Tag: Providence City Council
Do you agree with the Providence City Council mailing every household...
The mailers started arriving in early July at households across Providence, each card with the headline in English and Spanish, "Citizen or not: You...
Providence City Council approves revised FY26 budget
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Monday unanimously approved the revised fiscal 2026 budget plan which proposes a tax levy increase of 5.85%.
The $624...
Old ProJo Building revival getting closer to reality
For more than a century, 203 Westminster St. has stood like a baroque sentinel in downtown Providence – a grand Beaux-Arts building that once...
Providence will miss budget deadline, vote now slated for July 17
PROVIDENCE – City officials confirmed Tuesday the fiscal 2026 budget will not be finalized by the July 1 deadline.
"It's definitely not happening," said Josh...
Providence City Council floats sale of Camp Cronin
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday took a step toward authorizing Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s administration to sell a city-owned property in Narragansett, commonly...
Report: Providence’s proposed tax levy increase clears House; cuts loom if...
PROVIDENCE – A bill that would allow for a one-year increase to the city’s property tax cap levy – or the total amount of...
R.I. House speaker’s office’s Martineau had a lifelong destiny fulfilled
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Report: Bill that would allow Providence to exceed state’s 4% tax...
PROVIDENCE – The House Committee on Municipal Government and Housing approved a bill that would allow for a one-year increase to the city's property...
Providence City Council passes ordinance to limit bulk purchases of property...
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a new ordinance limiting registered buyers to 10 property titles per tax sale.
The law is...
City Council approves Smiley’s plan to increase property tax cap in...
PROVIDENCE – The City Council on Thursday approved a resolution expressing support for Mayor Brett P. Smiley's effort to increase the total property tax...



















