House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday rejected a White House request to pass $24 billion in additional aid for Ukraine by ...

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 ...

Although the election just ended, we're looking ahead to 2026 when there will be a lot of major races on the ballot in Rhode ...

Although the 2026 election is still a long way away, a state representative is openly flirting with the idea of challenging ...

There has not been much good news coming out of Providence City Hall recently. Underfunding of schools, a financial crisis, ...

(WJAR) — A hearing to appoint a receiver for the Providence Place Mall will happen Wednesday morning. A judge placed the ...

Providence has already started paying off money owed as a result of a $15 million settlement with the R.I. Department of ...

Smiley is demonstrating a lack of capability in managing the city’s finances. It is simply too big for him. While based on ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said the city won't pull from the snow removal budget to help pay $15 million owed in a settlement with ...

Brett P. Smiley is a Democratic who ran for mayor of Providence, R.I., in 2014. He dropped out before the Democratic primary. The president of Campaign Finance Officers LLC, Smiley has managed ...

Mayor Brett Smiley said the district threatening to eliminate school sports or RIPTA bus passes for some students at the top of the chopping block was “intentional.” “What’s not on the list?