The second-ranking Republican in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, Rep. Michael Chippendale (R-Foster), is the guest this week on Political Roundtable.

The topics include:

Helena Foulkes’ entry to the Democratic side of the race for governor;

Whether the state should move quicker or slower in spending American Rescue Plan Act funds;

Former President Trump’s attacks on the quality of American elections;

How progressives are marshaling for more legislative challenges in 2022;

and more.

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...