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10 Nov

City Council gives final approval to $10M reparations budget

THE PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL gave the second and final approval on Wednesday to a $10 million spending plan for racial reparations. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CHRIS BERGENHEIM
Providence Business News

A two-yearslong effort to bring racial reparations to Providence achieved a milestone Wednesday… The approved funding largely mirrors recommendations set forth by a city panel based on community input, but with one major change that shifts some money into a COVID-19 Equity Fund to be managed by United Way of Rhode Island.

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