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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks he has the votes in the Rhode Island Senate to raise property taxes in the city past the ...
English actor Daniel Craig is sporting a Southern drawl again as Detective Benoit Blanc in the new movie “Wake Up Dead Man: A ...
State law only permits cities to increase taxes by 4% each year, but Providence officials – chiefly Mayor Brett Smiley – ...
In a 31-5 vote, the R.I. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow municipalities to pass ordinances that would ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence City Council President Rachel Miller wants to amend a city ordinance that would exempt striking union workers from receiving costly noise violations. The amendment ...
Stephen Curry has changed the game of basketball as one of the greatest shooters of all times. But his influence extends far ...
Mayor Brett Smiley, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, and FirstWorks highlighted events planned for PVDFest 2025 on Tuesday. This years “showstopping spectacle” will be ...
PVDFest is back! Get ready to take over the streets of Downtown Providence on September 5–6, 2025, as Mayor Brett Smiley, the ...
Mayor Brett Smiley held a news conference Tuesday to announce "early highlights" of this year's event. 28,756 people played ...
After dozens of arts, tourism, labor, and business leaders voiced their opposition to Representative Rebecca Kislak’s ticket ...
After the Trump administration designated the State of Rhode Island, Providence, and Central Falls as “sanctuary ...
The Smiley siblings grew up in the datacenters of their father’s software company, where they had a front-row seat to the work he did to support small and midsize businesses, most of which were ...