April 30, 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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Healthcare Regulation
We talk about the recommendations of the joint legislative committee on healthcare oversight with one of the co-chairs of the committee, State Senator Elizabeth Roberts.

Training School Proposal
Department of Children and Family Services director Jay Lindgren talks with WRNI's Deborah Becker about another plan for a new Rhode Island training school.

Providence Baghdad Conversation
Iraqis and some Rhode Islanders are perhaps one step closer to reaching an understanding. Last weekend, the American Friends Service Committee, hosted a telephone conversation between Baghdad and Providence. The conversation came out of the planning of a conference being held that day, called "building a culture of peace and justice:"

Rhode Island Red
On May 3, 1954, Rhode Island governor Dennis Roberts made the Rhode Island Red Hen the state's official bird. We celebrate the anniversary by looking into the history of the breed with Dr. Wayne Durfee - professor emeritus in poultry science at the University of Rhode Island

Political Roundtable
Host Mark Degon talks with University of Rhode Island's Political Science Department Chair Maureen Moakley, and Scott McKay, political writer for the Providence Journal.

Providence Black Rep
We visit The Providence Black Repertory Company in their new building on Westminster Street in Providence. Their current show, Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (aka Leroi Jones), runs through the end of May.

Jazz at Bovi's
WRNI's Jim Moses reports on a big band jazz tradition in east providence that's still going strong after more the three decades

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