Tag: Reparations
Report: Smiley mulling tax hike
PROVIDENCE – City residents should expect a tax hike next year, following a multimillion- dollar school-funding settlement with the state education department, according to...
PBN earns 4 national awards from AABP, including top newspaper
BATON ROUGE, La. – Providence Business News received four national journalism awards, including first place for general excellence, during The Alliance of Area Business...
Elorza’s ‘reparations’ idea faces hurdles
Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s commitment to racial reparations for Black and Indigenous residents has created more questions than answers.
The recently signed executive order...
Reparations a community decision
Depending on your politics and sense of American history, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza may have taken either the proverbial first step in the...
Do you support Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s executive order creating...
Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on July 15 signed an executive order committing the city to a racial reparations plan for people of African...
Elorza announces racial reparations plan for Providence
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on July 15 signed an executive order committing the city to a racial reparations plan, though specific details...