State and city elected officials answered questions were about education, climate change, Port of Providence, taxes, guns and more… The West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) held...
“Students want to be able to walk through the building without fear of being arrested for nonviolent criminal infractions,” said providence City Councilmember Nirva LaFortune. “Teachers...
“I wouldn’t be able to afford housing without my Housing Choice Voucher,” said Wendy Thomas. “Passing source of income discrimination protections would mean that searching for...
“Air and traffic pollution in and around Allens Avenue and the Port of Providence is out of control,” said Linda Perri, President of the Washington Park...
“I don’t know the intentions of this developer,” said Councilmember Rachel Miller, “But I would say that when we give public money out to a private...
The inauguration of a new Providence City Council was a day of firsts and a day of revealed political fault lines. The new City Council remains...
Providence City Councilor Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) became the deciding vote to override Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza‘s veto of the zoning variance requested by developer,...
Providence City Councilor John Igliozzi (Ward 7) interrupted the reading of the proposed ordinance to override Mayor Jorge Elorza‘s veto of the zoning change for the...
An open letter from DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality), Neighbors 4 Revitalization, and Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project (RIHAP): As people who organize residents...
The Providence City Council is planning to decide on the fate of an $18 million, 20-year Tax Stabilization Agreement (TSA) for Steeple Street RI LLC, a...