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This week on Under the Radar's Regional News Roundtable:
Gabe Amo was sworn into Congress this week, becoming the first Black person, or person of color, elected to represent Rhode Island in the U.S. Congress.
Plus, controversy over a New Hampshire Republican who was forced to resign after an investigation revealed he hadn’t lived in the district that elected him for more than a year.
And members of Martha’s Vineyard’s Steamship Authority attempted to cover up details of a ferry boat accident.
GUESTS
Arnie Arnesen, host of The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen from WNHN
Ted Nesi, politics and business editor, investigative reporter for WPRI
Steve Junker, managing editor of news at CAI
In the days when professional baseball was segregated into white and Black teams, a Black woman named Toni Stone made history. Stone was a sports phenom, and she rose through the ranks to become the first woman to play regularly in the Negro leagues, a series of men's professional baseball...
Published 05/19/24
This week on Under the Radar's Local News Roundtable — City Hall shifts, ballot questions, lifeguard news and more.Boston’s Environmental Chief is moving on. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond used her three-year cabinet tenure to amplify equity in the city’s environmental policies from expanding the...
Published 05/19/24