Rhode Island GOP

A water drop and ripples

Education mandates are among the games we have to learn not to play.

By Justin Katz | March 12, 2025 |

This effort from Republican State Representative Mike Chippendale is worthwhile: Drawing attention to the mandates state and federal law impose on local school districts has the healthy effect of encouraging people to learn about education funding, generally, and rationalizing the budgets in this way should have broad electoral support. BUT this entirely misses the fundamental…

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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: 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: 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.

A water drop and ripples

Does it really matter who runs the RIGOP?

By Justin Katz | September 10, 2024 |

Katherine Gregg took a look at the current state of the race for leadership of the Rhode Island GOP, and the question that comes to my mind is whether it really matters.  On a surface level, the uncertain proposition is that even a functioning GOP could make a difference, which I’m not sure the Rhode…

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Politics This Week: Does Anything Really Matter in RI Politics?

By Justin Katz | September 3, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the relevance of local, state, and national political news.

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Broader factors may be making Johnston politics Republican-free.

By Justin Katz | August 21, 2024 |

I suggest the title of this post acknowledging I don’t know a whole lot about Johnston’s unique political scene.  Locally, things can be very specific to the individuals involved and their disputes, but I have been a keen observer of factors that make it more difficult for Republicans to work through those disputes. Apparently, Johnston…

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Politics This Week: In Search of Themes

By Justin Katz | August 19, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz decipher the themes of state and national politics.

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Politics This Week: The Favor Exchange in Dem RI

By Justin Katz | July 29, 2024 |

John DePetro and Justin Katz review recent political talk in Rhode Island.