10/15/2021: Providence mayoral candidate Nirva LaFortune; Latino Policy Institute
With Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza term-limited, several candidates have thrown their hat into the ring, including Ward 3 City Councilwoman Nirva LaFo...
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10/7/2021: Prov. City Council President John Igliozzi
Providence City Council President John Igliozzi on the increase in shootings and homicides in the city, a controversial police hire, what the city pla...
9/30/2021: Sen. Ryan Pearson; week in review
In the coming weeks, Rhode Island lawmakers will be considering how more than $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid money should be spent. Senate Fina...
9/23/2021: Mayor Jon Mitchell
This week on Newsmakers: New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell. A Democrat first elected in 2011, Mitchell talks about the struggle to increase vaccination r...
9/16/2021: Gregg Amore; RI housing market update
This week on Newsmakers: state Rep. Gregg Amore, D-East Providence, discusses his newly launched campaign for Rhode Island secretary of state; Shannon...
9/9/2021: Sen. Elizabeth Warren; 9/11 anniversary
This week on Newsmakers: U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talks with Ted Nesi about the budget talks on Capitol Hill, America's exit from Afghanis...
9/3/2021: Dr. Javier Montañez; week in review
Steph Machado interviews the acting superintendent of Providence schools, Dr. Javier Montañez; Tim White and Ted Nesi break down the controversy invol...
8/26/2021: Congressman Jake Auchincloss
Among President Joe Biden’s most vocal supporters in the military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts. Auchin...
8/19/2021: Sen. Jack Reed
This week on Newsmakers: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, discusses the chaotic American evacuation of Afghanista...
8/13/2021: COVID outlook in RI; Ben Downing
This week on Newsmakers: Tom McCarthy, executive director of Rhode Island's COVID-19 response, lays out the state's strategy to deal with the delta va...