Bridge Update: An Expert Weighs In, Part 3. Lies. Washington Bridge architect Lazlo Siegmund, in a more artful way than I, summed up the RI Department of Transportation's behavior since closing the Washington Bridge in his Sunday Providence Journal opinion piece with this

Sometimes the truth hurts. golocalprov.com/news/an-archit…

This headline makes my teeth hurt and truly pisses me off. The Barrington School Committee, the same august body that somehow lost a high-quality school superintendent just one year into a three-year contract, has now threatened to sue the Town Council to prevent a

If you served (or serve) on a school committee in RI and would like to help me out with a little project, please let me know.

I have an interesting observation regarding last week's commentary about the Barrington school committee. The loudest defenders of the current committee's actions regarding the loss of the superintendent and the committee's recent budget issues have been far-right agitators in

The blatantly political redistricting effort in Texas is launching similar efforts in CA and NY. In all cases, partisan lawmakers are corrupting our elections to create a partisan advantage in upcoming elections. THIS IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF RIGGING OUR ELECTIONS!!!

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There is no one else?

Rhode Island has absolutely gerrymandered our voting districts. No doubt. However, Republicans in the state have gone wild with the idea that this gerrymandering has had an outsized impact on the GOP's reach into our state government. This I have trouble believing, for the

Why did the Rhode Island Republican Party only win 13 legislative seats when Trump won over 40% of the RI vote in 2024? The answer is surprising, but very real. In 2024, 513,386 votes were cast for president, with Harris winning about 55.5% of the vote and Trump about 41.8%.

The Warwick Fire Department is remarkably creative in creating transparency headaches with its data. Here is a classic example of how the department abuses RI open records laws and frustrates the public's right to review department data. This data was initially output digitally.

Spotted in Reagan International Airport in DC today!

RI is not only the "you gotta know a guy" state, it is also, apparently, the "I am that guy" state. Smh.

Congratulations to the RI Department of Transportation for finally (after a decade of inspection reports stating that the damn scuppers were clogged) cleaning the scuppers. Don't you love how the DOT is now pretending like they have always been properly maintaining our bridges?

I can't believe anyone gives a rat's patootie about the Cracker Barrel logo. I ate there once, was unimpressed, and have not gone back. If you like the food, eat there. If you love the food but hate the logo and therefore won't go anymore, you have issues beyond bad taste buds.