Infrastructure
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss unions, immigration, infrastructure, borrowing, and other ways special interests profit from government.
John DePetro and Justin Katz trace the disconnect between what Rhode Island needs and what its politicians keep supplying.
Yes, yes, words get thrown around in state-level politics, but there’s an important lesson in East Providence City Council President Bob Rodericks’s letter asking Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee to declare a state of emergency over the closure of the Washington Bridge between East Providence and Providence: … East Providence is impacted more than any…
John DePetro and Justin Katz lament the lack of focus on the basics in RI government and media.
John DePetro and Justin Katz wonder whether Rhode Island can withstand deterioration with its current leadership.
Johnston’s challenge gaining access to a neighborhood during emergencies exposes several problems of RI’s way of doing things.
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the ways in which RI’s self-appointed “coach” and self-presumed captains manipulate the “team” of Rhode Islanders.
The state has announced the end of the sparsely used ferry from Bristol to alleviate traffic on the Washington Bridge. Amanda Milkovits has some of the details: Since its inception on Dec. 21, when just 162 passengers boarded the ferries, ridership on the ferries between Bristol and Providence has reached 2,814, through Sunday, Dec. 31.…
The featured image is by RIDOT of a broken steel rod on the Washington Bridge Westbound, one of the critically failed components that caused the sudden closure of Interstate 195 west on December 11. How these components went critical between July, its most recent inspection (link to report) until December 8, when they were purportedly…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss various fantasies of the ruling class in RI and the U.S.