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By a 6-3 vote, the Warwick City Council approved an amended version of Mayor Frank Picozzi’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget last Thursday, which Picozzi said he would sign. The amended budget …

Mayor Frank Picozzi’s proposed $360.8 million city budget, which Finance Director Peder Schaefer calls the “best one” in his 50 years as an administrator, underwent seven hours of …

Obama, Clinton headlined a record-breaking Biden fundraiser Thursday night

When legislators did away with the car tax, the state reimbursed municipalities the lost tax revenues. The plan was to ensure property owners received tax relief and that …

Donald Trump was ordered to pay over $350 million Friday for business fraud, the biggest legal penalty yet. Trump was found liable of falsely inflating his net worth to obtain favorable rates from lenders, among other infractions. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox thinks nominating Trump is “a huge mistake” for Republicans.

Plus, why Trump is “selling a feeling” — and GOP voters are buying it.

City Finance Director Peder Schaefer has a nose for numbers. When they aren’t what he expects them to be he starts digging. He did that last week as he reviewed the governor’s budget …

Donald Trump won the Nevada caucus last night in an uncompetitive race. Only one other Republican, Ryan Binkley, appeared on the ballot; Nikki Haley participated in Tuesday’s primary. The Supreme Court held hearings Thursday about individual states’ ability to remove Trump from the ballot.

About 700 city employees received letters last week informing them that since 2007 the city has been taking more out of their pay for FICA, inclusive of Social Security and Medicare than necessary. …

By JOHN HOWELL Building two new high schools isn’t as easy as pressing a button now that the City Council has approved the issuance of $350 million in bonding approved by the voters last …