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The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — A broad group of community leaders, shocked by the ferocityof Thursday night's shootout between feuding young men in Providence, galvanized behind Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Friday morning. They flanked Elorza as he stood behind a podium near Carolina Street, in the Washington Park neighborhood, looking into the cameras. "There are just so many reasons to speak out," he said. "First of all, what happened yesterday is not normal, and we can't allow it to be normalized. We're here today to declare ... that in our community we're not going to allow these kind...

Police, politicians, faith leaders call for an end to gun violence after Providence shooting leaves 9 wounded Amanda Milkovits © Stew Milne Providence Police investigated a shooting on Carolina Avenue late Thursday. PROVIDENCE — Nine people were wounded Thursday night during what authorities describe as a targeted gunfight between local street gangs that resulted in the largest mass shooting in the city’s history, officials said. Police officials, local politicians, faith leaders, and nonviolence workers on Friday called for an end to the violence that has spilled into ...

Councilmen Jim Taylor (left) and David Salvatore (right) are squaring off for Majority Leader. The shakeup of the Providence City Council continues in the wake of the departure of Sabina Matos.  In April, veteran Councilman John Igliozzi was elected as the new City Council President — and freshman Councilman Pedro Espinal rose quickly through the ranks to be elected President Pro-Tem. Councilman Jim Taylor, who represents Ward 8, first landed on the council when he defeated incumbent Wilbur Jennings in the 2018 Democratic primary, is running for the post — as is Councilman David Salvato...

Espinal has served on the City Council for less than two years. Espinal, a Democrat, was first elected to the City Council, replacing outgoing Council President Luis Aponte in a Special Election on November 5, 2019. He won the seat with 282 votes against Independent opponent Jeffrey Lemire’s 17 votes. However, he first had to emerge out of a hotly-contested Democratic primary that fall for the seat -- which he did with 36% of the vote. New Council Leadership Another election for a top spot on the Council also took place on April 13. (Ward 7) Councillor John Igliozzi, a Democrat, was chosen ...

Opinion/Budris: Burning waste has no place in Rhode Island Kevin Budris Kevin Budris is zero waste staff attorney at Conservation Law Foundation in Providence. Once again, Rhode Islanders are facing the threat of dirty, dangerous waste incineration in our communities. New Jersey-based MedRecycler is proposing to build and operate a facility in West Warwick that will burn medical waste using a form of incineration called pyrolysis. If that weren’t enough, the Rhode Island legislature is considering bills that would allow facilities to burn plastics without complying with the state’s solid ...