After spending a week in Israel, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has returned home to the capitol city, and was met Thursday ...

Smiley is more than halfway through his term, and facing pushback from constituents over a planned tax increase.

More than a dozen community members held signs, chanted and drummed outside Mayor Brett Smiley’s home early Thursday morning.

Brett Smiley, elected mayor of Providence in 2022, takes a business-oriented approach to managing the city's operations. Smiley's background is in business and political campaigns, and he worked ...

More than a dozen community members held signs, chanted and drummed outside Mayor Brett Smiley’s home early Thursday morning, ...

Unlike spending at the federal level, Rhode Island and its cities and towns are required to balance their budgets, so Providence must ensure that it can raise enough revenue to pay for all its ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Mayor Brett Smiley on Wednesday proposed increasing property tax bills, making $9 million in cuts, and boosting fines and fees as he unveiled his proposed $624 million ...

On Wednesday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley unveiled his $624 million fiscal year 2026 budget, proposing a 7.5% increase in the tax levy — the total amount of collected tax revenue. In drafting the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Some Providence City Council members are clashing with Mayor Brett Smiley over a pair of bills that would make reforms to the so-called 8-Law. The City Council was ...

PROVIDENCE — Mayor Brett Smiley has proposed a hefty property tax increase to city homeowners and landlords, aiming to raise nearly $30 million. To balance his $624 million budget, Smiley is ...

(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. Smiley says this is ...