The Providence City Council voted to ban the use of gas-powered leaf blowers in the city. Councilors granted first passage to ...

The City Council is weighing a proposal by Mayor Smiley to buy the Doorley building and WaterFire Arts Center.

Morales, who trails Mayor Brett Smiley significantly in fundraising, has made housing prices and city services key issues of ...

The city of Providence achieved a small victory on Wednesday in its five-year-long quest to fire Joseph Hanley, a Providence Police Department sergeant who was originally suspended in 2020. The ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — An internal memo is laying out a worst-case scenario for the future of city services in Providence if state lawmakers don’t allow the city to exceed the state-mandated tax ...

In his second executive order of the year, Smiley reaffirmed that the city is meant to be a “safe and welcoming place for all ...

A competitive primary is underway between four Democrats, while a last-minute entry from a Republican will prompt a general ...

From rent stabilization to a public land bank, the report proposes a major overhaul in how Providence approaches housing.

Providence was named the second-most-walkable city in the U.S. in 2024, but some question if the entire city is truly pedestrian-friendly. Highways and dangerous intersections create barriers between ...

They are popping up all over the world,” Alexandra Ionescu said. “A lot of people right now are feeling the effects of ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A small collection of 18th- and 19th-century furniture and home decor has been safely tucked away in climate-controlled storage in Providence for years, allowing a ...

Little City Thrifty Vintage Market, one of the largest curated indoor vintage shopping events in New England, and largest in ...