Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea joins Political Roundtable this week. The topics include election security and how to restore confidence in voting for the large percentage of Republicans who believe President Trump’s false narrative that the election was stolen. Other topics include: Voting in the post-COVID world; Whether a special election should be […]
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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McKee pledges smooth transition and emphasis on responding to COVID-19
WARWICK – Lt. Gov. Dan McKee, who is poised to succeed Gov. Gina Raimondo, pledged Thursday to preside over a smooth transition and to focus on the state’s response to the ongoing pandemic. McKee, 69, addressed reporters during a news conference at Chelo’s on Post Road in Warwick. “I want you to know who I […]
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McKee plans advisory committee to screen candidates for lieutenant governor
Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Dan McKee, expected to succeed Gov. Gina Raimondo as soon as next month, plans to create an advisory committee to review candidates interested in becoming the next lieutenant governor and to make recommendations to him. There is no timeline for this process, The Public’s Radio has learned. Nor was there immediate […]
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Cicilline plays a lead role in latest impeachment push against Trump
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline is among three Democrats leading the latest effort in the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach President Trump. With fellow Reps. Tim Lieu and Jamie Raskin, Cicilline on Tuesday introduced an article of impeachment on the grounds of inciting the attack against the Capitol last Wednesday. “It contains a single article, […]
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Rep. Price faces calls to resign after statements about Capitol attack
State Rep. Justin Price (R-Richmond) is facing calls to resign after he traveled to Washington, D.C., for events preceding the storming of the U.S. Capitol and falsely assigned responsibility for the insurrection to antifa. In an interview with The Public’s Radio on Friday, Price said, “Antifa went in there, did some, you know, bad stuff, […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ politics/media roundup for January 8, 2021
Just when we thought 2021 couldn’t outdo 2020, we got the mother of all news weeks. Thanks for stopping by. As always, I welcome your tips and comments, and you can follow me through the week on the twitters. Here we go. *** want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign […]
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Political Roundtable: Blazejewski on riot in DC, RI House rules & the pandemic
RI House Majority Leader Chris Blazejewski joins Political Roundtable to discuss the storming of the US Capitol and other subjects, including. — How RI lawmakers are responding to the pandemic. — Reports that President-elect Joe Biden will name Gov. Gina Raimondo as Commerce secretary. — The remaking of RI House rules. and more.
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Raimondo unveiled as Biden’s nominee for Commerce secretary
President-elect Joe Biden plans introduced Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo as his nominee for Commerce secretary during an event in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday afternoon, along with three other members of his economic team. “This team will help us emerge from the most inequitable economic and jobs crisis in modern history by building an economy […]
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RI delegation condemns DC Capitol violence
All four members of Rhode Island’s congressional delegation report being safe after a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump breached the Capitol Tuesday. “I’m safe & determined to defend our democracy from these heinous attacks,” U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said in a tweet. “This violent mob, incited by Trump, breached the Capitol, but our […]
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Q&A: Sen. Jack Reed on what Democratic control would mean for the Senate
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, who has represented Rhode Island in the Senate since first winning election in 1996, is poised to become chairman of the Senate’s Armed Services Committee. That’s after Democrat Raphael Warnock and David Ossoff won run-off races in Georgia Tuesday; both Democrats and Republicans will have 50 seats, but Vice President-elect Kamala […]
