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The Alabama Ethics Commission has filed a motion asking the Montgomery County Circuit Court to revise one of their orders. The Court recently ruled that airport authority employees are not public employees, or subject to the Ethics Act. The Ethics […]

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The Ethics Commission has announced only minimal essential personnel will be in office from March 16 through April 6. This will likely cause delays in precertification processing. Accordingly, the Commission has requested that precertification requests be submitted well ahead of […]

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The Alabama Ethics Commission issued an advisory opinion finding employees of airport authorities are public employees and therefore subject to the state ethics law. Attorneys for the Birmingham and Huntsville airport authorities argued airport employees are private because they are […]

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According to the memorandum filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the Alabama Ethics Commission has agreed existing Alabama law permits lobbyists to satisfy the ethics training requirement if they participate in live training sessions […]

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On April 10, 2017, Gov. Robert Bentley resigned as the 53rd governor of Alabama. The resignation follows the Alabama Ethics Commission finding probable cause he violated state ethics laws. Kay Ivey was sworn in as the 54th governor of Alabama […]

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Beverlye Brady has been appointed to the Alabama Ethics Commission by Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey. Brady, a practicing attorney with more than 30 years of experience, was a founding member of the Lee county Indigent Defense Commission. Brady’s term is […]

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The Alabama Ethics Commission (AEC) has suspended the implementation of an advisory opinion released in September. The controversial opinion expanded the definition of lobbyist principal to include anyone in the organization with authority such as executives, officers, and members of boards […]

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Campaign Finance Wisconsin: “U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Walker Case” by Patrick Marley for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ethics “Drinks, Dinners, Junkets and Jobs: How the insurance industry courts state commissioners” by Michael Mishak (Center for Public Integrity) for Washington […]

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The Birmingham News gives us another glimpse at the state of lobbying in Alabama.

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Governor signs bill providing $1.8 million.

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