August 10, 2017 •
Thursday’s State Government and Ethics News
Lobbying “Ireland’s Tough Lobbying Rules Spark Cries for Similar Laws Elsewhere” by Harry Cooper for Politico New York: “JCOPE Moves Forward with Lobbying, FOIL Regulations” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union Campaign Finance Arizona: “Judge Rejects APS Arguments in […]
Lobbying
“Ireland’s Tough Lobbying Rules Spark Cries for Similar Laws Elsewhere” by Harry Cooper for Politico
New York: “JCOPE Moves Forward with Lobbying, FOIL Regulations” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union
Campaign Finance
Arizona: “Judge Rejects APS Arguments in Rate Increase Case” by Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services) for Verde Independent
Maryland: “Md. Delegates Weigh Matching Funds for Candidates on a County-by-County Basis” by Rachel Siegel for Washington Post
Ethics
“FBI Conducted Predawn Raid of Former Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort’s Home” by Carol Leonnig, Tom Hamburger, and Rosalind Helderman for Washington Post
“Secrecy and Suspicion Surround Trump’s Deregulation Teams” by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi for New York Times
“Mueller, Several Team Members Gave Up Million-Dollar Jobs to Work on Special Counsel Investigation” by Matt Zapotosky for Washington Post
California: “Ethics Commissioner Had Private Meetings with Democrats Over Recall Election Rules” by Taryn Luna for Sacramento Bee
Texas: “Are Lawmakers’ Business Ties with Public Entities a Conflict of Interest?” by Neil Thomas for Texas Tribune
Elections
Maine: “Maine Regularly Sells Voter Data It Denied to Feds” by Scott Thistle for Governing
August 8, 2017 •
Tuesday’s State Government and Ethics News
Lobbying Oregon: “State Sought to Plant Negative Stories about Nonprofit” by Nick Budnick for Portland Tribune Ethics “Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn” by Matthew Rosenberg, Matt Apuzzo, and Michael Schmidt for New York Times Florida: “Public Records Fight: […]
Lobbying
Oregon: “State Sought to Plant Negative Stories about Nonprofit” by Nick Budnick for Portland Tribune
Ethics
“Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn” by Matthew Rosenberg, Matt Apuzzo, and Michael Schmidt for New York Times
Florida: “Public Records Fight: Mayor’s office whited out calendar” by Jeffrey Schweers for Tallahasse Democrat
Kentucky: “Gov. Matt Bevin Wins Property Tax Appeal on Anchorage Home” by Tom Loftus for Louisville Courier-Journal
Maryland: “Maryland Probes Potential Conflicts in Grading Medical Marijuana Applications” by Fenit Nirappil for Washington Post
New York: “Records Detail Contacts Between Ethics Agency, Cuomo Lawyer” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union
Pennsylvania: “Montco Sheriff Gets Spotlight in Allentown Corruption Case” by Jeremy Roebuck for Philadelphia Inquirer
Elections
“They’re Building a Trump-Centric Movement. But Don’t Call It Trumpism.” by Jeremy Peters for New York Times
“Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow” by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns for New York Times
Legislative Issues
“Senators Unveil Two Proposals to Protect Mueller’s Russia Probe” by Karoun Demirjian for Washington Post
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