State Sen. Tiara Mack (D-Providence) is the guest this week on Political Roundtable.

Mack, 27, stormed the Statehouse last year by defeating long-term Democratic incumbent Harold Metts, in a district that runs from Mount Hope to Upper South Providence.

Issues discussed in our discussion include:

Recent violence in Providence.

The Providence Teachers Union contract.

The progressive presence in the RI Senate.

What it’s like being a gay, Black woman in the RI General Assembly.

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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...