Jim Taricani, one of New England’s top investigative reporters and a tenacious chronicler of political corruption and organized crime during nearly four decades at WJAR-TV, NBC 10, died at home peacefully Friday after living since the 1990s with a heart transplant. He was 69. He could cover any story but was known for his hard-hitting […]
Ian Donnis
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 raided City Hall and Buddy Cianci’s East Side home. Ian covers breaking news, develops in-depth features and investigative reports, and welcomes a range of newsmakers to “Political Roundtable” each week. He also writes our Friday political newsletter and maintains a strong social media presence.
For many years, Ian was a panelist on WPRI-TV’s Sunday morning public affairs show, Newsmakers, and he’s a regular guest on A Lively Experiment on Rhode Island PBS. His previous experience includes serving as news editor of The Providence Phoenix and as a reporter for the Associated Press and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. He has a BS in journalism from Boston University.
Outside of work, Ian enjoys baseball, cooking, and exploring Rhode Island.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 21
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. It’s partially done, due to the House budget vote, and will be updated later. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello defends the inclusion of […]
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Political Roundtable: Filippi On Abortion, Budget & The Mattiello-Chiropractor Controversy
RI House Republican Leader Blake Filippi joins Political Roundtable to discuss the controversy involving House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and a Cranston chiropractor, the revised state budget, and the passage this week of a bill codifying abortion rights in Rhode Island.
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Bonus Q&A: Filippi On URI Board, I-195 District, Minimum Wage & More
RI House GOP Leader Blake Filippi of New Shoreham joins Bonus Q&A to discuss how the state budget would give lawmakers more power over the I-195 District; whether the minimum wage should go up; why he supports giving URI its own governance board; and many other issues.
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Nonviolence Group Cut In RI House Budget Has Link To Groups Critical Of Mattiello
The Nonviolence Institute, which received a $200,000 funding cut in the budget unveiled by Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello last week, is the landlord for a group that fueled an anti-Mattiello campaign in Cranston last year. Campaign finance filings show that Citizens for a Corruption-Free Rhode Island was based at 265 Oxford Street in […]
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Bill To Ensure Abortion Rights Is Now Law In Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo signed into law a bill ensuring abortion rights in the state after the legislation moved through both chambers of the General Assembly Wednesday with unusual speed.
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Critics Sound Off On ProJo Editorials Over RI Voter List Fight
With a looming court battle pitting the public’s right to know versus the security of personal data in the internet age, tensions are escalating in the fight between the two litigants, The Providence Journal and Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea. In the latest move, H. Philip West Jr., the longtime former executive director […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For June 14
Thanks for stopping by for my weekly column. As usual, your tips and comments are welcome, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. 1) If you told close legislative observers a few years ago that the General Assembly is on the cusp of passing a bill to ensure […]
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RI House Finance Committee Approves $9.9B Budget
On a 12 to 3 vote, Rhode Island’s House Finance Committee moved quickly Friday night to approve a $9.9 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that cuts or eliminates many of Gov. Gina Raimondo’s spending proposals. The House budget includes about half of Raimondo’s proposed increase in pre-K seats, but it eliminates […]
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Political Roundtable: Quinn On Abortion, RI Budget & Lifespan-CNE-Brown Talks
Patrick Quinn, executive vice president of SEIU Healthcare 1199 NE, joins Political Roundtable to discuss the renewed talks between Lifespan, Care New England, and Brown University; the House version of the state budget; and the abortion issue in RI.
