The state ethics panel has launched an investigation into Cranston Mayor Kenneth J. Hopkins for alleged nepotism. The Rhode Island Ethics Commission’s 6-0 vote Tuesday comes in response to a complaint filed by a former city worker, accusing Hopkins of helping his son-in-law get a job, and later a promotion, with the Cranston Fire Department. […] The post R.I. ethics panel votes to investigate nepotism complaint against Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins appeared first on Rhode Island Current.