PROVIDENCE – Facing pressure to solve the city’s cash shortage, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley wants to levy a 7% sales tax on all the city’s commercial parking lots and garages. The mayor ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Monday marked the fourth day of the Providence strike, and the hospital system is saying that it's ready to talk with union employees at most of its hospitals. Bargaining plans ...

Providence has responded by offering all nurses a signing bonus of up to $5,000. Nurses are also demanding better health insurance plans and more paid time off, including in the form of sick leave.

The calamity in California is another big reminder of the need for political leaders, public authorities and companies to accelerate climate adaptation. If the most prosperous state in the world ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On the fifth day of a historic health care workers strike impacting Providence facilities in Oregon, the hospital system signaled that it is now prepared to resume negotiations ...

Providence Health & Services in Oregon said Monday it was ready to resume talks with striking nurses at six of its hospitals — and it went on the offensive, accusing physicians also on strike of ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — North Providence Mayor Charles Lombardi is facing allegations by a former town employee who said he was fired for refusing to work on the mayor’s personal ...

The largest health care workers strike in Oregon’s history continued through the weekend with little progress, as thousands of Providence Oregon nurses and doctors strike for higher pay and ...

How could Los Angeles have prepared better for this calamity? And how will it change America’s second city? Fires are common around LA because of its terrain and dryness, but several factors ...

Nearly 5,000 Providence Health & Systems nurses and other professionals walked off their jobs Friday in the largest strike by health workers in state history – and the first involving unionized ...

UPDATE, 11:50 a.m.: Providence says it has told federal mediators they will return to the negotiation table following a record number of caregivers returning to work. Providence said the following in ...