“People are dying. The economy is in freefall. If there ever was a moment when legislative leadership was needed, it is now…“ The COVID-19 crisis has...
“…following the direction of our family physician, my family is self-isolating for the next 14 days. We have no symptoms, and are healthy.” Providence City Council...
Under the executive order modifying the Open Meetings Act, only “essential” agenda items may be discussed. In order to comply with Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo‘s...
Update: The resolution was withdrawn due to legal concerns about the language. It will be re-introduced at the next Providence City Council meeting. “Our residents deserve...
“We have to stand together, stand strong, united, because this community cannot, under any conditions, accept anything like [this transfer station],” said Providence City Councilmember Pedro...
“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...
“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...
Do councilmembers care about the working people of Providence as much as they care about bribing millionaires to beautify downtown? If so, the least they can...
Unseen by most Rhode Islanders, the Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit (Summit), an annual meeting between the business community and our state’s elected officials, is...
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...