PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Two former high-ranking Rhode Island state employees met ... the Ethics Commission found probable cause that David Patten and James Thorsen, who both had influence ...

The new section – titled "Vexatious Requests" − gives public bodies an opportunity to go to court if they believe that a ...

Two $175,000-a-year Rhode Island officials went to Philadelphia to vet a developer for a $55-million rehab of Providence’s Cranston Street Armory. One of them, David Patten, was allegedly in ...

“Please have fresh coffee (with milk and sugar) and the best croissant in Philadelphia ready for me upon arrival,” the official, David Patten, the director of the Rhode Island Division of ...

Wilbour. In the 1880s Wilbour was running a 200-acre farm with 3,000 to 4,000 chickens, Wilbour’s grandson David Patten wrote in a 1954 pamphlet. What and Why RI: Rhode Island has a lot of ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are attempting to reform ... the behavior of the state's then-property management director, David Patten, during a day trip to Philadelphia. In that email, the principals ...