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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 14 > Budget hole? Mayor’s idea: Tax students

Budget hole? Mayor’s idea: Tax students

By Eric Tucker / The Bulletin
May 14, 2009

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The mayor of Providence wants to slap a $150-per-semester tax on the 25,000 full-time students at Brown University and three other private colleges in the city, saying they use resources and should help ease the burden on struggling taxpayers.

Mayor David Cicilline....

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