All eyes are on the Providence City Council on Thursday night when a controversial lease agreement is up for a vote.

The City Council's last minute rejection of a deal to let Excel Academy lease the empty Carl Lauro Elementary School left the ...

The new fiscal year began on July 1, but the revised tax-and-spending plan was not approved by the 15-member Providence City ...

Since taking office in 2022, Smiley has insisted on tackling quality of life issues in Providence, including noise levels.

The Providence City Council will vote on the plan to allow Excel Academy, a charter school, to take over part of the ...

On THursday, Mayor Brett Smiley and Providence Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Clara Decerbo announced updates to ...

Much like already existing red-light cameras- and school zone speed cameras-- Proposed noise cameras, would detect unlawful ...

Higher Ground International, a nonprofit that provides services to West African immigrants, refugees, and other marginalized ...

What's driving the change: The City Council announced an agreement with Mayor Brett Smiley on June 26 to address what it described as “major inequities” present in the tax structure that ...

Providence's recent tax hike has raised the question of whether the city should offload Camp Cronin in Narragansett.

PROVIDENCE — The civilian body that oversees the Providence police is claiming the department has “repeatedly obstructed” its ...