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May 31, 2024
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Lively is where Rhode Islanders come together to talk about what’s really going on in our state. Each week, community leaders, local journalists, professors, and past and present local legislators join veteran journalist Jim Hummel for a smart, energetic roundtable discussion that dives into the big issues—and the everyday ones, too.
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Can Rhode Island Afford Another Health Insurance Premium Spike?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Can Rhode Island cash in on World Cup fever?
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Is Rhode Island Overspending?
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Can McKee Turn Around a 20 Point Gap With Helena Foulkes?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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This week on Lively, the governor airs his concerns about the $14.3 billion dollar budget.
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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On Lively, the gavel is almost down on the General Assembly session: what's in, what's out?
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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On Lively, winners and losers as the long-awaited state budge emerges from the House.
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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On Lively: The AG steps up with suggestions for the healthcare crisis on our doorstep.
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May 30, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, a surprising twist in the Barletta contamination case settlement.
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May 23, 2025 |
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On Lively, Senate response to the House's attempt to block proposed Cabinet pay raises.
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May 16, 2025 |
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On Lively, the first American chosen a Pope and pro soccer finally comes to Pawtucket.
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May 09, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, new leadership at the RI State Senate. Plus, Gina for President?
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May 02, 2025 |
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On Lively, who will succeed Senate President Ruggerio & a plan to boost housing stock.
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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On Lively, breaking down key issues facing RI lawmakers as they get back to work
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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On Lively: left without a PCP in a provider shortage, as Anchor Medical prepares to close
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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On Lively, reaction to a new video showing a lot of bridge concrete in the Seekonk River.
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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On Lively, big pushback on proposed raises for the governor's cabinet heads.
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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On LIvely, the real cost of pallet shelters and the bigger picture of affordable housing
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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On Lively, what are state officials doing about Rhode Island's looming healthcare crisis?
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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On Lively Governor McKee is in for the reelection campaign plus the Washington whirlwind.
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, what can be done about Rhode Island's skyrocketing electric bills?
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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On Lively: cheers & jeers for a federal judge in RI in a legal brawl over funding cuts.
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, protests over presidential actions in Rhode Island and nationwide.
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, funds for the bridge up in the air as part of a larger federal pause.
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, the end is in sight for completion of the Providence pallet shelters.
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, examining Governor McKee's State of the State plus budget details.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, what will be the key issues facing the General Assembly in 2025?
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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This week on Lively: the state response to the cyber hack plus a 2025 legislative preview.
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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This week on Lively, the highs and lows of 2024 plus our predictions for the year ahead.
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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This week on Lively: the response to a breach of RI's public benefits computer system.
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, tolling trucks gets a green light but a federal court says slow down.
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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This week on Lively: one year after the Washington Bridge closure, what's the outlook?
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, how much will Providence have to cough up to fund its schools?
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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This week Lively, who's to blame for the huge Providence schools budget deficit?
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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On Lively, Trump gets a second term in a not-so-close race & how Rhode Islanders voted.
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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On Lively, controversy even after the governor is cleared of charges in the ILO case
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, a change order spikes the cost of the Washington Bridge demolition.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, officials answer the public's questions about the Washington Bridge.
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, a new poll shows how the public feels about local elected officials
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, a computer hack in the Providence school system. What happens now?
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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This week on Lively: demolition crews, told to stop work on the Washington Bridge. Why?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, primary election results and the latest on the Washington Bridge.
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, the state extends its takeover of Providence schools.
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, the state seeks accountability in the Washington Bridge failure
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, Washington Bridge litigation and shoreline access news.
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, local views on the VP pick and the latest on the Washington Bridge.
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, what a sharp rise in uncontested Assembly races means for voters.
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, opposition to a constitutional convention and budget storm clouds
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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This week on Lively,debate over beachfront access and the latest on the Washington Bridge.
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, no bids on the bridge: who will rebuild it and how much will it cost?
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, local analysis of the presidential debate and a new poll of RI voters.
