Category: Rhode Island

Rhode Island Secretary of State Ralph Mollis scheduled some workshops covering lobbyist rules and other requirements.  More information is available here.

In a follow-up to this post, Rhode Island AG Patrick Lynch was cleared of improperly accepting a plane ticket. Commission Vice Chairman Ross Cheit said the gift limit did not apply to the plane ticket since the trade association was not regulated in Rhode Island and has no presence in the state.

Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch in the subject of an ethics complaint alleging that he accepted a gift over the$75 limit, according to this report. The complaint that [RI GOP Chairman] Cicione filed with the state Ethics Commission zeroes in on a different issue: a state regulation prohibiting public officials from accepting any gift […]