Politics

(Updated, 6 p.m.) 38 Studios LLC founder Curt Schilling, along with a team from his company, are at the R.I. Economic Development Corporation offices in the city’s Valley neighborhood, as the agency’s board of directors meets to decide the fate of the cash-poor video-game developer. 5:56 pm

(Updated 4:55 p.m.) 38 Studios LLC paid its overdue $1.125 million fee to the state, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Friday. May 18

Rhode Island lawmakers were blinded by Curt Schilling’s celebrity status when making the deal with 38 Studios LLC, Republican state Rep. Robert Watson told Boston.com. May 18

Colin P. Kane, head of the I-195 Redevelopment Commission, has turned down Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee’s offer to head the R.I. Economic Development Corporation. May 18

(Updated 5:25 p.m.) Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has asked developer Colin P. Kane, head of the I-195 Redevelopment Commission, to succeed Keith W. Stokes as head of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, according to Rhode Island Public Radio. May 17

(Updated, 5:25 p.m.) R.I. Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Keith W. Stokes resigned Wednesday night, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Thursday morning. May 17

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Wynn Resorts Ltd. dropped its plan to build a casino here with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, after residents voted in a local election and favored candidates opposing the project, Bloomberg News reported last week. May 12

PROVIDENCE – The Senate last week passed legislation that will update the state fire code and increase flexibility and options for businesses that must comply with it. May 12

PROVIDENCE – A bill that would bar people under the age of 21 from entering nightclubs where alcohol is being served was scheduled for a hearing last week before the House Judiciary Committee. May 5

Bankruptcy is no easy way out for Rhode Island’s cash-strapped cities and towns, and taxpayers should not see it as a way to avoid a rate hike, according to two legal experts. May 5