The News with Gene Valicenti

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about President Trump wanting the US to have Greenland, and more. 

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show for "Ask the DOT"

Republican Candidate for Governor Aaron Guckian joins the show to give his reaction to Governor Dan McKee's State of the State address

Estate Attorney John Harpootian joins the show to talk about a potential millionaires tax in Rhode Island 

Accountant Bill Horn joins the show to talk about the negative effects of a potential millionaires tax in Rhode Island

Attorney Mark Brice joins the show to talk about the latest on lawsuits following the deadly plane crash at Reagan Int. Airport in 2025

Gene tells the story about how he got stuck in a Corvette in the Paul Massey Show Room 

Executive Director of The Providence Foundation David Salvatore joins the show to talk about rent control

Correction Officers Union President Richard Ferruccio joins the show to talk about union across the state saying there have been issues for state employees payroll

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show for the first "Ask the DOT" in 2026

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show with reaction to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and new New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani

RIDMV Director Bud Craddock joins the show to take your calls and questions, as well as give his thoughts on the state of New Hampshire doing away with Inspection stickers 

Michael Harrison from Talkers.com talks to Gene about the top stories of 2025

Brown University Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the aftermath of the shooting at Brown

Former Brown Student Alex Shieh joins the show to talk about security at Brown in the wake of the tragic shooting last week 

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show to talk about Helena Foulks' comments on Channel 10 News Conference on the Washington Bridge 

Chef Walter Potenza joins the show to talk about Italian Cuisine being recognized by UNESCO for the first time ever

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the 2026 Rhode Island Governors race and more 

Two Rhode Island State Senators are working on legislation to criminalize street takeovers in the Ocean State. State Senators Lou Raptakis and Todd Patalano explain their approach to crafting this bill. Senator Patalano is also the Major for the Cranston Police Department and explains his view on how law enforcement should approach the situation.

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show to take your calls and questions 

Brown U Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the 2026 race for RI Governor 

Rhode Island Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Aaron Guckian joins Gene to discuss the launch of his 2026 Governor's Campaign. 

RI Governor Dan McKee joins the show to talk about last weeks Washington Bridge Oversight Hearing, ICE activity in Rhode Island, and more!  

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show to take your calls and questions. Peter also talks to Gene about last weeks Washington Bridge Oversight hearing

North Providence Mayor Charlie Lombardi joins the show to talk about a crosswalk he discovered in Providence that has been incorrectly placed in front of a drive way

Lynn Singleton joins the show to talk about his decision to retire 

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the latest in the Epstein Files saga and more 

Chef Lydia Bastianich joins the show to talk about this weekends event with the RI Italian American Hall of Fame

Former RI Supreme Court Justice Bob Flanders joins Gene to give his analysis on the 3rd Washington Bridge Oversight hearing

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show to talk about today's oversight hearing into the Washington Bridge 

Director of Veteran Affairs Kasim Yarn joins the show to talk about what's going on this Veterans Day in the state

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the Senate vote to end the Shutdown and Nancy Pelosi no running for re-election 

Eric calls in to push back on Correction Union President Richard Ferruccio's claims 

Rob is an inmate at the ACI Correctional Facility for robbery. Rob the inmate describes how prisoners make calls out of the jail. 

Can inmates make outgoing calls? At the moment, they can! This is a problem for Richard Ferruccio, President of the Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers. How can this happen and how does the union feel. Richard joins Gene to discuss the complex issue.

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show to talk take calls and question on Rhode Island's roads, also featuring a slight detour to Ask the ACI

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show with reaction to the death of former Vice President Dick Cheney and more

Diane joins the show to give her review of "A Newport Christmas"

Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez joins the show to give an update on the Providence College pop up party that took place over Halloween Weekend

RI Governor Dan McKee joins the show to talk about the latest on SNAP and more

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show for Ask the DOT

Former Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan recounts the horrific stabbing he survived in Fall River 

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joins the show to talk about the latest on Snap Benefits amid the Government Shutdown and more on what's going on in the city  

Attorney Mark Brice joins the show to talk about a NCAA Lawsuit involving injury to a football player and more 

Rhode Island State Treasurer James Diossa talks to Gene about the unclaimed property fund as well as an upcoming auction. The last unclaimed property auction was held in 2014. Close to 5,000 items will be up for bid on November 8th at noon at the Department Of Administration. Treasurer Diossa discuses his newest program called RISavers which helps employers and employees with their retirement fund. 

RIDMV Director Walter Craddock takes your calls and question regarding the registry 

Author and reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer George Anastasia joins the show to talk about the NBA and Mafia betting scandal

RIDOT Director Peter Alviti joins the show with the latest on the Washington Bridge, a bridge replacement taking place on 95 over the next two weekends, and takes callers questions

Art Theft expert and Author Anthony Amore joins the show to talk about the robbery at the Louvre in France 

Brown Professor Wendy Schiller joins the show to talk about the latest in US Politics