Smiley unveils proposed FY2027 Providence budget with lowest spending growth in at least five years

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s fiscal year 2027 budget aims to continue his administration’s regimen of restraint. The $635.7 million proposal boasts no property tax increase and represents a 1.75% increase over last year — the lowest year-over-year spending increase in at least five years, and among the lowest in the past decade, according to city […]