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RI bill would let cities charge tax-exempt groups

By Associated Press

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  March 30, 2012

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras called on Rhode Island lawmakers Tuesday to pass a law allowing cities to make tax-exempt property owners like Brown University pay more for police, fire protection or other city services. Taveras said city taxpayers cannot resolve the city’s financial troubles without additional help from Brown and the other universities, colleges and hospitals that call the state’s largest city home.

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