Rhode Island House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) joins Bonus Q&A to discuss a range of issues related to the new legislative session, including the state’s under-performing schools, the clash on a bill to codify abortion rights in Rhode Island law, and efforts to boost harassment enforcement at the Statehouse.

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...