RI Political Corruption
John DePetro and Justin Katz trace the evidence that corruption has become the business of government.
Jody Baldwin Stone of Rhode Island asks a question of huge importance to the Constitutional wellbeing of the United States of America: RI Jurnos: Is it true that Judge McConnells daughter, Catherine McConnell, was appointed by Biden and is currently employed by The Department of Education? Did the judges order save his daughter’s job? 
This…
John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about RI politicians’ attempts to spin reality.
John DePetro and Justin Katz observe the competing (but very similar) factions of corruption in RI.
I’ve fallen way behind, so this tweet from Ken Block is a couple months old, but its content is (unfortunately) timeless in Rhode Island: The picture being painted for me by over ten current and former DOT employees is a toxically managed organization where who you know is far more important than how you do…
It’s a passing thought, of course, but Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee’s mild lament that a State House celebration of a basketball trophy is happening during school hours bugs me. Somehow, it emphasizes the point that our government officials see the well-being of children — of all regular Rhode Islanders, for that matter — as…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest signs that Rhode Island’s bolts are loosening.
On its surface, the controversy looks obvious. I mean, the guy winning the no-bid contract had a relative in the relevant office of the school department: Astro of New England, a different moving company, first raised issues with the bidding process after Astro owner Chuck Lamendola said he noticed Jada had been awarded work in…
John DePetro and Justin Katz decipher the themes of state and national politics.
John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about who benefits (and who doesn’t) from recent items in the news.