Cities seeking more money from tax-exempt institutions

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

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