Infrastructure

Shortsighted inspectors of disaster

Politics This Week: What They Find Interesting (And Not)

By Justin Katz | April 2, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the stories we don’t hear and should.

A bad magician conjures a KKK mannequin

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…

The RI State House in the middle of a plantation

Politics This Week: Trump’s Threat to the Government Plantation

By Justin Katz | January 28, 2025 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the danger to the RI establishment’s business model with the incoming Trump administration.

A man buried in sand panics as a red tide comes in

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.

A horde of cult members worships the RI State House as the city burns

Politics This Week: RI’s Unshakable Faith in Government

By Justin Katz | December 17, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review the growing list of reasons RI should question giving government more authority.

Truck Tolls or Any Tolls – Ever More Revenue Still Ain’t the Fix

By Monique Chartier | December 15, 2024 |

They’re ba-a-a-a-a-ack. Well, strong possibility. Truck-only tolls, that is. To clarify, Rhode Island’s only-in-the-nation, truck-only toll law is not just discriminatory – it applies only to a certain type of vehicle, trucks – but it is actually doubly discriminatory – it applies only to CERTAIN trucks (Class 8 and above). But the federal appeals court…

A bridge collapses due to policy failures and quick fixes

Politics This Week: Living in the Debacle State

By Justin Katz | December 11, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the government and political lunacy of Rhode Island, these days.

The Schrodinger Legality of RIDOT Paying a Losing Bidder

By Monique Chartier | December 8, 2024 |

This is not the biggest question pertaining to Rhode Island’s handling of the failed Washington Bridge – it is secondary, for example, to WHY the state had to offer a serious incentive for what would seem to be a juicy public contract, not to mention what Ken Block is in the process of turning up…

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.