PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has reported a higher number of shootings and homicides in 2020.

The Providence Police Department reported that there were 18 homicides and that 73 people...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A 2-year-old Rhode Island girl seriously injured in a fire at her home earlier this month that took the life of her older sister has died, police said Wednesday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of Providence and other city officials announced support to hire 50 new police officers next year after previously discussing reducing or canceling the police...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police released two new videos Wednesday showing events just before a crash that seriously injured a Black man on a moped that was being followed by a Providence police...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Providence police officer has been placed on desk duty pending an investigation into a crash that seriously injured a moped rider.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence is throwing a lifeline to small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic with microgrants of up to $10,000, officials said...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s administration has hired a financial firm to review public safety budget and operations to identify “efficiencies” that would allow the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence has assembled a group of historical groups and community leaders who over the course of four months will create a public education program that details the...

Rhode Island’s capital city is looking at providing reparations to residents of African and Native American heritage, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza announced Wednesday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of Providence on Tuesday announced $1 million in rental assistance and legal aid for families struggling to pay their rent amid the coronavirus pandemic that has...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence's mayor ordered the word “plantations” scrubbed from Rhode Island's official state name on official city documents on Friday as protesters planned to mark...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza did not include a plan for the city's struggling public schools in his annual State of the City address.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The mayor of Rhode Island's capital city is considering a run for governor in 2022.

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, who has three years left in his second mayoral...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An investigation in Providence, Rhode Island, has identified 23 people who will be charged with dealing drugs to undercover officers.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Christopher Columbus statue in Rhode Island has been vandalized for a second time in recent weeks.

The statue’s pedestal was splashed overnight with what appeared...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza is again extending the holiday tradition of free street parking in several city neighborhoods as a way to encourage shoppers to buy...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence says it expects to have its fourth consecutive surplus at the end of this fiscal year.

Mayor Jorge Elorza’s office says $3.6 million of the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence officials say a second city worker has been fired after another employee reported finding a noose in a vehicle on a job site.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island city employee has been terminated and another suspended after someone reported finding a noose in a vehicle on a job site.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the city’s police union over overtime payments hundreds of current and retired officers...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Council members in three Rhode Island cities say they support a New York City program that has moved homeless families to their communities despite pushback from their...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Sixteen Rhode Island municipalities announced Tuesday they're suing the governor and legislative leaders over a new law that automatically extends expired municipal worker...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — State education officials have told the Providence mayor that he can't buy washing machines for the schools.

The education department said Thursday the initiative...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The latest Rhode Island fundraising report shows Democratic House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi leads the state's politicians with $1 million in campaign...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence Police Department is looking to bolster its ranks.

City Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare (pah-REE') said during the launch of a recruitment drive...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The deaths of hundreds of fish in a Rhode Island pond are being blamed on a project to repair a dam.

Providence approved plans to repair the low-level outlet on the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's proposal to expand a charter network to 3,000 students is close to becoming a reality.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence officials say they have decided to dismantle the city's first two-way bike lane a month after its installation following public criticism.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A map shows dozens of Providence businesses are collectively receiving nearly $12 million in tax breaks under the city's tax-stabilization agreements.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has denied he micromanaged city schools by interviewing crossing guards, but his calendars list him holding interviews with crossing guard...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bike share program in Providence has been temporarily suspended following reports that the bikes are being misused.

WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's education commissioner has issued her preliminary order to take over the Providence Public Schools.

Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green on Thursday sent...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence's mayor and public safety commissioner say they're disappointed that a club closed by authorities after it was linked to a homicide is being allowed to reopen...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A youth advocacy group is alleging that the use of a database to identify suspected gang members by Providence police and members of Mayor Jorge Elorza's administration...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has apologized to Cranston Mayor Allan Fung for a crude tweet sent by a Providence city employee.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Providence City Council has agreed on a $770 million budget plan after weeks of tense negotiations with the mayor's administration.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The city of Providence has begun a new fiscal year without a budget and the mayor says he will veto any plan that crosses his desk.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence's mayor has left for a conference in Hawaii as his city faces ongoing budget negotiations and fallout over a scathing report on the city's schools.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on the release of an independent review of the Providence public school system that found severe dysfunction (all times local):

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An independent review of the Providence public school system has found severe dysfunction, including rampant bullying and fighting among students, crumbling facilities, and...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A bill that would ban single-use plastic bags at all checkout counters in Rhode Island stores has passed the Senate.

The legislation approved unanimously on Thursday...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is conducting an audit in connection with the resignation of a Providence, Rhode Island city official.