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, highlights of what the General Assembly did and did not do.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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This week on Lively: the gavel comes down for the General Assembly. What's in, what's out?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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This week on Lively: what’s in, what’s out for next year’s budget? Plus, a few surprises.
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, the local take on the Trump verdicts: what happens next?
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May 31, 2024 |
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State lawmakers still have some major decisions to make before the gavel comes down
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May 24, 2024 |
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This week on Lively, the projected price tag for the Washington Bridge replacement balloons
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May 10, 2024 |
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Washington Bridge updates and the future of affordable housing in Rhode Island.
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May 03, 2024 |
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Pro-Palestine protests land on Brown’s campus, plus effects of abortion restrictions.
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Engineers warned of structural problems with the Washington Bridge nearly a decade ago.
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Removing bike lanes leads to protests, plus RIPTA CEO pleads not guilty in hit-and-run
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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How one RI city is tackling cellphones in schools
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Pete Buttigieg visits Washington Bridge, plus proposed noise cameras in Providence
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The Washington Bridge to be demolished, and what is the fate of TikTok in the U.S.?
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Reacting to Biden’s State of the Union, plus bills targeting RI healthcare issues.
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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How Gen Z and Millennials are feeling about the next presidential election, plus (lack of) affordable housing in RI.
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Rhode Islanders footing a big bill for Tidewater Landing with no say in the plan, plus a new tourism campaign.
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Scathing reports across RI on St. Mary's Home for Children, maternal mortality stories, and the continued Washington Bridge debacle
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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The Washington Bridge closure still affecting many Rhode Islanders; what the Federal Highway Administration has to say
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Internal RIDOT emails from about Washington Bridge, and the Cranston mayoral race gets interesting.
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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The fate of the Washington Bridge up in the air, plus what’s in (and out) the RI budget this year.
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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The RI Governor’s State of the State Address, and the Minority Leader’s response.
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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The RI House and Senate Majority and Minority leaders discuss plans for this session.
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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What to expect from the 2024 RI legislative session.
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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A look at what 2023 had in store for Rhode Island, and predictions for 2024.
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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Impacts of the I-195 bridge closure felt around the state.
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Ethics Commission appointee accused of sexual harassment, plus a debate on guns in schools.
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Tensions continue at Brown, even after charges against protestors dropped.
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Rhode Islanders protesting the Israel-Hamas war face arrests, firing.
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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What the voters decided around Rhode Island on election day.
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Corruption, trust in government, and McKee’s approval rating - what Rhode Islanders care about in state politics.
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Where RI stands on school funding, CO2 emissions, and the upcoming congressional election
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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A panel of journalists give a peek behind the scenes of what they’ve been reporting on around the state.
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Out in the cold; RI unprepared to shelter unhoused this winter, even with funds.
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Should RI return the surplus to taxpayers? Plus Kevin McCarthy ousted as Speaker.
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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A handful of investigative reports on the RI government.
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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A debate on the benefits of special elections, plus shoreline access remains, for now.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Rhode Island shoreline access law hits federal court.
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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How Gabe Amo won the CD1 democratic primary with a last-minute surge.
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The final push before the CD1 Primary, plus a front row seat to the debates.
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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The CD1 race turns negative, and Trump is arraigned again.
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Trump faces more indictments, plus Sabina Matos pushes back.
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Private funding for Tidewater Landing secured, won’t release names of investors.
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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How will CD1 candidates stand out in the crowd? Plus state funding for RIC tuition.
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Should Lt. Gov. Matos be paid while campaigning? And more questions following the CD1 signature scandal.
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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A scandal emerges in the Matos campaign as officials investigate possible signature fraud.
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Who will run for congress in RI? And a state senator is in even more hot water for car-keying incident.
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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RI state senator arrested, plus an ethics probe into a now-infamous business trip.
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Mckee commits possible ethics violation after free lunch with a lobbyist, contractor.
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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The RI legislative session wraps up, what passed and what is left on the table?
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Jun 16, 2023 |