Tag: Scout Ltd.
Former state official cleared of ethics violations in 2023 Philadelphia trip
PROVIDENCE – Former state administration director James E. Thorsen has been cleared of all ethics violations stemming from a March 2023 work trip to...
Ex-cabinet member Jim Thorsen tells his side of Philadelphia story
Former state administration director Jim Thorsen swore under oath to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission Tuesday that he never saw the croissants and cold...
Former state director settles ethics complaint for $5K
PROVIDENCE – A former state director has agreed to settle a state ethics complaint for $5,000 tied to his alleged bad behavior during a...
Ethics commission drops complaint against Gov. McKee
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission has dismissed a state Republican Party complaint against Gov. Daniel J. McKee over a lunch meeting with a...
R.I. Ethics Commission launches probe of McKee lunch
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission has opened an investigation into Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s lunch meeting with a lobbyist and Scout Ltd., the...
Was Gov. Daniel J. McKee right not to move forward with...
Gov. Daniel J. McKee on July 17 announced that the state is no longer considering a plan by a Philadelphia-based urban development and design...
State nixes Philly developer’s proposal for Cranston Street Armory project
PROVIDENCE – In the wake of a newly released third-party assessment of Scout Ltd.’s proposal to redevelop the historic Cranston Street Armory building in...
Without fanfare, Scout reviving former factory
John Rosenwinkel needed space to grow.
A founding member of the nonprofit PVD Bike Collective, Rosenwinkel began hearing about a developer of a repurposed building...
Ethics probe of 2 ex-officials from infamous Philadelphia trip launched
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to investigate two former state leaders for their alleged behavior during a daylong trip...
McKee administration must reprioritize public’s interest
It should not have taken months for the McKee administration to investigate the details of the now-infamous March business trip to Philadelphia by two...


















