PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- After several months of job-hunting, Beryl Kenyon, a one-time deputy in former Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch's press office, has landed a new role in state government.

She is now the chief of information and public relations for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, headed by former House Finance Chairman Steven Costantino.

Her old job paid $59,693.55; her new job, $54,794, according to the state personnel office.