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‘Shameful’: Providence leaders frustrated with Lifespan over PILOT negotiations

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence leaders continue to express frustration with the pace of ongoing financial negotiations with the state’s largest hospital group, Lifespan. Nonprofit organizations are exempt from paying property taxes, but some of the city’s largest non-taxpaying property owners nonetheless have historically agreed to make payments-in-lieu-of-taxes to offset the loss tax revenue and … Read more

McKee joins local leaders for RI Summer Learning Week

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Governor Dan McKee joined local education leaders to kick off Rhode Island’s Summer Learning Week, part of the Learn365 program. McKee highlighted three summer STEM programs across the greater Providence area, as students worked with the North Providence Police Department and General Dynamics Electric Boat to bring STEM into classrooms. “It’s … Read more