Mayor Brett Smiley’s office released a document in mid-April explaining how the city hopes to better serve the long-troubled ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled a 53-page plan to transition Providence schools back to local control. The plan ...

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

A hearing on a bill that would allow Providence to exceed the state-mandated tax levy cap of 4% for one year led to a tense ...

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

Residential homeowners and landlords will, on average, see their tax bills go up this summer, while commercial property ...

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

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

As Providence Mayor Brett Smiley testified on a bill that would allow his tax increase in his new budget proposal, some residents came out to oppose.

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

The Providence School Board formally discussed Mayor Brett Smiley's plan to return Providence Public Schools to local control Wednesday night.

Mayor Brett Smiley presented his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the City of Providence on Wednesday. Smiley said the ...