Posts Tagged ‘Joe Shekarchi’
Warwick Beacon: Letter to the Editor by Speaker Joe Shekarchi
This letter to the editor was published in the Warwick Beacon: To the Editor: My friend and colleague, Rep. Teresa Tanzi, recently shared a story with me that highlights the exceptional caliber of Warwick’s public safety professionals. On Oct. 3, Rep. Tanzi and her husband were driving on West Shore Road when they witnessed…
Read MoreProvidence Journal: ‘Everybody wants money’: RI lawmakers overwhelmed with requests for share of federal aid
Days away from the start of State House hearings on the ways Gov. Dan McKee wants to spend the first big chunk of Rhode Island’s $1.1-billion federal windfall, state lawmakers have been barraged with competing requests. “Nursing homes want several hundred million dollars. URI wants a quarter of a billion dollars,” House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said…
Read MoreSpeaker Shekarchi Congratulates Warwick Recipients of RI CHARG Grants
Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi congratulates Warwick organizations named as recipients of awards from the RI Culture, Humanities and Arts Recovery Grant (RI CHARG) program, a historic collaborative partnership between the State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (Humanities Council). The Warwick Symphony Orchestra, Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum,…
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