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RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST
Which bills will live or die in the remaining weeks of R.I.’s legislative session?
In a special edition of the Rhode Island Report podcast, House Speaker Shekarchi and Senate President Ruggerio offer strong indications of what legislation is likely to succeed or fail as the Assembly heads into its final weeks.
RI REPORT PODCAST
On his final day in Congress, Cicilline expects to vote on debt ceiling deal
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Rhode Island Democrat said he is “leaning toward a yes” vote on the agreement struck between President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy.
RI REPORT PODCAST | RI PBS
‘Everything is at stake’ in debt limit standoff, Raimondo says
“If we want to lead in the world, we need credibility,” the US Commerce Secretary said on the Rhode Island Report podcast. “And defaulting – China will see that, and it’s a sign of weakness.”
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First ‘Survivor’ winner Richard Hatch on taxes, Trump, and reality TV
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the Newport resident who won the first season of the reality show criticizes host Jeff Probst, weighs in on this season’s cast, and addresses the tax evasion case that sent him to federal prison.
RI REPORT PODCAST | RI PBS
Get ready for ‘Rhode Island Report, Live’
The Rhode Island Report podcast is marking its 100th episode and highlighting its ongoing collaboration with Rhode Island PBS with a special event May 31.
RI POLITICS
30 Head Start classrooms closed in R.I. this school year
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Rhode Island Kids Count executive director Paige Clausius-Parks says that “alarming” trend results from “very low” wages for early childhood programs.
RI REPORT PODCAST | RI PBS
Providence is as loud as Boston, Brown professor says
On the R.I. Report podcast, Professor Erica Walker and R.I. PBS Weekly reporter Michelle San Miguel say sound is a proxy for power and the noise is loudest in low-income neighborhoods.
RI REPORT PODCAST | RI PBS
Finding safe, warm housing — in the emergency room
On the R.I. Report podcast, Senator Joshua Miller and RI PBS Weekly producer Isabella Jibilian talk about what can be done to provide homeless people with better options than an emergency room.
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RI POLITICS
14 things to know about the $14 billion House budget proposal
Governor McKee had called for trimming the sales tax rate from 7 percent to 6.85 percent, but House Speaker Shekarchi said, “There were other priorities in my caucus.”
RI STATE BUDGET
In R.I. House budget package, what to know about housing and development
For one, eminent domain powers are off the table, Speaker Shekarchi said. Also, there’s no funding to redevelop the Superman building, or the Cranston Street Armory.
RI POLITICS
R.I. state budget won’t include funding to redevelop Cranston Street Armory
Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi made the final decision to not include “any money” for the armory in the House Finance budget package, according to sources close to him.
ENVIRONMENT
‘It’s devastating’: Florida questioning Michael Mota after resort’s protected mangrove trees chopped down
A state investigation found nearly 17,800 square feet of mangroves were destroyed. Mota, who is listed as the “contractor/agent” in the state’s report, denies involvement.
RHODE MAP
In accepting First Amendment award, former Globe editor urges journalists to be bold
The former Globe editor, now chairman of the Boston University journalism department, advised journalists to push forward. “Do not settle for convention," he said. "Make yourselves, ourselves, heard at every possible turn.”
OFFSHORE WIND
In a time of ‘amazing’ opportunity for offshore wind, US energy secretary says, R.I. is ‘on fire’
But the industry faces challenges, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said during US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s visit Friday.
RI ARTS
Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep
Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen will be honored Monday at the Pell Awards Gala, which celebrates national and local excellence in the arts. Trinity Repertory Company’s signature annual event was last held in June 2019.
AROUND RI
Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets
A sure sign of summer: Farmers markets are the ideal warm weather activity, and that joy of buying local, outdoors, is about to return to the Ocean State.