Brown is set to pay an average of $8.7 million annually to Providence before possible deductions.
Providence’s City Council announced the formation of a nine-member special tax commission to investigate the city’s current revenue streams and tax laws, and to consider possible alternative revenue streams on September 7th.
Sojourner House, a Providence-based nonprofit, has received one of eight grants as part of a new program from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, allowing the organization to provide more extensive legal services.
The Eviction Prevention Assistance Program, a successor of RentReliefR.I., ended Aug. 31. The program was funded by the remnants of $200 million in federal dollars from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program and $152 million in federal rental assistance allocated to Rhode Island as part of the American ...
This Sunday, Providence’s participatory art carnival Wooly Fair returned for the first time since 2013. This year’s rendition, Wooly Fair 2023: Big Deal, featured many performers and 22 interactive games and art installations, and was held at the Steel Yard in Providence. Artists Sam White and David ...
Over 50 New England artists, food trucks, businesses come together at Saturday’s event
Charles Alaimo ’25 is setting off on his second 29-mile to raise funds for Givewell’s Top Charities Fund.
Full council approval remains necessary for the agreements to be implemented.
The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Authority announced that beginning Oct. 2, the last train running outbound from South Station on the Providence/Stoughton line will depart at 11:55 p.m. instead of the current 11:00 p.m.
Governor Daniel McKee introduced a new state environmental initiative called “Clean Heat RI” on Sept. 1.
The project is led by the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society.
The Providence City Plan Commission approved a five-story mixed-use development on Wickenden Street in August.
Student activists criticized the two proposed voluntary payment agreements between the city and non-profit educational institutions, including Brown, ...
University of Chicago became the first defendant in “568 Cartel” class-action lawsuit to settle.
Upcoming events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Rhode Island include talks, arts activities, performances and more.
Woonsocket Middle School closed its doors 14 years ago. Today, in the largest abandoned school in New England, glass crunches underfoot, water damage warps the floors in the basement and the ceiling tiles flake with age.
Malian Djembe Master Sidy Maïga, musician Master Soumy discuss importance of PVDFest’s Afrika Nyaga Drum Festival
The City Plan Commission approved the University’s new Institutional Master Plan, which outlines the next 5 to 10 years of physical developments, at a meeting Sept. 19 evening.
A special legislative commission studying the placement of solar panels on interstate highways was announced in a September press release from the Rhode Island state House of Representatives. In their short inaugural meeting Sept. 13, the commission discussed which stakeholders to include in future ...
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Health announced the state’s first case of a mammal contracting the eastern equine encephalitis virus in 2023
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