Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include: — The timeline for concluding an investigation into a controversial contract awarded by the McKee administration; — How cases involving allegations of school officials preying on students hint at the frequency of sexual assaults on children; — The […]
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Should I buy online or in the store?
These days, we can buy almost anything we want online—fancy food, designer clothes, new computers, the works. But is all this online shopping creating more greenhouse gas emissions compared to shopping in-person?
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TGIF: Ian Donnis' Rhode Island politics roundup for April 8, 2022
Maybe the proposed designs for the new RI license plate should go on the November ballot as a way of boosting interest from voters (hat tip to Bob Walsh, who made a similar point). Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. *** Want to get my […]
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Political Roundtable: de la Cruz on her CD2 campaign, the ‘Big Lie,’ the economy & more
State Sen. Jessica de la Cruz (R-North Smithfield), one of three Republicans seeking an open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, is my guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include:
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RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane reflects on ‘The Year of the Murder Hornet’
April is National Poetry Month, and for Artscape, Chuck Hinman visits with poet Tina Cane. She stopped by to talk about her stint as Rhode Island Poet Laureate, which is ending, and her new poetry collection, which is coming out next month – and as always, to read for us, this time from her new book, “The Year of the Murder Hornet.”
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What’s the most sustainable way to travel down the East Coast?
Today we’re answering a question about sustainable travel. What’s the best way to take a trip down the east coast?
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Being a Kurd is the Hardest Job in the World
The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a series of community essays. This essay is by Selahattin Sep, who lives in Bristol, Rhode Island with his wife and two children. He runs a shoemaking company called Tigris Handmade. I think most people will find the title of this article exaggerated and many will reject […]
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I’m a frustrated PC Friar
Playing slightly better against Kansas could have put PC in the Final Four.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for April 1, 2022
All you need to know about 2022 is that some people are more wary about making innocently misleading April Fool’s Day jokes in our era of heightened misinformation. Your tips and comments are welcome. You can follow me through the week on the twitters. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? […]
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Political Roundtable: Smiley on his campaign, schools, taxes, public safety and more
Brett Smiley joins Political Roundtable this week to discuss his campaign as one of four Democrats running to the next mayor of Providence. The others are Gonzalo Cuervo, Nirva LaFortune, and Mike Solomon. Topics in the interview include: — Whether Smiley can make more progress on familiar problems than past mayors; — How he would […]
