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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 fiscal 2022 approved by an 8-6 vote shaves off $371,000 from the budget Mayor Jorge O. Elorza unveiled...

The incident gained attention when the state's 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 Independence Day.  "I heard from a community that did not feel free today," she said, describing the nei...

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.