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Politics This Week: The Wall of Insider Silence

By Justin Katz | March 26, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz highlight topics RI’s insiders try to keep behind the scenes.

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Politics This Week: The Business of Corruption

By Justin Katz | March 11, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz trace the evidence that corruption has become the business of government.

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Politics This Week: The Bitter and the Comfortable

By Justin Katz | March 4, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest political news in RI.

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Politics This Week: The Truth Will Out

By Justin Katz | February 24, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz note ways in which the truth pokes through the statewide narrative.

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Politics This Week: Not What Things Seem to Be

By Justin Katz | February 18, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz reveal the hidden realities of RI politics.

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Politics This Week: The Mainstream Illusion

By Justin Katz | February 11, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz pull some of the threads from the fraying mainstream narrative illusion.

Weird – Testimony at Washington Bridge Hearing Won’t be Under Oath

By Monique Chartier | February 9, 2025 |

A joint Oversight hearing about the Washington Bridge will be held this Thursday at the State House.  [Agenda.] There will be no public testimony and only committee members will ask questions.  There is so far only one witness: Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti. The Director will not be under oath when he…

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Politics This Week: Our Uncredible Elite

By Justin Katz | February 4, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz break down some of the latest political news in Rhode Island.

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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.

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Politics This Week: RI’s Uncorrectable Rut

By Justin Katz | December 30, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review 2024 and speculate about 2025 and beyond for Rhode Island.