PBS Weekly with Jim Hummel: Mr. Mayor

Contributing Reporter Jim Hummel profiles Providence Mayor, Brett Smiley – one hundred days in. Smiley is focusing on education, infrastructure, and keeping a balanced budget, which will include tax hikes for property owners. Between meetings and swearing-in ceremonies, Smiley can be found reading to preschoolers and taking calls on the radio, as well as spending quality time with his husband.

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PAST PROVIDENCE HEADLINES

Proposed long-term mixed-use project combines I-195 parcels, Brown property

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Prov. seeks more tax revenue from hospitals, universities

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Mayor Brett Smiley discusses Brown payments, housing, public safety at campus talk

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Providence self-storage is booming. Some leaders want to ban it

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Think more deeply about self-storage bans.

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Mayor Smiley and Chief Perez have new strategy to get ATVs off streets

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Providence wants to tax nonprofits renting to businesses. How would they do it?

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Why has the public been left out of Providence's comprehensive plan

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Ethics Commission to investigate former chief of staff over Cumberland property

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Brett Smiley fined by Ethics Commission over solicitation of campaign donations

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Brett Smiley just raised big money in the race for Providence

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Smiley returns some campaign donations tied to state contractors, defends others

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Smiley refunds another $3,500 of campaign donations tied to state vendors