Olivia Ebertz

The votes come a week after almost 700 of their colleagues at Rhode Island Hospital won their union election

The building has drawn local ire for its scale and potential to bring new residents, and their cars, to the neighborhood. In revised plans, developers have responded by decreasing the height of the building and removing parking spaces for residents.

Nearly 700 medical residents with Brown University Health are now unionized with the Committee of Residents and Interns Union under the Service Employees International Union. The residents hope the union can help raise their wages and benefits

Providence wants to enlist the legislature to help it take back its schools on July 1, find ways to cover its budget deficit, and get developers to build more housing in the city

Early next year, the Providence City Plan Commission will begin discussing some of its more divisive zoning ordinances related to the new comprehensive plan – the city’s official vision for how Providence’s built environment should look over the next decade