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Since 2011, GoLocal has annually featured Rhode Islanders of note to watch in the coming year. This year’s list includes an emerging star in the music industry and a 16-year-old phenom.

This year, the Providence City Council will see a mass exodus. At least two councilors are expected not to run for reelection — Nirva LaFortune, who is running for Mayor of Providence, and Kat Kerwin, who has told supporters she will not run again.

No one on the Providence City Council made more headlines in 2021 than Nirva LaFortune.

After the release of body-cam footage of the violent arrest of 3 teens, activists called for repeal of the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.

PHOTO: CC 2.0 On Monday, July 19, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., Cranston Councilwoman Aniece Germain and Providence Councilor Nirva LaFortune, in collaboration with the Hope and Change for Haiti- HnC, the Haitian American Partnership for Positive Action HAPPA-RI along with the support of the City of Cranston will hold a Peace Memorial Vigil to honor the life of President Jovenel Moïse who was assassinated on July 7, 2021, at his private residence in Haiti. “It is critical that we, as a community, need...

Providence City Council approves $540M FY22 budget, adds WaterFire funding THE PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL on Tuesday approved a nearly $540 million spending plan for fiscal 2022 and a stimulus spending plan that includes requested funds for WaterFire Providence. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM Providence – The City Council gave the initial blessing to a nearly $540 million budget on Tuesday, despite criticism by some over the plan’s failure to address police reform. The spending plan for fi...

The incident gained attention when the states Black Lives Matter Political Action Committee released a statement Wednesday night condemning officers behavior, alleging that the four individuals taken into custody – three of whom were children – were kept in the back of a hot van for an hour without air conditioning, the pepper spray leaving them struggling to breathe. Councilwoman Rachel Miller was the first to raise the issue during the passage of a resolution in celebration of Indepen...

Former Providence City Council President -- and former Mayoral candidate -- Michael Solomon is running for Mayor of Providence in 2022.

Former City Council President Michael Solomon is jumping into the 2022 Providence Mayor’s race. In 2014, Solomon nearly defeated Jorge Elorza in the Democratic primary.

The future appears to be in question amid calls for the resignation of Supt. Harrison Peters.