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Murrow Award-winning political reporter for Ocean State Media, RI’s NPR and PBS station; baseball fan; love good food, dogs and Little Rhody
@iandonnis.bsky.socialWith Mellor and Magaziner going head to head in a debate with @tednesi.bsky.social & @timwhiteri.bsky.social, we’ll see if Mellor can top DJT’s RI ceiling of about 42% - about the same level for Magaziner’s lesser-known ‘24 challenger www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
@tednesi.bsky.socialReposted by @iandonnis.bsky.social. @iandonnis.bsky.social notes we could see a lot of change in Rhode Island come Jan. 5 - a new governor, a new Providence mayor and a new AG (plus, I'd add, a still-new House speaker) www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialRI Politics Weekend Column: Magaziner Q&A; Shock of the New; Seeking Red in PVD; Saving Nick-a-Nee’s; Through the Years; JCLS Change; Our Predicament; More
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialFrom my **1996** Worcester Telegram&Gazette story on the hidden nature on sexual assaults on campus: "It's a very common problem, attendant with the gross abuse of alcohol. People ask if it has changed over the last 10 years. It hasn't changed one iota." (#6)
@iandonnis.bsky.socialYou love to see it. Musician Mark Cutler likens how the community is rallying around beloved dive bar Nick-a-Nee's to Bedford Falls saving George in "It's A Wonderful Life" (#10)
@iandonnis.bsky.socialMy Friday TGIF column:
** Rep Magaziner on midterms and beyond
** Of bogeyman and the real harm in PVD politics
** Panel on frustration with politics
** Community rallies to save Nick-a-Nee's
@iandonnis.bsky.socialThis will air at noon Tuesday on 103.7 FM
@iandonnis.bsky.socialFull wide-ranging One on One interview with @magaziner.house.gov: what diff will midterms make? Why won't Congress act on Social Security? Can Congress be fixed? Much more. Watch here or at 8:30 pm tonight on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftG3...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialI'm moderating an all-star panel this evening at the Providence Athenaeum on why Rhode Islanders/Americans are so frustrated with politics, with Rep Megan Cotter, Allan Fung and Eric Patashnik. Tickets are all gone, but I will let you know when we plan to air the discussion on Ocean State Media
@iandonnis.bsky.socialBlock says Foulkes missed a forum. Foulkes’ campaign says he’s wrong
@iandonnis.bsky.socialRadio excerpt of my One on One interview with @magaziner.house.gov. Full interview drops later this week www.oceanstatemedia.org/one-on-one-w...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialNEW: former Rep Lisa Tomasso to lead the Joint Committee on Legislative Services, the hiring and spending arm of the legislature, with the retirement next month of Henry Kinch Jr
@iandonnis.bsky.socialICYMI -- my weekly roundup on RI politics www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialCome for @tednesi.bsky.social’s parsing of @RIPEC_’s report on our troubled roads ⛏️
Stay for @kimkalunian.bsky.social’s seasonal list of top Halloween stops to visit 🎃
@iandonnis.bsky.socialRI Politics Weekend Column: The Gov Field; How RI Senate has and hasn’t changed; new gig for EOHHS COS; Women Rising in RI Politics; Kim Ahern Q&A; Welp Sox; More
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@tednesi.bsky.socialReposted by @iandonnis.bsky.socialFormer state Sen. Dan Connors is leaving the RI Exec. Office of Health & Human Services to be the top lobbyist for the state's hospitals as HARI executive director, per @iandonnis.bsky.social www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialJust shy of 79% of @RISenate seats turned over from 2015-2016 to 2025-2026. But even with the addition of more progressives, the center of gravity remained largely the same (#5) www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialLoaded TGIF column:
**Dan Connors has a new gig
**RI women pols on verge of history
**How RISenate changed over 10 years
**Time dwindles amid drama over RI gov field
** more
@rhodeislandcurrent.comReposted by @iandonnis.bsky.socialBrown University Health is offering buyouts to 200 non-clinical supervisors and laying off an undisclosed number of executives amid financial pressures. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/10/02/a...
@iandonnis.bsky.socialAaron Guckian reiterates that he is not leaving the race for governor
