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.

Rhode Island PBS Weekly airs Sundays at 7:30 p.m. You can also watch every episode in our archive.

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Reporter Olivia Ebertz has an in-depth report on Prudence Island and its struggles to find clean, fresh drinkable water.

Then, a second look at a group of local Rhode Islanders who call themselves Anti-Graffiti Vigilantes as they clean up graffiti one rock at a time to help preserve some of the state’s beautiful natural resources.

Finally, on this episode of Weekly Insight, Michelle San Miguel and our contributor, WPRI 12’s politics editor Ted Nesi break down the heated debate in Providence over a proposed property tax increase and remember the late Rhode Island Senate President Dominick Ruggerio.
Stories From Rhode Island PBS Weekly
Sara Holbrook discusses the power of love and art while caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease
New state plan aims to make waterway fishable, swimmable
Colin Channer: Good Poetry is Beyond Words
Protecting endangered whales from ship strikes at heart of debate
There have been nine swimming deaths in Rhode Island since April, including children and adults
Shoreline activists square off against the Weekapaug Fire District to access the shore