'A Lively Experiment' Thursday, 3/17 at 7 p.m. (Sunday 3/20 at noon)

Panel
Dave Layman – moderator
Arlene Violet – attorney, former R.I. attorney general
Maureen Moakley – political science professor, URI
Stephen Beale – reporter, GoLocalProv.com
Joseph Paolino– businessman, former mayor of Providence

Topics

• Outcry over Michael Woodmansee's release from prison and the
• Correctional Department's "good behavior" policy
• Governor Chafee's budget proposal and his controversial sales tax plan
• State licensing of three medical marijuana dispensaries
• Providence's fiscal crisis and the closing of four elementary schools
• The safety of nuclear power plants in our country