6 of R.I.’s 10 highest-paid state workers in 2021 employed by URI

Cassius Shuman

January 12, 2022 12:58 pm

URI-Welcome Center (credit URI) — THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND employed six of the state's top 10 wage earners in 2021, according to payroll data provided by the R.I. Department of Administration. /COURTESY THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

PROVIDENCE - The University of Rhode Island employed the top two bread winners in the state - and six of the top 10 - among state employees in 2021, according to payroll data provided by the R.I. Department of Administration. David M. Cox, men’s basketball coach at the University of Rhode Island, was the highest- paid…