PROVIDENCE — City leaders have reached an agreement on a tax-and-spending plan that further increases taxes on single-family homeowners, in an effort to more evenly spread the impact of a $23 ...

This tax rate is lower, sometimes significantly so, than the property tax rate, paid yearly, in most cities and towns. The bill passed by the House also calls for increasing the "tier 2" tax on ...

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island House of Representatives voted to allow Providence to increase its tax levy by 8% after a lengthy debate on May 27, while a group of senators rolled out a package ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley delivered his first budget address Tuesday, saying he wants to put the city of firm financial footing. "In the last three years, one-time ...