The latest round of Rhode Island public school achievement test scores came with all the subtlety of a winter plunge into Narragansett Bay. The Public’s Radio Political Analyst Scott MacKay parses the differences between Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Political Roundtable: Matos On Providence Council Priorities, House Rules Debate & Immigration
Providence City Council President Sabina Matos joins Political Roundtable to discuss her priorities, the debate over the rules governing the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and President Trump’s renewed push for a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.
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Bonus Q&A: Matos On Providence Pension, Fane Tower, Developing The Woonasquatucket Corridor & More
Providence City Council President Sabina Matos joined Bonus Q&A to discuss why she opposes Mayor Jorge Elorza’s proposed fix for the pension system, why she supported the Council override of the mayor’s veto on Fane Tower, and why she opposed a measure that would require council leaders facing a felony indictment to step down from […]
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(PRESS)ed Episode 5: Communal Thinking
What can the theory of “communal thinking” tell us about how we navigate political issues?
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Scott MacKay’s Commentary: Shrinking Ocean State Will Lose Seat In Congress
It looks like Rhode Island is going to lose a U.S. House seat after the 2020 Census. The Public’s Radio political analyst Scott MacKay explains this loss of Ocean State clout.
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Bonus Q&A: Shekarchi On Schools, Abortion Bill, Harassment, ‘Reform Democrats’ & More
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.
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Political Roundtable: Shekarchi On ‘Reform Democrats,’ Budget Deficit & His Political Future
RI House Majority Leader Joseph Shekarchi (D-Warwick) joins Political Roundtable to discuss the push for rules changes by ‘Reform Democrats,’ the outlook for curbing the state’s $200 million budget deficit, and his own political future.
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This I Believe New England – Painful Images
Sometimes in life we encounter unmitigated horror as we come face to face with the darkest, most macabre events that our world has the capacity to produce. How we cope with life’s tragedies varies, of course. Some of us may be inclined to stare calamity down, stand in its way, and do what we can to mitigate […]
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On New Year’s Day, A Look Back And A Look Ahead
Five stories highlighted 2018 here.
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Political Roundtable: Molina Flynn On Latino PAC Priorities & Top RI Stories Of 2018
J. Molina Flynn, president of the Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee, joins Political Roundtable to discuss RILPAC’s priorities for 2019, and some of RI’s top political stories of the past year.
