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4/19/2024: Mayor Jon Mitchell

4/12/2024: Councilwoman Peterson; Director Alviti

4/5/2024: Congressman Magaziner

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3/22/2024: Transportation Sec’y. Pete Buttigieg

3/15/2024: Ken Block; bridge roundtable

3/8/2024: Sens. Ruggerio and Pearson

3/1/2024: Housing Crisis

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2/23/2024: US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

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Pulse of Providence

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Dan Yorke State of Mind

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Opening statements set for Monday in Trump’s hush …

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Friday, April 19, 2024. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

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Former President Donald Trump waves as he enters Manhattan Criminal Court on Friday, April 19, 2024 in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, …

FILE - Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The rights of LGBTQ+ students will be protected by federal law and victims of campus sexual assault will gain new safeguards under rules finalized Friday, April19, 2024, by the Biden administration. Notably absent from Biden’s policy, however, is any mention of transgender athletes. (AP Photo/Patrick Orsagos, File)

Seeking ‘the right side of history,’ Speaker Mike …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers in the House pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Police to review security outside courthouse hosting …

New York law enforcement and fire department personnel inspect the scene where a man lit himself on fire in a park outside Manhattan criminal court, Friday, April 19, 2024, in New York. Emergency crews rushed away a person on a stretcher after fire was extinguished outside the Manhattan courthouse where jury selection was taking place Friday in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as …

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers in the House pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Tim White

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Avedisian to get $68K under RIPTA exit agreement

Avedisian resigns as RIPTA CEO after hit-and-run

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Ted Nesi

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