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Providence, RI, School Board Votes to Lay Off All Teachers

The Providence School Board has voted 4-3 to send dismissal notices to all of the Rhode Island school district's 1,926 teachers. Thursday night's meeting was held in a school gymnasium to accommodate the more than 700 teachers who turned out to voice their opposition to the move. The board vote came after two hours of...

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Cities seek more money from tax-exempt colleges

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

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05/31/12 Doherty praises Taveras, retirees, employees for... Source: Projo.com - Providence RI Republican congressional candidate Brendan Doherty praised Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and others Thursday for a new budget agreement that, in his words, has moved the city "one step further from the brink of bankruptcy."
05/31/12 Rhode Island: Deal May Avert Bankruptcy Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A tentative deal between the city of Providence and its workers and retirees will prevent the city from going into bankruptcy, Mayor Angel Taveras said Wednesday.
05/31/12 Rhode Island: Deal May Avert Bankruptcy Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA A tentative deal between the city of Providence and its workers and retirees will prevent the city from going into bankruptcy, Mayor Angel Taveras said Wednesday.
05/31/12 Tentative Deals Forged In Ill., Providence, R.I., To... Source: Kaiser Health News Officials report accords with public employees restricting pension increases in order to keep the programs solvent.
05/31/12 First Edition: May 31, 2012 Source: Kaiser Health News Today's headlines include reports about various health-related measures currently on the move in Congress.