COURTNEY HAWKINS, director of the Department of Human Services, resigned from her post on Thursday. / COURTESY MAYOR'S OFFICE
PROVIDENCE – Courtney E. Hawkins, director of the R.I. Department of Human Services, submitted a letter of resignation Thursday. “Leading the team of hundreds of dedicated public servants at the Department of Human Services has been the greatest honor and opportunity of my life. Together we stabilized the department’s operations while implementing a number of…