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On Wednesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled his $624 million fiscal year 2026 budget, proposing a 7.5% increase in ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is scheduled to unveil his budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to the City ...
Mayor Brett Smiley said this year’s budget was "exceptionally difficult to balance" following last year’s $15 million ...
Most Providence taxpayers should plan on their bills going up. The $624 million budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Mayor ...
Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so ...
Mayor Brett Smiley presented his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the City of Providence on Wednesday. Smiley said the ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley on Tuesday released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins on July 1. “This ...
Residential homeowners and landlords will, on average, see their tax bills go up this summer, while commercial property owners will see lower bills under the proposal.
For nearly 15 years, Brett Smiley has been directly involved with setting the course of the City of Providence’s finances.
Mayor Brett Smiley said the city’s budget gap could be addressed in a combination of ways, from property tax increases, new revenue, or cuts to department budgets or city programs.
PROVIDENCE — The city of Providence wants local control of its schools back and on Thursday, Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled a ...
The approximately 60-page-long plan outlines goals surrounding the transition of the district back to city management.