The second-ranking Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Rep. Michael Chippendale (R-Foster), is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. The topics include: Helena Foulkes’ entry to the Democratic side of the race for governor; Whether the state should move quicker or slower in spending American Rescue Plan Act funds; Former President Trump’s […]

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Nirva LaFortune, Ward 3 city councilor and candidate for mayor of Providence, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Why she’s running for mayor and what she considers her best accomplishment on the council. How her experience stacks up against rival candidates; How LaFortune would choose new public safety leadership in Providence. […]

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Second District Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. The topics include: President Biden’s two big spending priorities and what their fate will reveal; How we remember 9/11 and whether that should include more of what happened in the years afterward; The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan; How much of a […]

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Sen. Alana DiMario (D-Narragansett) of the Rhode Island Senate is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Whether DiMario, a self-described progressive, supports the new effort by Matt Brown and the RI Political Cooperative to establish progressive control of state government; How the cooperative’s ongoing focus on the state Senate is likely to […]

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Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, who announced his campaign Tuesday for governor, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Some of the topics: The cost of his campaign proposals and how he would pay for them; How he rates former Gov. Gina Raimondo on economic issues; Whether his longest-held job, as treasurer, qualifies […]

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State Rep. Gregg Amore (D-East Providence), who is set to announce next Wednesday his 2022 run for secretary of state, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Voting and elections in the post-Trump era; Why lawmakers have not put in place early voting and other measures that proved popular during the pandemic; […]

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Rhode Island House Whip Katherine Kazarian (D-East Providence) is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include: Kazarian’s approach to her role as whip in trying to forge agreement among different factions of Democrats; Why progressives are mounting more challenges to the status quo at the Statehouse; Kazarian’s description of her identity as a […]

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Gun rights advocate Brenda Jacob of West Greenwich is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Topics include why gun sales have soared and whether this makes the nation more or less safe. Why the U.S. has so much gun violence. Whether it’s wrong to think that typical gun owners can disrupt a violent episode. […]

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