Good morning, I’m Will Richmond at The Providence Journal and this is the Daily Briefing.
Rhode Island’s problems with housing are certainly multi-faceted but is one part of the solution working?
There has been little relief since the Department of Housing was created three years ago and there’s no certainty improvements will come.
In this week’s Political Scene, The Journal’s Patrick Anderson looks at the past three years to see if the Department of Housing is making any difference in Rhode Island.
Speaking to those in the field to political leaders, Patrick looks at the challenges faced by the department and what comes next.
• In March 1966, Pan American began a massive morale-boosting airlift of troops between Vietnam and vacation areas in Southeast Asia and Japan. Onboard some of those flights was a flight attendant from Rhode Island. Journal contributor Frank Lennon caught up with Anne Sweeney and shares the story of what it was like to be a little-known part of the Vietnam War.