State Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (D-Providence) joins Political Roundtable this week.

The topics include police-community relations, how Democrats should respond to the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, what to make of Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s newly elevated support for charter schools, whether Providence schools should be open during the pandemic, and whether Ranglin-Vassell is backing a potential successor to House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello.

Guest panelists Dan McGowan from The Boston Globe and Steph Machado from WPRI-TV, Channel 12, join the Roundtable this week.

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...