EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – This week on the first half of Newsmakers: Deming Sherman, the special master overseeing UHIP. In response to an ACLU lawsuit accusing the state of mishandling SNAP benefits, a federal judge assigned Sherman to try and rectify longstanding issues with the problem-plagued benefits system. Sherman gives an update on where things stand and a potential timeline for when he hopes the problems to be largely solved.

Then, Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Tony Petrarca and meteorologist Pete Mangione discuss the wild March weather, the science of forecasting and why New England is in a pattern that has sent a series of storms up the coast.