McCaffrey (left) with Senate President Dominick Ruggerio in 2018.
McCaffrey (left) with Senate President Dominick Ruggerio in 2018. Credit: Ian Donnis

RI Senate Majority Leader Michael McCaffrey (D-Warwick) joins Political Roundtable this week to talk about future leadership of the chamber and other issues.

The topics include McCaffrey’s view on raising the state income tax on affluent Rhode Islanders;

The timing for the Senate’s release of its proposal to legalize recreational marijuana;

And what a moratorium approved by the Senate for new charter schools means for the chamber’s relationship with the state’s next governor, Dan McKee.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...