April 9, 2004:
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Focus Rhode Island airs on WRNI 3-4p.m. every Friday, Saturday 6-7 p.m., and Sunday 8 - 9 p.m. Audio of the entire show is archived on the web two hours after the end of Friday's broadcast. The archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format.
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Day Care Workers
Host Deborah Becker reports on the fight over allowing some state day care workers to unionize. Governer Carcieri has filed a motion requesting a stay of the state Labor Relations Board's vote that said the day care providers are state workers and can unionize.

Minor League Baseball and Steroids
Major League Baseball management wants to have a drug testing program in the majors like the program in the minor leagues. We talk with Major League Baseball's Executive Vice President of Labor Relations Rob Manfred, about why the programs are different.

Axis of Hope
Some Providence High School students have crafted a plan for Middle East peace. About 60 students at Moses Brown High School spent last weekend hammering out the details of a peace accord for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We talk with conference organizer, and founder of Axis of Hope, Carl Hobert, and students Meredith Achey and Willis Monroe.

Political Roundtable
Host Deborah Becker speaks with Providence Journal Political Writer Scott McKay and Maureen Moakley, chair of the political science department at the University of Rhode Island.

Jazz Poetry Conversations
Brown University Poet Michael S. Harper and Musician and Ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz talk about their new CD: "Double Take: Jazz-Poetry Conversations."

Trout Fishing in Rhode Island
WRNI's Tom Kogut reports on preparations for the start of the trout fishing season this weekend.

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