Rep. Shekarchi to chair House Labor Committee

STATE HOUSE – Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi (D-Dist. 23, Warwick) has been named Chairman of the House Committee on Labor for the remainder of the 2013-14 legislative session. The appointment was announced this week by Speaker of the House Nicholas A. Mattiello, who said that “Joe Shekarchi will do an excellent job as chair of…

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Legislators to serve on Warwick tax study panel

STATE HOUSE – Three Warwick legislators have been named to serve on a Warwick study committee to review tax exempt properties in the community. Created by an executive order of Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian, the committee was established to acknowledge that the city has a high number of tax-exempt properties, many of them owned by…

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