Tuesday, August 25, 2026

TOPICS

Home Tags Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer

Tag: Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer

State launches new CPA licensing pathway amid accountant shortage

CRANSTON – Rhode Island has created a new pathway for individuals seeking to become certified public accountants, giving prospective CPAs an alternative route into the...
PLAY AREA: State Rep. David J. Place, R-Burrillville, would like to create a “regulatory sandbox” for biotech firms in the state where a waiver of certain regulations could be approved for activities such as testing, but the proposal has faced pushback from some state agencies. Place stands outside the CCI building in Providence, where some life science firms are located. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

Biotech ‘sandbox’ bill raises oversight concerns

With Rhode Island making a push for the state to become a burgeoning hub for life sciences and biotechnology firms by building lab space...
A HEARTBEAT AWAY: Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, director of R.I. Department of Business Regulation, has been appointed president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and will take over the top role in 2027. At right is Megan Mihara, DBR principal program manager.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Dwyer poised to give R.I. big voice on national level

For the first time in more than a century, a Rhode Island insurance regulator has stepped into a top national role. Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, director...

House rejects McKee’s proposed $82K in cabinet pay raises, Senate up...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. House of Representatives voted unanimously Tuesday 68-0 to reject Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s proposed cabinet pay raises for 11 state...
CHALLENGING MARKET: Butler & Messier Inc. insurance agent Ernie Shaghalian, left, chairman of the Government Affairs Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of Rhode Island, meets with Mark Male, CEO and president of Rhode Island Association of Insurance Agents Inc. Shaghalian says the property insurance market is the worst he’s seen it in 45 years.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Pullback by insurers adds to difficulty of house hunting

Finding a home in Rhode Island is difficult enough these days, but after prospective homebuyers pinpoint the rare house in their price range and...

McKee’s proposed pay raises for 11 cabinet directors criticized at public...

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee's proposed pay raises for 11 state cabinet directors were widely criticized during Wednesday's public hearing at the R.I....
RHODE ISLAND and 74 other states fined Block Inc., the company that operates Cash App, $80 million for violating federal anti-money laundering laws.

R.I., 47 states fine Cash App operator $80M for money laundering...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and 47 other states have fined national technology company Block Inc. – which operates Cash App - $80 million for...
ANN-MARIE GODDARD, pictured, and Christopher Goddard, owners of Exodus Construction LLC in Narragansett, were fined $258,000 by the R.I. Department of Business Regulation. / COURTESY R.I. STATE POLICE

Exodus Construction fined $250K following multiple complaints, banned from working in...

PROVIDENCE – The owners of Exodus Construction LLC, a Narragansett-based construction company that had its license suspended in December following several consumer complaints, have...

R.I., other states tell money transfer company to cease activities

CRANSTON – State bank regulators have ordered a California-based money transfer business to stop activities in Rhode Island, citing the company's "declining financial position." Thirty-eight...

DBR issues stay of Ballard’s liquor license suspension

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Business Regulation sided with Ballard's Beach Resort Wednesday, issuing a stay of New Shoreham Board of License Commissioners'...
- Featured Event -

Latest News