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3/22/2019: Narragansett Bay Commission Chair Vincent Mesolella
Episode 10
This week on Newsmakers: Vincent Mesolella, Chairman of the Narragansett Bay Commission. Mesolella discusses the third and final phase of the massive combined sewer overflow project - estimated to co…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
3/15/2019: Col. James Manni, RI State Police
Episode 9
Colonel James Manni of the R.I. State Police. Manni is just the 14th superintendent in the 95-year history of the storied law enforcement agency. Manni weighs in on the possibility of legalized recre…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
3/8/2019: Abortion debate; Fall River recall
Episode 8
This week on Newsmakers: Rabbi Sarah Mack and PC Professor Holly Taylor Coolman discuss the Rhode Island House's abortion vote; Herald News editor Lynne Sullivan and UMass Dartmouth Professor Michael…
Published on 6 years, 5 months ago
3/1/2019: Senate President Dominick Ruggerio
Episode 7
This week on Newsmakers: Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, D-North Providence. Now in his second term leading the upper chamber, Ruggerio shares his views on Smith Hill's biggest issues, including …
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
2/22/2019: RI Party leaders debate
Episode 6
This week on Newsmakers: T. Kevin Olasanoye, executive director of the R.I. Democratic Party, and Lee Ann Sennick, Rhode Island Republican national committeewoman. Olasanoye and Sennick discuss the 2…
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
2/15/2019: New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell
Episode 5
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell discusses a wide range of issues from charter school expansion and marijuana shops to his political future.
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
2/8/2019: U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Episode 4
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the SOTU, Green New Deal, a potential government shutdown and more.
Published on 6 years, 6 months ago
2/1/2019: Congressman David Cicilline
Episode 3
Congressman David Cicilline discusses being in the majority party of the House for the first time.
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
1/25/2019: State Sens. Lou DiPalma, Dawn Euer
Episode 2
DiPalma, D-Middletown, and Euer, D-Newport, discuss the impact of the natural gas shutoff to some 6,000 customers on Aquidneck Island.
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago
1/18/2019: Gov. Gina Raimondo
Episode 1
In her first extended television interview since her State of the State address, Raimondo discusses her newly unveiled $9.9-billion budget plan, the proposal to legalize marijuana for adults, staff c…
Published on 6 years, 7 months ago