Tag: R.I. State Police
Senate allows McKee cabinet pay raises, marking split with House
Eleven members of Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s cabinet will see their salaries increase Sunday, after the R.I. Senate declined to stop the pay bumps...
R.I. congressional delegation secures funds for law enforcement, judicial tech upgrades
PROVIDENCE – A new round of funding from the 2024 appropriations bills is coming to several state agencies, local police departments and nonprofits to...
McKee criticizes Neronha with close of ILO contract investigation
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Thursday defended his administration two days after Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that no charges would...
AG: McKee will not face charges for steering contract to ILO
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee will not be charged for his efforts to award an education contract to a new consulting firm that...
Providence schools experience network security breach
PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest public school district has experienced a network security breach and the school board will meet in a special executive...
Hopkins wins Republican primary for Cranston mayor
CRANSTON – Incumbent Kenneth J. Hopkins won the Republican mayoral primary and will face Democratic City Councilor Robert Ferri in November to remain the...
Friends, now rivals, face off in Cranston mayoral primary
They say familiarity breeds contempt. To wit: Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins and Rep. Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung – once political allies and friends, but now...
Matos campaign worker McLaren charged amid fraudulent signature scandal
PROVIDENCE – Holly McLaren, a Providence woman who was at the center of the controversy surrounding fraudulent signatures submitted by the Sabina Matos campaign...
Exodus Construction’s license suspended by state amid embezzlement probe against co-owner
PROVIDENCE – The owners of a Narragansett-based home construction company, one of whom was recently arrested by R.I. State Police, are ordered to appear...
Narragansett business co-owner accused of embezzling $98K
PROVIDENCE – A co-owner of a Narragansett home construction company was arrested Tuesday by R.I. State Police for embezzling more than $98,000 from her...