Tim White, Ted Nesi discuss RI politics, cold-case sentencing

Tim White and Ted Nesi, Target 12 investigators and hosts of the political show “Newsmakers,” broke down recent endorsements in the race for Rhode Island governor, including one from Cumberland Democrats who snubbed incumbent Gov. Dan McKee, the town’s former mayor. White also took viewers behind the scenes of the sentencing of Frank Theis, who was convicted of sexually assaulting two teenagers in the 1980s. Forensic evidence tested decades later helped investigators crack the case. Later the show, White, Nesi and Eli discussed the “stories we wish we wrote,” including: Tim’s pick Mystery of Marmac: Why a cable-laying barge is docked in Providence by Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal Ted’s pick America’s Great Dad Divide by Brad Wilcox, The Free Press Eli’s pick One year after steepest premium increase in a decade, RI health insurers seek double-digit hikes by Nancy Lavin, Rhode Island Current