Dave Fallon

Rhode Island’s General Assembly is again considering legislation that would give terminally ill people the option to die in their sleep using prescribed medication. The legislation hasn’t garnered much support in the past, but State Sen. Meghan Kallman is hoping this year will be different.   Afternoon host Dave Fallon spoke with Kallman as well as […]

As Rhode Island continues to search for ways to increase its housing stock, a new law in Massachusetts is requiring cities and towns across the state to change their zoning regulations to allow more multi-family housing. The MBTA Communities Act, which was signed into law in 2021 but goes into effect this year, requires communities […]

Housing costs in Rhode Island continue to explode, thanks in part to a lack of supply. One reason there isn’t enough housing: local zoning laws limit what can be built where.  For our series Zoned Out: How local zoning hurts efforts to solve Rhode Island’s decades-long housing shortage, The Public’s Radio’s Dave Fallon interviewed Brenda […]

Political leaders in Rhode Island and Massachusetts offered swift reaction to Sunday’s bombshell announcement by President Biden that he would drop out of his race for a second term as president.  “President Biden made a selfless and noble decision” Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said in a prepared statement. “We are forever grateful for his […]

The national study includes a report card that rates each state’s efforts to protect drinking water in schools.

A legal battle over a contested right-of-way to the beach in Westerly has become a flashpoint in the debate over shoreline access.

Seventy-eight years ago today, Anne Frank and her family were discovered and arrested by the Nazi Gestapo. What’s the state of antisemitism in Rhode Island today?

Rhode Island lost a giant in the state’s manufacturing history when Henry “Hank” Sharpe Jr. passed away earlier this month.