Arthur A. Coia died last week at age 82. The Providence native was a pioneer in the U.S. labor movement and best-known as a former president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America. Afternoon Host Dave Fallon discussed Coia’s legacy with Scott Malloy, an expert on union history, a professor emeritus at URI, and […]
Dave Fallon
Veteran newsman Dave Fallon is behind the microphone Monday through Friday afternoons, delivering the newscasts and assisting with other production. Dave’s experience includes work as a reporter, anchor, managing editor and news director; primarily in Providence and Boston. He also worked as a regional correspondent for the CBS, NBC and ABC radio networks, and as a political communications executive.
Dave was inducted into the Rhode Island Radio and TV Hall of Fame in 2014. The Cranston native and Cumberland resident enjoys the outdoors, Boston sports teams, historical non-fiction, along with his family; including a long line of rescued dogs and cats.
Posted inArts And Culture, Local, Politics
How Trump’s executive order to end NPR and PBS funding could affect public media in Rhode Island
In an attack on public media that could reverberate from Washington to Rhode Island, President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end funding to NPR and PBS. “Neither entity presents a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to tax-paying citizens,” the order says. Because […]
Posted inLocal
‘It’s an honor’: Iraq veteran takes the helm at the Rhode Island National Guard
This year, Governor Dan McKee named U.S. Army Brigadier General Andrew J. Chevalier the new Commanding General of the Rhode Island National Guard. Chevalier is from North Kingstown, and brings to the role over 35 years of experience with the state’s National Guard. In this conversation with afternoon host Dave Fallon, he said serving in […]
Posted inHealth, Local
Should Rhode Island legalize physician-assisted death?
Rhode Island’s General Assembly is again considering legislation that would give terminally ill people the option to die in their sleep using prescribed medication. The legislation hasn’t garnered much support in the past, but State Sen. Meghan Kallman is hoping this year will be different. Afternoon host Dave Fallon spoke with Kallman as well as […]
Posted inArts And Culture, Local
How one Providence rabbi is supporting students as they ‘understand the meaning of October 7th’
On the one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks in Israel — the deadliest day in the history of the country — a group of students from Brown and RISD stood in the rain hanging an installation in honor of the October 7th victims. Members of the Brown RISD Hillel, they wanted to mark Monday’s somber […]
Posted inHousing, Local
A RI town manager on how the state should, and shouldn’t, spur more housing
From the urban core to the beachfront, Rhode Island is looking for solutions to its housing crisis. At the statehouse, there’s been some pressure on cities and towns to change their zoning laws to allow more housing. But there has also been pushback. For our series Zoned Out: How local zoning hurts efforts to solve […]
Posted inHousing, Local
A Massachusetts law requires some towns to add more multi-family housing. Will it work?
As Rhode Island continues to search for ways to increase its housing stock, a new law in Massachusetts is requiring cities and towns across the state to change their zoning regulations to allow more multi-family housing. The MBTA Communities Act, which was signed into law in 2021 but goes into effect this year, requires communities […]
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HousingWorks RI’s Brenda Clement on addressing zoning challenges at the local level
Housing costs in Rhode Island continue to explode, thanks in part to a lack of supply. One reason there isn’t enough housing: local zoning laws limit what can be built where. For our series Zoned Out: How local zoning hurts efforts to solve Rhode Island’s decades-long housing shortage, The Public’s Radio’s Dave Fallon interviewed Brenda […]
Posted inLocal, Politics
RI, MA politicians react to President Biden’s decision to end his re-election campaign
Political leaders in Rhode Island and Massachusetts offered swift reaction to Sunday’s bombshell announcement by President Biden that he would drop out of his race for a second term as president. “President Biden made a selfless and noble decision” Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said in a prepared statement. “We are forever grateful for his […]
Posted inEnvironment, Local, South County Bureau
‘Rhode Islanders don’t trust the council’: Environmental advocate laments lack of CRMC reform in 2024
TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Dave Fallon: There was a lot of effort, resources behind the call for reform. Many grassroots activists were pushing for it. So why didn’t it happen this time? Topher Hamblett: The CRMC reform bill did not pass this year, I think in the end, because […]
