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}Every Friday, GoLocalProv takes a look at who is rising and who is falling in Rhode Island and national politics, business, culture, and sports.

Providence Mayoral hopeful Brett Smiley filed his campaign finance report on Monday and announced he raised approximately $164,000 for the fourth quarter of 2021.

It was a year of insecurity for Providence residents. Murders were at a near-record pace during the second half of 2020 and in 2021.

Jewelry District apartment project with 38 Studios link seeks tax break Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal © [Courtesy of Pebb Capital] A rendering of the 12-story apartment and retail building proposed at 151-155 Chestnut Street in Providence. The developer of a proposed Jewelry District apartment building is seeking a 15-year tax break on the project, which has been facing neighborhood opposition. The proposed tax deal, or tax stabilization agreement in city parlance, would save Florida-based Pebb Capital $4,062,631 over the 15-year term, Ben Smith, spokesman for...

The Doc Dennis “Doc” Littky has spent a lifetime working to transform education. He is one of the leading innovators in America and arguably the biggest change agent in education in America. He either single-handedly or with others co-founded The Big Picture - a network of high schools across the country, The Met School and now an accredited college — College Unbound. His work as a principal at Thayer Junior/Senior High School in Winchester, N.H. was featured in an NBC movie, "A Town Torn Apart" based on the book "Doc: The Story of Dennis Littky and His Fight for a Better School."