This week, RIPTA’s board voted to raise wages for drivers, a move the agency hopes will stave off possible service cuts. We talk with RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian. Also, the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium deal will cost Rhode Islanders tens of millions more than originally planned. Boston Globe reporter Brian Amaral explains how much more taxpayers are on the hook for and why. Plus, on Artscape this week: actor Kali Reis, co-star of the latest season of HBO’s “True Detective.” It’s the third acting role for Reis, a former boxing world champion who was born in Providence and grew up in East Providence. That and more on this episode of The Weekly Catch.
Links:
- RIPTA boss hopeful driver raises will prevent service cuts
- TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Feb. 23, 2024
- More money and fewer protections: Why some call Tidewater stadium deal ‘pure insanity’
- Rhode Island actor Kali Reis stars in latest season of HBO’s ‘True Detective’
- Annual Fred Kelley Scholarship Concert (Feb. 24)
- Symphony on Tap 2024 (Feb. 24)
- EXULTATION: An Evening Of Uplift With The Mixed Magic Exult Choir (Feb. 27)
Guests:
- Scott Avedisian, CEO of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
- Ian Donnis, The Public’s Radio Political Reporter
- Brian Amaral, Staff Writer at The Boston Globe
- Kali Reis, actor starring the latest season of HBO’s “True Detective”
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