State Rep. Blake Filippi (I-New Shoreham) joins Political Roundtable this week to discuss the high-stakes race between Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and Republican Steven Frias; Governor Raimondo’s appointment of Ann Assumpico as colonel of the State Police; and FBI head James Comey’s bombshell announcement last week.

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...