By Genelle Pugmire, includes “… ‘Although the report doesn’t cover the longer-term effects of the pandemic on our economy that continue, it does appear that the financial hit on the city was not as dire as we had feared,’ Handley added. … (Note: While the link to the annual financial reports included in the article doesn’t work, a peek at their “Popular Annual Financial Report” suggests that Provoians enjoy city government financial conditions that citizens in Chicago, and many places elsewhere, would welcome.)