Economy

A water drop and ripples

WPRI’s been particularly notable in carrying the Democrats’ anti-Trump water recently.

By Justin Katz | February 19, 2025 |

The fabricated nature of this tweet’s content is just one example: To be sure, that isn’t the most egregious example I’ve come across, but I particularly wanted to capture a statement relegated to the very end of the article, coming from one of only two local sources cited for the article, William Worthy, of Big…

A water drop and ripples

Vance should add a point to his view on citizen construction work.

By Justin Katz | January 28, 2025 |

It’s from October, but this argument from Vice President Vance against the view that nobody will build houses except illegals is worth revisiting: “This is one of the really deranged things that I think illegal immigration does to our society is it gets us in a mind-set of saying we can only build houses with…

A donkey dressed as a king gives a speech

Politics This Week: Languishing in a Partisan State

By Justin Katz | January 21, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz check in on the state of RI as the national landscape changes.

Jeopardy in a nightmare

Politics This Week: RI in Jeopardy

By Justin Katz | November 26, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz address the question insiders don’t seem to ask.

A family walks through a deteriorating morgue

Politics This Week: The Constant Stench of Corruption

By Justin Katz | November 4, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight the constant sense of political corruption in Rhode Island.

Hasbro's haunted headquarters

Politics This Week: Where Rhode Island Used to Be

By Justin Katz | October 30, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review signs of things going wrong in the Ocean State.

A bored RI governor waits for the work day to end

Politics This Week: When “Public Service” Is the Day Job

By Justin Katz | October 7, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz wonder where the will for public service has gone.

Tow truck driver in a suit sleeps at the wheel by the side of the road

Politics This Week: Leadership Asleep at the Wheel

By Justin Katz | September 30, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review some of the ways in which Rhode Island’s priorities are out of whack.

RIDOT Contract: Statewide Weigh-in-Motion Enforcement Program. RIDOT: Nah.

By Monique Chartier | September 24, 2024 |

Following the determination in April that the Washington Bridge eastbound was becoming “considerably more sensitive” (gulp), RIDOT contracted to install a new, combined structural health monitoring and vehicle weigh-in-motion program on/between the Washington Bridge and the Iway (Providence River Bridge). In May, RIDOT entered into a five year “sole source” – i.e., no RFP –…

Toys march out of the playroom

Politics This Week: Why Should They Stay?

By Justin Katz | September 23, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz check in on politics in RI.