Rhode Island PBS Weekly
“Rhode Island PBS Weekly” is a newsmagazine anchored in journalism that searches for truth and examines today’s most important regional and local issues. Viewers are introduced to individuals, ideas and places in Rhode Island and beyond that they won’t see anywhere else.
Latest Episode
We have an in-depth report on the craft-brewing business. It should be booming, but state lawmakers are holding it back. Ian Donnis reports on why this is happening and what can be done about it. Then on Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi discuss how the Trump Administration’s federal spending cuts to a whole host of programs, including Medicaid and cancer research will affect Rhode Islanders. And how our State’s Attorney General and Congressional leaders are fighting back. Finally, we take another look at producer Isabella Jibilian in-depth report on loneliness and its detrimental physical and mental effects on both the young and the old here in Rhode Island and beyond.
Stories From Rhode Island PBS Weekly
‘As much as I love my community, we are considered a distressed community’
Limited consumer sales and an entrenched distribution system can make it hard to grow, brewers say
Providence Public Schools and Rhode Island’s state benefits portal were both breached in recent months
‘We feel like the arts need a stronger seat at the table, more visibility so we can be part of brainstorming solutions and innovation for the state. We are not looking for handouts. We are not looking for the arts to be subsidized. We are looking for investment’
How the Tynietoys company helped save holiday cheer during WWI
