NEWSMAKERS: @rifoodbank.bsky.social CEO Melissa Cherney joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to discuss the record high 100,000 Rhode Islanders seeking food aid a month - even before the recent SNAP crisis

Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on 12+ and TV - or get the pod www.wpri.com/news/newsmak...

NEWSMAKERS: RI Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to discuss rising RICAS scores, reading whole books, PPSD, the Smithfield incident, AI in schools - and how she's using AI herself

Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on 12+ and TV - or get the pod

NEWSMAKERS: AG candidate Rep. @jasonknight.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to talk public safety, defense clients, the Trump litigation, what needs to change the AG's office - and the Washington Bridge

Watch online now, on 12+ or get the pod www.wpri.com/news/newsmak...

TONIGHT AT 5: My one-on-one interview with Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan about surviving the brutal Oct. 20 stabbing that put him on life support

Tune in for the sitdown - only on @wpri12.bsky.social

NEWSMAKERS: Reuters' @nateraymond.bsky.social joins me to discuss the key role New England judges (and AGs) are playing in the legal battles over Trump's policies - is the 1st Circuit is the new 9th?

Plus, a week in review

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NEWSMAKERS: AG @peterfneronha.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss why he's not running for Gov, the indictment of NY's AG, the bridge audit - and the struggle to get RWMC and Fatima hospitals under new ownership

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WATCH: 80 years ago today John Pastore was inaugurated as RI governor, a breakthrough for Italian Americans in politics; five years later, he was the first Italian American US senator

On tonight's newscasts we took a look back at his remarkable life and times - here's an excerpt

NEWSMAKERS: Dem AG candidate @keithhoffmann.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss why he's running, Craven's exit, crime, APRA - and if the US is in a constitutional crisis

Then: @waveelection.bsky.social breaks down the week's news

Watch now on 12+ and online or get the pod

NEWSMAKERS: State Rep. David Morales joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss his run for mayor, rents, police - and how he'd convince PVD retirees to accept pension cuts

Plus: two RI Republican leaders on Kirk and their 2026 strategy

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NEWSMAKERS: @helenabfoulkes.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to discuss her newly launched Gov campaign, the economy, criticism over opioids, Charlie Kirk - and what she'd have done differently on the Washington Bridge

Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on TV - or get the podcast

NEWSMAKERS: Mayor Jon Mitchell reacts to Secretary Galvin incorrectly claiming New Bedford and Fall River are in the same congressional district (h/t @kellygarrity.bsky.social)

That and much more on this week's show - watch online now, tonight/Sunday on 12+ and TV, or get the podcast

NEWSMAKERS: Rhode Island Energy President Greg Cornett joins me to discuss what went wrong with its IT system in last week's thunderstorm, and what would happen in a big hurricane

Plus wind energy, India Point and more

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NEWSMAKERS: United Way of RI CEO @cortneynicolato.bsky.social joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social + me to discuss federal fundings cuts, RI's new nonprofit exec pay law - and how a clay mine in Georgia helps fund her organization

Watch online now - Friday/Sunday on 12+ and TV - or get the podcast

What happened with the new RI assault weapons law? Breaking that down and more on a new Weekly Insight - watch tonight at 7:30p on @ripbs-tpr.bsky.social

NEWSMAKERS: @rihouseofreps.bsky.social Speaker Joe Shekarchi joins @timwhiteri.bsky.social and me to discuss the governor's criticism of his budget bill and what had gone on behind the scenes - plus 2026, guns, fall session and more.

Watch online now - tonight/Sunday on 12+ and TV - or get the pod!

Taking a closer look at the state budget on a new Weekly Insight - tune in tonight at 7:30p on @ripbs-tpr.bsky.social