The Brief, 03/08/2010: DIY Democracy with the UnCaucus

Now that Providence Mayor David Cicilline is running for Congress, who’s running for mayor? Let’s review: John Lombardi, Steven Constantino, Daniel Harrop, Christopher Young, Angel Taveras and—you? Well, one local group wants to think about it.
The group is called UnCaucus, and they’ve been reaching out to potential candidates in an unusual way. Just ask [...]

The Brief, 03/08/2010: Week In Review

Here’s Quyen Ngo with this week’s top news stories in your Week in Review.
Obama mentions Central Falls Firings
Rhode Island is Most Liberal
Jobless rate remains unchanged
But, US House passes Jobs bill
Good evening, I’m Quyen Ngo and here are some highlight stories of this past week.
At the start of the week, President Obama mentioned the [...]

The Brief, 03/01/2010: Not Quite News

Tonight, Stan laments the persistence of rock star geezers in a segment we like to call Not Quite News with Stan Sundel.

The Super Bowl was a couple of weeks ago. I’m not the world’s biggest football fan. Frankly, I usually watch the game for the commercials – or more importantly, the half [...]

The Brief: 01/03/2010: On The Record with Ian Donnis

When Patrick Kennedy dropped out of his race for reelection, he turned Rhode Island politics on its head. The announcement set off a ripple effect of politicians jumping from one race to the next, and offices at every level of government up for grabs. WBRU’s Emily Jones sat down with WRNI Political Reporter Ian Donnis [...]

The Brief, 02/22/2010: Healthcare reform NOW

This Wednesday saw the unemployed, homeless, medical students, action groups and other dissatisfied citizens unite at Providence’s Kennedy Plaza to demand immediate action by the government to take care of their problems. On the one hand were the jobless, who said the Congress had to help Rhode Island in particular, which is dealing with its [...]

The Brief, 02/08/2010: Week In Review

Good evening! I am Urmila Nair and here are the week’s top news stories.
In local News

Connecticut had a painful morning yesterday, with an explosion at the Kleen Energy plant killed at least two and injuring nearly a hundred. The gas-based energy plant went up in flames as a gas line exploded shortly before noon. [...]

The Brief, 02/08/2010: Decriminalization of marijuana

If you walked around the Rhode Island state house last week, you might have heard something highly unusual. Drew Morrill has more.
At the statehouse, you typically hear about the sobering economy, record-setting unemployment and climbing energy prices. But now there’s talk of decriminalizing marijuana. On Tuesday, state legislators introduced a bill that would make possession [...]

The Brief, 02/08/2010: Not Quite News

Tonight, Stan explains why your bachelor’s degree is worthless in a segment we like to call Not Quite News with Stan Sundel.

Not too long ago, I went to see the musical Avenue Q at the PPAC. It’s a great show that uses a combination of puppets and human actors to explore such topics [...]

The Brief 1/11/10: Week in Review

Emily recaps the top stories from the week of January 4, 2010.

Chafee makes it official
Money on the way for Station fire victims
Obama calls for better security
AND Jersey votes “no” on gay marriage
These are the top stories from the first week of 2010.
Former U-S Senator Lincoln Chafee surprised no one Monday when he officially announced [...]

The Brief 1/11/10: Statehouse Recap

This past week, legislators returned to Smith Hill to begin their 2010 session – and to wrap up some of 2009’s unfinished business. Alessandra Suuberg has more.

When lawmakers reconvened on Tuesday in the House and Senate chambers, the context of their return included a projected $400 million deficit for the coming year, an unemployment [...]