Ian Donnis
@iandonnis.bsky.social
Murrow Award-winning political reporter for Ocean State Media, RI’s NPR and PBS station; baseball fan; love good food, dogs and Little Rhody
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi... RI Politics Weekend Column: Can a Republican Break Through for Gov? Cunha’s Bill; Q&A with Ben Sukle; Reed on Hegseth; Bobcats; More
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Dec. 5, 2025
Can Rhode Island Republicans win back the governor’s office? And a top Providence chef’s lament about the need for more downtown vitality
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December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi... RI Politics Weekend Column: Can a Republican Break Through for Gov? Cunha’s Bill; Q&A with Ben Sukle; Reed on Hegseth; Bobcats; More
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. @iandonnis.bsky.social flags a study showing New England is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...
TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Dec. 5, 2025
Can Rhode Island Republicans win back the governor’s office? And a top Providence chef’s lament about the need for more downtown vitality
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December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
. @iandonnis.bsky.social flags a study showing New England is one of the fastest-warming places on the planet www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/tgi...
www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @tednesi.bsky.social parses RI’s Medicaid math
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December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
www.wpri.com/news/local-n... @tednesi.bsky.social parses RI’s Medicaid math
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Timely: Did Americans vote in 2024 for major changes to vaccine policy? No.
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Timely: Did Americans vote in 2024 for major changes to vaccine policy? No.
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Only 3% picked vaccines as a top 3 issue in the election.
Our just-published research letter in @jamahealthforum.com
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
@reed.senate.gov says briefing on second boat strike confirmed his worst fears about the Trump administration’s military activities
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@reed.senate.gov says briefing on second boat strike confirmed his worst fears about the Trump administration’s military activities
Update on state of play on Roger Williams Medical Center/Fatima via @peterfneronha.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Update on state of play on Roger Williams Medical Center/Fatima via @peterfneronha.bsky.social
Sitting down with PVD food all-star Ben Sukle today to tape our next episode of One on One. Watch for it later this week on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sitting down with PVD food all-star Ben Sukle today to tape our next episode of One on One. Watch for it later this week on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social
www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul... Royal bobcats
Bobcats are back in Rhode Island and a new study is tracking their progress
Researchers at URI launched the Rhode Island Bobcat Project to study the re-emergence of the big cats
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December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-cul... Royal bobcats
@risenate.bsky.social leaders holding a legislative session overview meeting for members at 5pm today in Senate Lounge. Topics include process for submitting legislative priorities to leadership, new policies for bill deadlines, schedule for session + hearing "your priorities and ideas"
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
@risenate.bsky.social leaders holding a legislative session overview meeting for members at 5pm today in Senate Lounge. Topics include process for submitting legislative priorities to leadership, new policies for bill deadlines, schedule for session + hearing "your priorities and ideas"
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Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence. n.pr/4paRygE
The agriculture secretary says SNAP changes are coming. Here's what we know
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Brooke Rollins has made a case for sweeping changes to food aid programs by claiming USDA has uncovered "massive fraud." But she and USDA haven't provided the underlying data or any evidence. n.pr/4paRygE
McKee statement on Guckian
December 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
McKee statement on Guckian
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Looking quick Guckian got 13,457 more votes (152k - 139k) than Kalus despite spending 7% the $ ($313,107 to $4.97 M).
His result is $2.06/vote to her $35.76/vote. She should explain how he's irrelevant.
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His result is $2.06/vote to her $35.76/vote. She should explain how he's irrelevant.
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@fitzprov.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking quick Guckian got 13,457 more votes (152k - 139k) than Kalus despite spending 7% the $ ($313,107 to $4.97 M).
His result is $2.06/vote to her $35.76/vote. She should explain how he's irrelevant.
@raybaccari.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social @nancyklavin.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
His result is $2.06/vote to her $35.76/vote. She should explain how he's irrelevant.
@raybaccari.bsky.social @iandonnis.bsky.social @nancyklavin.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
Ashley Kalus, ahead of announcement by Aaron Guckian, says she’s undecided on another run
December 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ashley Kalus, ahead of announcement by Aaron Guckian, says she’s undecided on another run
thepublicsradio.org/episode/on-p... what Guckian had to say during LG run in ‘22
On Political Roundtable: Election 2022, RI Lt. Gov. candidate Aaron Guckian; Economic Progress Institute’s Weayonnoh Nelson-Davis; and what’s next for bicycling in Providence - TPR: The Public's Radio
The last Republican lieutenant governor in Rhode Island was Bernie Jackvony – and he was appointed to fill that role back in the late 1990s. And a lot of people question whether Rhode Island really ne...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
thepublicsradio.org/episode/on-p... what Guckian had to say during LG run in ‘22
Aaron Guckian to announce run for governor tomorrow
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Aaron Guckian to announce run for governor tomorrow
No TGIF column today (it will be back next week). But check out my One on One interview with PVD artist/musician Brian Chippendale at 7:30 pm tonight or 10:30 am Sunday on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social TV
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
No TGIF column today (it will be back next week). But check out my One on One interview with PVD artist/musician Brian Chippendale at 7:30 pm tonight or 10:30 am Sunday on @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social TV
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Thank you @iandonnis.bsky.social for uplifting this piece. One of the most heartfelt and powerful segments I’ve seen in a long time. It is difficult to watch, but if it feels safe for you to do so, I highly encourage you to try.
An important story www.cbsnews.com/news/memoria...
Memorializing the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings: "She was real. She was here."
For many parents of children killed in school shootings, bedrooms left behind are a devastating reminder of what was taken. Several parents share an emotional look inside these empty rooms.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thank you @iandonnis.bsky.social for uplifting this piece. One of the most heartfelt and powerful segments I’ve seen in a long time. It is difficult to watch, but if it feels safe for you to do so, I highly encourage you to try.
When you're done crying from the last one, cheer up with this www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
When you're done crying from the last one, cheer up with this www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
An important story www.cbsnews.com/news/memoria...
Memorializing the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings: "She was real. She was here."
For many parents of children killed in school shootings, bedrooms left behind are a devastating reminder of what was taken. Several parents share an emotional look inside these empty rooms.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An important story www.cbsnews.com/news/memoria...
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Cognitive function tends to get worse as we age. Scientists have developed “brain workouts” to fight that decline.
Want to keep your brain from aging? Try a cognitive workout : Short Wave
Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age. The results of this 10-week study back earlier animal research showing that environments that stimulate the brain can increase levels of certain neurotransmitters. And other studies of people have suggested that cognitive training can improve thinking and memory. So how does it all work? And by how much does it all work? Here to break everything down and help you understand how to keep your brain sharp is NPR science correspondent Jon Hamilton.Interested in more brain science? Email us your question at [email protected] to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Cognitive function tends to get worse as we age. Scientists have developed “brain workouts” to fight that decline.
wrnipoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/w... my story on Riley’s announcement
With the ability to self-fund, Riley announces challenge to Langevin
As he mounts a challenge to six-term incumbent Democratic Congressman Jim Langevin, Republican investment manager Michael Riley says he has something that previous Langevin challengers lacked: the …
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November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
wrnipoliticsblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/w... my story on Riley’s announcement
Michael G. Riley, who got 35% of the vote against Jim Langevin as a Republican in 2012, has died at age 69. Here’s his projo obit
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Michael G. Riley, who got 35% of the vote against Jim Langevin as a Republican in 2012, has died at age 69. Here’s his projo obit