Linda Finn, the executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence, joins Political Roundtable as our guest this week. Also joining the panel are URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley and Amanda Milkovits, reporter for The Boston Globe. Topics include: Ian Donnis can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter […]

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Rep. Michael Chippendale (R-Foster), the second-ranking Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, joins Political Roundtable as our guest this week. Joining me on the panel are URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley and Patrick Anderson, Statehouse reporter for The Providence Journal. Topics include: Why a hike in the state income tax […]

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Col. Hugh Clements, chief of the Providence Police Department, is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Joining me on the panel are URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley and Ted Nesi, politics/economics editor for WPRI-TV, Channel 12. The topics include: Whether other groups and organizations should play a bigger role in responding […]

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Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Dan McGowan from The Boston Globe and URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley join the panel. Topics include: Gorbea’s recently announced 2022 run for governor; Whether she supports more charter schools; The state takeover of the Providence schools; […]

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Matt Weldon, director of the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. Joining me on the panel are Boston Globe reporter Brian Amaral and URI emeritus professor of political science Maureen Moakley. Topics discussed during Roundtable include: Whether Rhode Island and the U.S. have a labor shortage; […]

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Jim Vincent, president of the Providence NAACP, is our guest on Political Roundtable this week. The topics include:

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Kate Coyne-McCoy, chief strategist for the RI Democratic Party, is our guest this week on Political Roundtable. Ed Fitzpatrick from The Boston Globe and Maureen Moakley, emeritus professor of political science at URI, join the panel this week. The topics include: Ian Donnis can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @IanDon. Sign up […]

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State Rep. Rebecca Kislak (D-Providence), who was first elected in 2018, is our guest this week on Political Roundtable. Joining me on the panel are Patrick Anderson, Statehouse reporter for The Providence Journal, and Maureen Moakley, emeritus professor of political science at the University of Rhode Island. Here’s a lightly edited transcript of our conversation: […]

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U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is the guest on Political Roundtable this week. The topics include: — How Democrats should respond to demographic shifts favoring Republicans; — Whether President Biden is courting a backlash with his spending proposals; — Whether Biden is smarter than President Obama in working with Congress; — The outlook on climate change.

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