Nirva LaFortune, Ward 3 city councilor and candidate for mayor of Providence, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Why she’s running for mayor and what she considers her best accomplishment on the council. How her experience stacks up against rival candidates; How LaFortune would choose new public safety leadership in Providence. […]
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Political Roundtable: Langevin on Biden’s agenda, Afghanistan, remembering 9/11, Social Security & more
Second District Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. The topics include: President Biden’s two big spending priorities and what their fate will reveal; How we remember 9/11 and whether that should include more of what happened in the years afterward; The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan; How much of a […]
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Political Roundtable: DiMario on the new progressive push in RI, change in the state Senate & more
Sen. Alana DiMario (D-Narragansett) of the Rhode Island Senate is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Whether DiMario, a self-described progressive, supports the new effort by Matt Brown and the RI Political Cooperative to establish progressive control of state government; How the cooperative’s ongoing focus on the state Senate is likely to […]
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Political Roundtable: Magaziner on his proposals, his experience, Amazon, the Fed & more
Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, who announced his campaign Tuesday for governor, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Some of the topics: The cost of his campaign proposals and how he would pay for them; How he rates former Gov. Gina Raimondo on economic issues; Whether his longest-held job, as treasurer, qualifies […]
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Political Roundtable: Amore on voting, elections and his run for RI secretary of state
State Rep. Gregg Amore (D-East Providence), who is set to announce next Wednesday his 2022 run for secretary of state, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Voting and elections in the post-Trump era; Why lawmakers have not put in place early voting and other measures that proved popular during the pandemic; […]
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Political Roundtable: Kazarian on progressive challenges, marijuana outlook, her role as whip & more
Rhode Island House Whip Katherine Kazarian (D-East Providence) is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Kazarian’s approach to her role as whip in trying to forge agreement among different factions of Democrats; Why progressives are mounting more challenges to the status quo at the Statehouse; Kazarian’s description of her identity as a […]
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Political Roundtable: Jacob on guns, gun violence & more
Gun rights advocate Brenda Jacob of West Greenwich is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include why gun sales have soared and whether this makes the nation more or less safe. Why the U.S. has so much gun violence. Whether it’s wrong to think that typical gun owners can disrupt a violent episode. […]
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Political Roundtable: Pryor on RI’s economy, Superman Building, his expected treasurer run, and more
Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor joins Political Roundtable this week. The topics include: Jobs and the economy; The outlook on the Superman Building; Pryor’s expected run next year for state general treasurer; and more.
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Special Roundtable: Elorza on Providence; Escobar on Millennial RI; Geoghegan on baseball
A string of violent episodes has sparked heightened concern about crime in Rhode Island’s capital city, Providence. Police say most categories of crime are down. But there are a lot of guns on the street, things always get worse in the summer, and the city has struggled to resolve problems with ATV and dirt bike […]
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Political Roundtable: Mack on Providence violence, PTU contract, progressives in the RI Senate and more
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 […]
