Lively
For 35 years, “A Lively Experiment” has provided insight and analysis of the week’s local and national political events.Now, newly rebranded and restructured, “Lively” is where Rhode Islanders come together to talk about what’s really going on in our state. Each week, community leaders, local journalists, professors, and past and present local legislators join veteran journalist Jim Hummel for a smart, energetic roundtable discussion that dives into the big issues—and the everyday ones, too.
Latest Episode
The House Finance Committee adds $300 million to Governor McKee’s budget, bringing the spending plan to $15.2 billion and including a compromise on the millionaire tax. But a bigger question looms: will this growth in the budget be sustainable? Lively host Jim Hummel is joined this week by attorney and former prosecutor Eva-Marie Mancuso and political contributor Don Roach.