PROVIDENCE – A last-minute amendment to start the process of banning new gas stations in Providence has Mayor Brett Smiley threatening to veto the city's entire new comprehensive plan.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is now warning community members that those cuts are “inevitable” as negotiations between the city, state and school district for the $10.9 million funding gap ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Mayor Brett Smiley called a temporary shutdown of a Providence scrap metal yard “progress,” but said he isn’t sure the company can safely reopen. Last Friday ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Providence City Council and Mayor Brett Smiley are at odds over a proposal that would ban new gas stations from being built within city limits. The proposal was ...

However, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley isn’t accepting that. Smiley said the city has already increased funding for the schools and that any additional money will come with conditions ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee shared the same message: The two do not back Trump’s plans for mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. At a New York City rally ...

But the additional $1.5 million offering, on top of Mayor Brett Smiley’s conditional $1 million presented earlier this month, did not appear to satisfy Superintendent Javier Montanez.

2024 RI ELECTION R.I. Democrats react to Trump’s reelection: ‘The voters have spoken’ Providence Mayor Brett Smiley affirmed the city’s “sanctuary” status, said the city’s police ...

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley on Friday signed off on $132 million to shore up city infrastructure over the next two fiscal years. The Capital Improvement Plan, as it's called, was unveiled in ...

Mayor Brett Smiley called a news conference Thursday to announce Superintendent Javier Montañez had called him the day before seeking more than $10 million in city funding beyond what’s already ...