Ethics commission will investigate complaint against Shekarchi’s Supreme Court bid

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 2, 2026

Words: 584

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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The Rhode Island Ethics Commission will investigate whether former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s bid for an open seat on the state Supreme Court violates state law barring sitting lawmakers from taking on another state job.

After nearly two hours behind closed doors Tuesday, the commission voted 6-1 to accept the complaint filed by Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Michael Yelnosky. Yelnosky’s complaint, filed the day Shekarchi stepped down from the rostrum, reasoned …

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