Ken Block on disproving 2020 election fraud — and how to improve American...
Ken Block was surprised to get a phone call from an unfamiliar number one day after the 2020 election. It was a lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign, and he wanted to know if Block would search for...
View ArticleIan Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for March 29, 2024
There’s no truth to the rumor that Rhode Island will be the setting for a remake of “Waterworld.” You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. ***...
View ArticleBiden, Trump face little competition in Rhode Island primary
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump face little competition in Rhode Island’s presidential primary on Tuesday, although pro-Palestinian activists hope to send a message with their vote....
View ArticleAvedisian pleads not guilty to charge of leaving the scene
RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of leaving the scene of an accident, and he declined to comment on the episode that led to the charge. Avedisian arrived at the Kent...
View ArticleState Rep. Jennifer Stewart on housing, improving schools, Washington Bridge...
Stewart is one of a number of progressive lawmakers who have joined the legislature over the last decade, moving the General Assembly a bit more to the left. But Rhode Island still faces familiar...
View ArticleIan Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for April 5, 2024
The state launches a legal probe of what went wrong with the bridge and suddenly the ground shakes. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go....
View ArticleAvedisian resigns while facing charge in Warwick crash
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority CEO Scott Avedisian submitted his resignation Thursday, about two weeks after being involved in a chain-reaction car crash at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Warwick....
View ArticleUnited Way’s Cortney Nicolato on what it takes to make progress on housing,...
Cortney Nicolato became president and CEO of United Way of Rhode Island in 2018. It was a homecoming for the Pawtucket native and URI grad who had worked in the nonprofit sector in Texas for the...
View ArticleIan Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for April 12, 2024
If someone was selling kits to build your own ark, they could clean up (before we all float away). You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. Here we go. ***...
View ArticleRIPTA board approves $67K severance for ex-CEO Scott Avedisian
Scott Avedisian’s exit as CEO of RIPTA became official Tuesday when the public transit agency’s board unanimously approved a severance agreement that includes a payment of $67,800. The payment...
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