The former director of communications to Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is running on the Democratic side for Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District.

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Allan Fung is running for an open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District. The Republican former mayor of Cranston talks with Ian Donnis for this week’s Political Roundtable. Topics include:

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Providence Public Safety Commission Steven Pare is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: The distinctly American problem of mass shootings; The low death rate from guns in Rhode Island; Whether Providence police should be moving ahead with a plan to use license plate readers.

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David Segal, one of six Democrats running for an open seat in Rhode Island’s Second Congressional District, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Segal served four years each as a city councilor and a state rep before helping to establish the activist group Demand Progress. Topics covered in the interview include: — Why […]

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Gonzalo Cuervo is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. With Nirva LaFortune, Brett Smiley and Michael Solomon, Cuervo is one of the four Democrats running to be the next mayor of Providence. The election will be decided through a primary on September 13. Topics covered in the interview include Providence’s under-funded pension plan, the […]

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State Rep. Deb Ruggiero (D-Jamestown) joins Political Roundtable this week to discuss her run for lieutenant governor and the news about how the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v Wade. Ruggiero was first elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2008. She is one of four Democrats running for lieutenant governor, along […]

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Ward 3 Providence City Councilor Nirva LaFortune, one of four Democrats running to be the next mayor of Providence, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include: LaFortune’s case for why she’s the best choice; Her plan for improving public schools in Providence; LaFortune’s views on the proposal for the ‘Superman Building’ […]

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