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Political Roundtable: Smiley on Philly fallout, PVD Fest, Providence taxes, and more
Brett Smiley has benefited by presenting a fresh face as the mayor of Providence. But the city’s underlying fiscal challenges are never far from the surface. Smiley’s first budget proposed raising residential taxes by 5 percent. Conventional wisdom holds that the first year of a new administration is the time to raise taxes. But Rhode Island’s capital city faces other challenges, including the slowdown on development caused by high interest rates.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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