Mayor Brett Smiley said he plans to ask the General Assembly to raise the city's taxes above the 4% threshold.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said he wants the school district back under city control by July. The school district is currently under state control.

When is the right time for the state to return Providence public schools to local control? Mayor Brett Smiley says this summer. Smiley outlined his administration’s housing and education proposals for reporters at a City Hall briefing Monday,

The mayor is taking his demand to the General Assembly, seeking legislation to end the state takeover two years early.

In unveiling his legislative agenda for the upcoming General Assembly session, Mayor Brett Smiley said, "The time is now" for returning the school system.