State of the State is a public affairs and political talk show, in a studio setting, hosted by John Carlevale and others. The show airs in Rhode Island on:

Cox Communications

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

 cable channel 13, Verizon FiOS

Verizon FiOS

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 channel 32, and Full Channel 13 on Saturdays at 11:00pm and Sundays at 8:00am.

Cox Communications

Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...

 cable channel 18, Verizon FiOS

Verizon FiOS

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 channel 32, and Full Channel 9 on Mondays at 9:00pm and Thursdays at 9:00pm.

The subject matter varies greatly, but the topics are primarily related to Rhode Island's political scene.

The show employs two formats: the primary format is interview-style produced in the studio with a host and one or more guests. Guests are either public officials or private citizens speaking about timely topics of public interest. The second format is to present events of public interest which occur outside of the studio, such as public hearings, public meetings, or Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 1993 by Bruce R...

-sponsored events, including Annual Meetings, educational forums, and biennial Candidate Schools.

The show was created by John Carlevale, Joe Devine, Don Gill, and Robert Plante in 1992 in the wake of the credit union crisis (45 banks and credit unions in the state closed due to the collapse of their private insurer, the Rhode Island Share and Deposit Indemnity Corporation (RISDIC)). In 2001 Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 1993 by Bruce R...

, a Rhode Island government watchdog group, assumed operational control of the show.

State of the State is taped at a PEG-RI (the Public, educational, and government access

Public, educational, and government access

Public, educational, and government access television, refers to three different cable television specialty channels...

 (PEG) cable TV channel provider) studio in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

 on a bi-weekly basis. Shows are recorded in realtime (live

Live television

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-to-tape format) which means that the television show is recorded as if it were on live television, with no video editing

Video editing

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 of the content in the show.

The show is sent to the statewide playback location at PEG-RI and distributed to the cable television providers of Rhode Island.

At the 2009 PEG-RI Awards, State of the State received a special recognition award for an episode hosted by Ian Lonngren and produced by John Carlevale - an interview of freshman Rhode Island legislators.

Guests

Some of State of the States guests include:
Rhode Island state and municipal officials:
Donald Carcieri

Donald Carcieri

Donald L. "Don" Carcieri was the 73rd Governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Carcieri has had a varied vocational background, having worked as a manufacturing company executive, aid relief worker, bank executive and teacher.-Personal background:...

, Governor

Frank T. Caprio

Frank T. Caprio

Frank T. Caprio is a Managing Director at Chatham Capital a mezzanine finance firm with offices in Atlanta, Dallas and Providence. He had a twenty year political career which included being elected as the former General Treasurer of Rhode Island...

, General Treasurer

A. Ralph Mollis

A. Ralph Mollis

A. Ralph Mollis is the current Secretary of State of Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed office on January 1, 2007.-Career:Mollis attended St...

, Secretary of State

Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth H. Roberts

Elizabeth H. Roberts is currently the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She has served under Republican Governor Donald Carcieri and Independent Lincoln Chafee. She was elected as a Democrat in 2006, becoming the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.Roberts was born April 17,...

, Lt. Governor

David Cicilline

David Cicilline

David Nicola Cicilline is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is formerly the Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, and was the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.-Early life, education, and career:...

, Democratic mayor of Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...

Marc Cote, Democratic State Senator, District 24

Laurence Ehrhardt, Republican State Representative and Deputy Minority Whip, District 32

Allan Fung, Republican mayor of Cranston

Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 80,387 at the 2010 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...

Daniel J. McKee, Democratic mayor of Cumberland

Cumberland, Rhode Island

Cumberland is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, incorporated in 1746. The population was 33,506 at the 2010 census.-History:...

Leo Raptakis, Democratic State Senator, District 33

James Sheehan

James Sheehan

James Michael "Jim" Sheehan was an Australian politician. Born in Castlemaine, Victoria, he received a primary education before becoming a railway worker. He was an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union and President of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, as well as being an active member of...

, Democratic State Senator, District 36

Robert A. Watson, Republican State Representative and Minority Leader, District 30

Timothy Williamson, Democratic State Representative, District 25


former Rhode Island federal, state, and municipal officials:
U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who has been the 74th Governor of Rhode Island since January 2011. Prior to his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon...

Governor Bruce Sundlun

Bruce Sundlun

Bruce Sundlun was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as 71st Governor of Rhode Island from 1991 to 1995. He was Rhode Island's second Jewish governor, and the only Jewish governor in the United States during his two terms...

Lt. Governor Roger Begin

Lt. Governor Charles J. Fogarty

Charles J. Fogarty

Charles Joseph Fogarty, Jr., also known as Charlie Fogarty is the former Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. He is a Democrat. Fogarty served two full terms as Lt...

Supreme Court Justice Robert Flanders

Attorney General Arlene Violet

Arlene Violet

Arlene Violet was a nun in the Sisters of Mercy religious order. She left the order to run successfully for Rhode Island Attorney General in 1984. This was the first time the position of Attorney General in any state had been held by a woman....

Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse is the junior U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Secretary of State William Inman

Secretary of State Barbara Leonard

Mayor Steve Laffey

Steve Laffey

Stephen Laffey was the Republican mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island with his term ending in 2007.-Background:Laffey was born in 1962 in Warwick, Rhode Island, one of five children born to John and Mary Laffey. When he was four years old, his family moved to Cranston, where his father worked as a...

 of Cranston

Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. With a population of 80,387 at the 2010 census, it is the third largest city in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston...

Media:
Edward Achorn, Providence Journal editor

M. Charles Bakst, former Providence Journal political columnist

Mike Stanton, Providence Journal journalist


Others:
John Marion, Executive Director of Common Cause Rhode Island

Philip West, former Executive Director of Common Cause Rhode Island

Chief Sachem Matthew Thomas of the Narragansett tribe

Ken Block, Chairman of the Moderate Party

Guest hosts

State of the State’s guest hosts through the years have included:

Robert Arruda, former Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 1993 by Bruce R...

 Chairman

Spencer Dickinson

Spencer Dickinson

Spencer E. Dickinson, a Democrat from South Kingstown, won the race for Representative in Rhode Island's 35th district, which encompasses the village of Kingston and West Kingston, and parts of the neighborhoods of Tuckertown, Wakefield and Peace Dale....

, a Rhode Island State Representative

Andy Galli

Anne Gardner

Bruce R. Lang

Bruce R. Lang

Bruce R. Lang is an American entrepreneur and former television executive, television and radio host and analyst, co-founder of two Rhode Island good government groups, Operation Clean Government and UsPAC . He currently hosts State of the State on a part-time basis.-Career:Lang has a B.A. from...

, co-founder of Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 1993 by Bruce R...

 and first OCG Chairman

Frank Lennon

Frank Lennon

Frank Lennon was a Canadian photographer and photojournalist. He was best known for taking the photograph of Paul Henderson celebrating Canada's win over the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summit Series....

Elizabeth Leonard

Ian Lonngren

Victor Moffitt

Carol Mumford, a former Rhode Island State Representative

John Patterson

Barry Schiller

Harry Staley

Harry Staley

Henry Eli Staley , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues from 1888-1895. He would play for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...

, co-founder of Rhode Island Statewide Coalition

Larry Valencia, former president of Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government

Operation Clean Government is a nonpartisan, nonprofit citizens' lobby and advocacy organization. The organization was founded in 1993 by Bruce R...

and a Rhode Island State Representative