R.I. Supreme Court to hear Providence housing tax deal dispute Oct. 21
The hearing concerns the City Council's intervention in a case involving favorable tax treatment in exchange for affordable units.
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The hearing concerns the City Council's intervention in a case involving favorable tax treatment in exchange for affordable units.

The MBTA lists a $1.286 billion total budget and fall 2032 completion. The project will expand the Charles River rail crossing from four tracks to six.

The justices upheld the school board's dismissal of Steve Perrin and rejected his due-process challenge. Perrin disputed the student's account and denied discouraging reports of suspected abuse.

U.S. District Judge George A. O'Toole Jr.'s Sept. 30 order pauses the 2025 rule and all fines issued under it while the lawsuit continues. It is not a final ruling on whether the rule is lawful.

The court reversed Clerence H. Goncalves's conviction for sending the photo and upheld his conviction for secretly taking it. The ruling concerns Massachusetts's secret-photography law.
Officials held an Oct. 2 groundbreaking ceremony for two housing phases on Salem State's surplus South Campus land. Construction on the first 340 homes is expected in winter 2026-27.

The replacement Pier 1 at Naval Station Newport is designed to berth four Offshore Patrol Cutters, with completion targeted for March 2030.

The conversion at 900 Morrissey Blvd. drew neighborhood opposition before Boston's planning agency approved a scaled-down plan in 2023. Nearly every studio was occupied by the Oct. 7 opening, the Boston Globe reported.