Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo discusses the state’s response to COVID-19 in part I of this year-end conversation.

The topics include:

How the state has changed its approach to nursing homes;

Whether the state has done enough to help small businesses;

How long RI’s post-pandemic economic recovery will take.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...