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 steadfastly Democratic, but for the first time eight of …
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 proposed Hope Point Tower. Igliozzi moved to table 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 in the South Side and West End of Providence …
Dear Mayor Elorza and City Council: As stakeholders in this community, we support Mayor Jorge Elorza’s decision to veto the Fane Tower. Last week, the Providence Journal Editorial Board published an insulting and vitriolic commentary …
At a second Providence City Council Ordinance Committee meeting to discuss the Fane Organization‘s proposed Hope Point Tower, dozens of people testified both for and against the project. Those opposed were mostly Providence residents from …
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 luxury housing developer, local opposition is building. Sponsored by …
Providence City Council incumbents are bad enough with their personal agendas, backroom deals and fake community inclusion processes, but for a new candidate to be shady right from the jump? What’s he hiding and what’s …
All five candidates for Providence City Council Ward 8 attended the South Elmwood Neighborhood Association‘s Meet the Candidates Forum held at Centro Cristiano de Adoración church on Elmwood Avenue in Providence. Democrats Deya Garcia, Wilbur …
Less than half of the candidates running for Providence City Council across all 15 Wards attended the PVD Housing Crisis City Council Candidate Forum on Wednesday evening. Hosted by DARE (Direct Action for Rights and …
Three of the four candidates for Providence City Council, Ward 13, were at Pizza and Politics at Federal Hill Pizza on Chalkstone Avenue Tuesday evening. Candidates Rachel Miller, Leslie Papp II and Cyd McMenna attended, Raymond …
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