Rhode Island Politics
When Bill Felkner introduced me to Republican state Senator Frank Maher on the back steps of the State House, I was still new enough to politics-in-the-flesh to think he was a representative sample of elected officials. “He’s one of the good guys,” Bill told me, and he was right. On another occasion, not long after,…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review shifts in the electoral landscape of the Ocean State.
John and Justin discuss high-profile political races, threats to RI freedoms, and the possibility of arson.
Just as he was out and about regularly reporting on Antifa/BLM protests in the Providence area, just as he was covering large protests against Governor Dan McKee’s vaccine mandate for health care worker, John DePetro has travelled to Poland and the Ukraine border to provide live, on-the-scene reportage. So many young children from Ukraine being…
John DePetro and Justin Katz talk local politics from around the world.
John DePetro and Justin Katz lift the curtain on messaging and posturing in RI politics.
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss some of the more mystifying realities on the RI news landscape.
Rhode Island GOP Chairperson Sue Cienki discusses with host Richard August a variety of issues and concerns from her political party’s perspective.
Imagine a young Christian Rhode Islander running for office with a team of Republican candidates of the Make America Great Again mold taking to Twitter to say: The LGBTQs are coming for the Christian community. Who will look out for our best interests, if not ourselves? Run for office. Support local Christian candidates. Fight back.…
Host Richard August speaks with attorney Charles Calenda, who is seeking election to the AG’s office out of concern for how the office has been run under incumbent Peter Neronha.