Limit access to part of Wickenden Street for a movie shoot, sure, but obstruct my peregrinations to Pizza Marvin at your peril. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Sign […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 8, 2025
If the ‘Taylor Swift tax’ is getting you down, you can snap up a Wyoming ranch bigger than Rhode Island for a cool $79.5 million. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 1, 2025
We like you, we really like you. And if you like us, please consider making a contribution to support public media in Rhode Island. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every […]
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Helena Foulkes hires experienced campaign strategist as she approaches another run for Rhode Island governor
Eric Hyers, who managed a trio of winning political runs for David Cicilline and Gina Raimondo, has signed on as part of expected Democratic gubernatorial candidate Helena Foulkes’ campaign team. Hyers told The Public’s Radio that Foulkes hired his Louisville-based firm, Outperform Strategies, “to help her and her team gear up as she heads toward […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for July 18, 2025
Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/iSzcTrG. *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: Seventeen years ago, during the Great Recession, URI economist Leonard Lardaro […]
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Edward D. DiPrete, former governor of Rhode Island, dies at 91
Edward D. DiPrete, Rhode Island’s 70th governor and the first and only Rhode Island governor ever to go to jail, died this week. DiPrete had just celebrated his 91st birthday with family and friends. “He represented the end of an era,” said Philip West, the former executive director of the ethics watchdog Common Cause. West […]
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Matunuck Oyster Bar reopens al fresco
Sipping an ice cold beer at the bar, Andrew Ferrandino was philosophical about the new Matunuck Oyster Bar. “It’s great,” he said. “Actually, the view is even better than the old one!” The bar now occupies one corner of a pavilion tent set up in what used to be the valet parking lot. But it […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for June 27, 2025
Enjoy summer while we can — it will be gone in a flash. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. A quick program note: I’m taking some time off, so this column will next appear on July 18. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox […]
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R.I. bill banning the sale of ‘assault weapons’ becomes law
Rhode Islanders buying or selling rapid-fire, military-style rifles could land in prison for 10 years or face a $10,000 fine, under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Dan McKee. “This is progress today and it will make Rhode Island safe for our families and our neighbors,” McKee said at a statehouse signing ceremony crowded […]
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McKee distances himself from R.I.’s new budget
Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee has a message to voters who might not be happy about all the new taxes and fees in the state budget for the new fiscal year starting next week: Don’t blame him. “Talk to your General Assembly members,” he suggested, at a roundtable with reporters on Smith Hill on Wednesday. […]
