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Ethics Commission to investigate McKee’s lunch with lobbyist
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Ethics Commission unanimously voted to investigate whether Gov. Dan McKee violated state law by letting a lobbyist pay for an expensive lunch in Providence in January. A complaint was filed by the Rhode Island Republican Party last month, with the GOP calling the lunch “just one small example of Rhode […]
State cancels contract for Cranston Street Armory
PROVIDENCE — State officials Monday canceled a contract with a Philadelphia-based firm to develop the Cranston Street Armory into an office site after an analysis found the state would lose money on the deal. The announcement came three weeks after talks began with the City of Providence to take ownership of the historic West End […]
R.I. GOP claims McKee violated state ethics code for Capital Grille lunch
The Rhode Island Republican Party is coming after Gov. Dan McKee for letting the Philadelphia firm hired a year ago to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory foot the bill for a high-end lunch in Providence. The ethics complaint filed by the Rhode Island GOP on Thursday alleges that McKee violated state ethics codes around accepting […]
State opens ethics probe into former officials’ Philly trip
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Ethics Commission on Tuesday unanimously agreed to open investigations into two former state officials over alleged misconduct during a March business trip to Philadelphia. The probe comes more than three months after executives of Scout Ltd., a Philadelphia-based company vying to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory in Providence, sent an […]
Patten conducted questionable behavior day before Philly trip, memo alleges
The now infamous trip to Philadelphia was not the only time David Patten, the state’s property management director, displayed questionable behavior. Former DOA director responds to Philadelphia trip allegations Gov. Dan McKee on Friday revealed another incident in which Patten made unprofessional and offensive statements during a work meeting at a Providence bar the day […]
Former DOA director responds to Philadelphia trip allegations
The state’s former Department of Administration director denies seeking any preferential treatment during a March business trip to Philadelphia that has sparked an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police. Executives of Scout Ltd., a Philadelphia-based company vying to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory in Providence, sent an email to Gov. Dan McKee’s office alleging […]
Everyone’s talking about the email Gov. McKee had to release. Here are 5 things to know
Blatantly sexist, racist, and unprofessional. That is how a company vying for a state contract to redevelop the Cranston Street Armory in Providence described the behavior of two state officials during a business trip to Philadelphia last March. Those comments are described in a four-page email dated March 12 from Scout Ltd. to Gov. Dan […]