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Newport City Council election results: Xay tops at-large; ward …
Nov 6, 2024 · After Holder, the at-large candidates with the most votes are Stephanie Smyth with 4,524 votes, Xaykham "Xay" Khamsyvoravong with 4,365 votes, and Jeanne-Marie Napolitano with 3,768 votes, all of whom have earned spots on Newport City Council. Election 2024: Find full RI election night results updated live.
$98.5 million bond request for Newport projects approved by RI …
Apr 25, 2024 · Newport’s proposed $98.5 million bond for infrastructure improvements cleared a hurdle Tuesday, with the House of Representatives’ passage of legislation to put the bond question before voters in November.. The bill (2024-H 8086), sponsored by Rep. Lauren H. Carson now goes to the Senate.“Our city will benefit tremendously from the projects to be included in the bond proposal ...
Top vote-getters for Newport City Council, School Committee talk …
Nov 7, 2024 · In a neck-to-neck race for first place, Elizabeth “Beth” Cullen beat Incumbent Stephanie Winslow by 50 votes, making her the top vote-getter for the School Committee. “Hard work pays off,” Cullen said. “The School Committee has a mountain climb.”. Despite this being her first electoral win, Cullen is no stranger to Newport politics.
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Newport, Middletown school building projects updates as work …
Oct 10, 2024 · 0:58. On Aquidneck Island, two school building projects are at complete opposite ends of the process, with Newport’s high school building project wrapping up as Middletown’s has just gotten off the ground. In 2017, the Rhode Island Department of Education conducted an audit that identified a total of $2.2 billion worth of deficiencies among ...
Newport 'mansion tax' proposal on hold with City Council
Mar 18, 2024 · NEWPORT – A plan to tax home sales above $2 million was shelved on Wednesday, not necessarily because Newport City Councilors did not like the idea, but so that the proposal could be reworked to fare better in the General Assembly. “There are four members [of the General Assembly] who represent this community,” Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong said. “The east side of Providence has more ...
Newport City Council, legislators meet to discuss priorities in 2024
Jan 9, 2024 · From fee increases on cruise ships to changes in the state education funding formula to changes in how the hotel tax is distributed, the Newport City Council’s legislative priorities for 2024 primarily centered on ways the city can get more revenue into the city budget now that Covid-era one-time-funding has started to dry up and expire. “Right now, Newport’s budget is about 80% ...
'Super' departments proposed for Newport city government …
Feb 2, 2024 · The proposed “super” departments would not eliminate any existing departments or change any job titles, Sitrin explained to the Newport City Council on Wednesday, but they would reduce the number of departments reporting directly to the City Manager’s office. The three “super departments would be the Public Safety Department, which ...