Observed arrival · 2026-10-01
Providence, on the record
Independent reporting and public-record investigations examine Providence’s taxes, housing, 311 system, downtown, and hurricane barrier.
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- Providence residents tracking city decisions
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- Its 311 analysis separates 14,276 cases marked “Web” from 1,029 guest-form submissions among 21,128 logged cases.
Field notes
The 311 project examines both what Providence’s system publishes and the choices users encounter: its menu contains 128 case types, while the New Request button leads to a sign-in screen and 1,029 cases came through a guest form. The housing section places the State’s count beside the Census Bureau’s and notes a gap of more than two to one. The homepage says it labels modeled figures rather than presenting them as public-record counts.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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