The RI House speaker in waiting, Joe Shekarchi, joins Political Roundtable this week.

Topics include:

The state budget;

Reform in the RI House;

Why Democrats had some struggles in federal races this year.

The outlook for legislation in 2021.

One of the state’s top political reporters, Ian Donnis joined The Public’s Radio in 2009. Ian has reported on Rhode Island politics since 1999, arriving in the state just two weeks before the FBI...