentable scooters and...

Providence City Council updates zoning rules to streamline housing development

PROVIDENCE – The Providence City Council on Thursday unanimously approved new zoning amendments to bring the city’s code in alignment with statewide regulatory requirements...
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