Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is scheduled to unveil his budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to the City ...

Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so ...

Residential homeowners and landlords will, on average, see their tax bills go up this summer, while commercial property ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said this year’s budget was “exceptionally difficult to balance” following last year’s $15 million ...

Mayor Brett Smiley presented his proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for the City of Providence on Wednesday. Smiley said the ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said after the Special Commission on Taxation and Revenue convened last year, the city took a hard look at ...

On Wednesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled his $624 million fiscal year 2026 budget, proposing a 7.5% increase in ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said the city’s budget gap could be addressed in a combination of ways, from property tax increases, new revenue, or cuts to department budgets or city programs.

The $624 million budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Mayor Brett Smiley and his team includes tax increases, as expected.

(WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is expected to present his proposed budget for the next fiscal year. He has already indicated that residents should expect to pay more.

Homeowners will see a property tax hike of four percent, which Smiley said that will amount to about $13 a month. At the same time, Smiley said his budget will also lower taxes for small businesses to ...

PROVIDENCE – He’s been indicating it since January, but it’s official: Mayor Brett Smiley put in his pitch to raise taxes by 7.5%. Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 ends on June 30, so it’s crunch ...