It’s time for Mayor Smiley to pay up for Providence schools
It’s not the pension sins of the past or an economic meltdown that is causing headaches this time. It's education funding ...
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Mayor Smiley and PPSD students respond to judge’s decision regarding school funds
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley responded to last weeks court decision that the city needs to 'pay up' for Providence Schools, ...
Local leaders react as PPSD funding clash continues
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Local and state leaders continue to clash over the funding woes of the Providence Public School ...
A look inside the life and historic home of Providence's Jim DeRentis
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Jim DeRentis gave a casual tour of their historic brownstone on the East Side of Providence, where ...
Smiley says tax increases, layoffs are on the table amid school funding fight
Providence Public School students plan to walk out of class Tuesday afternoon as the district and the city continue to clash ...
Budget battle over Providence schools intensifies as Smiley warns of tax hikes, service cuts
The city of Providence has halted all discretionary spending and imposed a hiring freeze to comply with a court mandate to ...
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Providence mayor threatens budget cuts, tax increases if the city is forced to pay millions to fund schools
Libraries. Parks. Summer programming for kids. The latest phase of the legal battle between city and state over funding the ...
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Providence school officials to speak on funding battle, students plan walkout as judge rules in favor of state
A Rhode Island Superior Court Judge has decided that the city of Providence must pay the school district an additional amount ...
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Smiley: Providence Police Will Not Work With Trump’s ICE on Mass Deportation
President-elect Donald Trump’s team is making it clear that on Inauguration Day, Trump will sign an executive order that will ...
Providence faces hiring freeze, potential tax hikes after school funding ruling
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley warned on Tuesday that the city may face painful cuts to services as a battle over school ...
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Providence mayor blasts RIDE for withholding necessary PPSD funds
Mayor Brett Smiley argues that the state should have more responsibility for the school district's budget, as the state ...
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Court finds City must provide additional funding to Providence Public School District
At a Tuesday meeting, Mayor Brett Smiley said he believed the potential range for funding was $10 to $85 million. RIDE Commissioner of Education Angélica Infante-Green ordered the state to withhold ...