Tag: Providence City Council
Providence City Council backs pension obligation bond
PROVIDENCE – A pitch to borrow more than $500 million to funnel into the city’s pension system now rests with state lawmakers, after receiving...
Brown School of Public Health staff urges vaccine mandate for Providence...
PROVIDENCE – In an open letter sent Jan. 14, more than two dozen researchers and epidemiologists at Brown University School of Public Health urged...
Providence council seeks to block mass police firings ahead of vaccine...
PROVIDENCE – The looming deadline for Providence workers to get vaccinated has become the latest source of sparring between city lawmakers, who disagree over...
Providence council president calls for independent auditor on ARPA spending
PROVIDENCE – Doling out hundreds of millions of dollars of federal relief funds, revising the rules that govern the city and setting new boundaries...
Elorza outlines spending plan for $124M in city ARPA funds
PROVIDENCE – On the heels of the General Assembly’s approval to spend an initial tranche of federal stimulus dollars, the capital city is following...
PVDFest staging a downtown comeback in June 2022
PROVIDENCE – PVDFest, the annual citywide arts celebration, is planning for a full comeback to the city's downtown in June.
PVDFest has been significantly modified...
Providence City Council backs propane gas ban amid contested ProvPort expansion...
PROVIDENCE - Bulk storage of liquid propane gas may soon be banned citywide amid efforts to expand industrial uses around the city's port.
The City...
Providence City Council to consider $124M in ARPA spending
PROVIDENCE - Addressing the housing crisis topped the list of priorities for how the city should spend its remaining funding under the American Rescue...
Tentative agreement between Providence, firefighters union includes pay increase and higher...
PROVIDENCE – Providence firefighters are poised to see their annual pay increase while contributing more to the city pension plan under a tentative contract...
Providence committee backs propane gas ban amid opposition to ProvPort company...
PROVIDENCE – A city committee is backing efforts to stop liquid propane gas storage across the city, which could potentially curtail a ProvPort company's...
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