Daily Briefing: Are clashes between Providence City Council and Mayor Smiley healthy government?

ALSO: What work has been done on the Superman building? ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ Advertisement [eNewspaper]( | [Crosswords]( | [Horoscopes]( [Read in browser]( The Daily Briefing YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP Fri May 3 2024 Will Richmond | Managing Editor Communities & R.I. [@Will_Richmond]( Good morning, I'm Will Richmond at [The Providence Journal]( and this is the Daily Briefing. What do tax breaks for a wealthy developer, bike lanes and prosecuting Brown University students have in common? They're all issues Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and the City Council have clashed over during the past year. Is it gamesmanship or healthy government? [Mayor Brett Smiley office at Providence City Hall. May 3, 2024] The office of Mayor Brett Smiley at Providence City Hall. David DelPoio/The Providence Journal [The Journal's Amy Russo looks at the relationship between the branches of Providence's government how the two sides feel about the relationship.]( • The lights are on but is anyone working at the Superman Building? Journal reporter Wheeler Cowperthwaite checked through permits to see what work has been planned during the past three years. [Here's what he found.]( • As state leaders continue to seek ways to ramp up housing production in the state one of House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi's proposals is facing opposition, even as it's been rewritten. [The Journal's Patick Anderson reports on the bill that would have allowed people to create homes in commercial zoning districts, what has changed and why some legislators are raising concerns.]( • Can Rhode Island meet the mandates in the Act on Climate, the legislation Gov. Dan McKee signed into law three years ago that requires the state meet net-zero emissions by 2050? Some legislators say it's not going to happen unless there's a significant change in how we heat buildings. The Journal's Alex Kuffner looks at a pair of bills aimed at decarbonizing the heating sector in separate ways. • Consider this your first warning: Mother's Day is coming fast. 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