While the bulk of the new revenue the city is trying to generate comes from property taxes, the Smiley administration ...

(WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley will testify in favor of a bill that would allow his proposed tax increases. The Bill, ...

But, part of his strategy for closing the city’s budget shortfall is also to raise fees and fines for everything from parking ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is scheduled to unveil his budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to the City ...

Last month, the Providence Finance Committee unanimously approved an amended resolution that said the city could raise its ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said this year’s budget was “exceptionally difficult to balance” following last year’s $15 million ...

Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so ...

On Wednesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled his $624 million fiscal year 2026 budget, proposing a 7.5% increase in ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said the city's budget gap could be addressed in a combination of ways, from property tax increases, new ...

The Providence Teachers Union has responded to Mayor Brett Smiley’s plan to return control of Providence Public Schools to ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said after the Special Commission on Taxation and Revenue convened last year, the city took a hard look at ...