PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- Secretary of state officials have closed their probe into Gov. Dan McKee’s former aide Michael Magee, ruling he didn’t need to register as a lobbyist when he helped steer a lucrative education contract to ILO Group.

Secretary of State Gregg Amore's chief of staff LeeAnn Byrne said Friday the investigation had ended after they concluded Magee was exempt from having to register as a lobbyist at the time.

State officials launched the probe after Common Cause Rhode Island executive director John Marion filed a complaint last December. The good-government group alleged Magee should have registered as a lobbyist in 2021 when he served on McKee's transition team as he was taking over from then-Gov. Gina Raimondo.

But state officials disagreed, saying Magee didn't nee

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