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) Rhode Island House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello is suggesting that the legislative budget for the next fiscal year will include new measures meant to improve […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For April 26
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) The continuing contracts bill sailed through the Rhode Island House Tuesday on a 60-to-8 vote. This followed dire predictions from city and town officials […]
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Whitehouse Blames ‘Dark Money’ For Why He Raised So Much For ’18 Campaign
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island raised a large amount of money for his re-election campaign last year. Whitehouse said the untraceable campaign spending known as dark money made him do it.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For January 18
A storm is blowing in and the unveiling of a new Rhode Island budget will spark a lot of stories to follow in the months to come. So 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. […]
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Q&A: Whitehouse On Criminal Justice Reform, Government Shutdown & Russia
Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island helped promote a criminal justice reform package signed into law last month by President Trump. The bipartisan measure will give judges more flexibility in sentencing some drug offenders and boost efforts to reduce recidivism by inmates. Whitehouse stopped by our studio this week to talk about criminal […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For December 21
Welcome to my last TGIF column of 2018. I’ll be off most of next week – so no column next Friday — but I’ll be back at work New Year’s Day to bring you the Rhode Island inaugural and the opening of the 2019 General Assembly session. Thanks for following my reporting and best wishes […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Politics/Media Roundup For December 7
Expect the unexpected in local politics, even in the relatively quiet run-up to the end of December. That truism played out this week, so 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) […]
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
October is on the way out, which means the resolution to Rhode Island’s 2018 campaign season is almost here. 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. GOP candidate Allan Fung continues to […]
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Political Roundtable: Robert Flanders On His U.S. Senate Run
Robert Flanders, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, joins Political Roundtable to discuss his campaign, the wave of attempted bombings this week, and other issues.
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Bonus Q&A: Flanders On Supreme Court, Deficit, Health Care & More
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Robert Flanders joins Bonus Q&A to discuss his campaign against Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. Flanders discussed a range of issues, including immigration, the deficit, health care and more.
