Ex-agency head: I won’t testify before lawmakers

Published May 6, 2014 9:15pm ET



PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The former head of Rhode Island’s economic development agency has declined to testify before the House Oversight Committee as it reviews the $75 million 38 Studios loan guarantee.

An attorney for former Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Keith Stokes wrote in a May 2 letter to Chairwoman Karen MacBeth that Stokes won’t testify as requested.

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