Tag: House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi
Is AG cold-case unit worth the cost?
It’s been more than two years since state lawmakers granted Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s request for a $300,000 budget appropriation to create a...
Utilities panel approves R.I. Energy shutoff moratorium, federal worker relief plan
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Utilities Commission on Monday approved Rhode Island Energy's plan to halt utility shutoffs and waive fees for federal workers...
AG pushes regulators to make Rhode Island Energy pay up on...
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has told the R.I. Public Utilities Commission that Rhode Island Energy's proposed bill credits filed with state...
Shekarchi urges R.I. Energy to halt shutoffs, waive fees for federal...
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi urged Rhode Island Energy to halt utility shutoffs and waive fees for federal workers hit by the...
General Assembly leaders to put witnesses under oath at Washington Bridge...
PROVIDENCE – House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Valarie J. Lawson said a joint hearing on the 2023 failure of the Washington...
Neronha announces he will not run for governor in 2026
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, who has widely been viewed as a potential gubernatorial candidate, announced Friday that he will not...
Disappointment, reassurance from R.I. leaders after Hasbro says it will leave...
PROVIDENCE – State officials were disheartened but not surprised that Hasbro Inc. announced Monday that it's leaving Rhode Island after more than a century...
McKee, RIPTA announce proposed framework to ‘right-size’ troubled agency
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee and R.I. Public Transit Authority CEO Christopher Durand announced a reworked proposal to get a handle on the...
Can Pryor start as commerce secretary without Senate consent? Legal interpretations...
PROVIDENCE – It was no surprise that Gov. Daniel J. McKee nominated Stefan Pryor to return as the state's next secretary of commerce, a...
Butler Hospital’s unionized workers ratify new 4-year contract, end monthslong strike
PROVIDENCE – Union workers at Butler Hospital ratified a new four-year contract with management, ending the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history.
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