Special Investigation - Organized Influence
Friday, February 23, 2024
GoLocal is publishing an investigative series, Organized Influence, an in-depth investigation in which we track how billions of dollars of public monies are spent and how the process, as many told us, is manipulated to the detriment of Rhode Island’s transportation system and the state's economy.
The Washington Bridge closure is the outcome of the broken Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), and GoLocal unveils the decade-long transformation. According to dozens of interviews, sources, and months of research, what is revealed is the failed system is due to a series of factors.
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For the second time in less than four years, the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating RIDOT projects.
READ PART 1: ORGANIZED INFLUENCE: Governor McKee and Armand Sabitoni’s Special Relationship
READ PART 2: ORGANIZED INFLUENCE - ALVITI: The Keys to the Scheme
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