Problems with rowdy crowds at a Providence nightclub, including reports of fights, underage drinking and weapons, may keep the owner from getting the city's permission to open another establishment in Fox Point.
Last spring, a task force released recommendations to reduce parking problems and congestion on College Hill. A year later, implementation of those recommendations is on hold while the city waits for a new parking administrator to take control.
Though many Brown students have strong opinions on everything from bottled water to Columbus Day, a recent poll suggests they might not have much to say about Providence politics.
The Rhode Island House Finance Committee approved a budget plan last Friday which would dramatically cut state aid to cities and towns and increase taxes on cigarettes and gas. The plan was proposed by Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate, and will go before the House on Wednesday ...
Despite the economic struggles of many of Providence's artistic and cultural organizations, the initiative to produce a cultural plan for the city - Creative Providence - is soldiering on.
Diners at Providence Place Mall's food court may wonder why Gourmet India's basmati rice is dyed yellow. The answer: a four-year legal battle with neighboring Chinese eatery Cathay Cathay, whose contract guarantees it a monopoly on white rice in the food court.
Plans for wind turbine development are moving forward in Narragansett, bringing the state a step closer to Gov. Donald Carcieri's '65 renewable energy goal - to use wind to produce 15 percent of the state's energy by 2011.
Spoken-word artist Andrea Gibson held the rapt attention of a crowded Hourglass Cafe throughout the duration of her performance there last night.
It may have been snowing, but that did not deter members of the Brown chapter of Democracy Matters from trekking down to the state house Tuesday afternoon, posters in hand, for a press conference in support of the Rhode Island Public Financing of Elections Act.
Rhode Island became the first state to gain control of its Medicaid program last month when the General Assembly approved an unprecedented deal between Governor Donald Carcieri '65 and the Bush administration. The Medicaid waiver provides the state with greater flexibility in exchange for a cap on federal ...
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