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City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito has agreed to pay $7,000 to settle charges of campaign finance violations. Mark-Viverito was accused of accepting free consulting advice from a lobbyist in her efforts to land her position in 2013. In addition to […]

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Michelle Adolphe, a candidate who ran for a seat in the state Assembly last year, was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with three counts of failing to file campaign finance reports as required under state election law. Adolphe, who lost […]

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictment of Rep. Chaka Fattah on several charges including bribery; conspiracy to commit wire, honest services, bank, and mail fraud; and money laundering. The Philadelphia congressman is accused of misappropriating federal grant money, […]

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Missouri House Speaker John Diehl is resigning from the state Legislature; his resignation is effective today. Diehl is stepping down and acknowledging a serious error in judgment after exchanging sexually suggestive text messages with a college student serving as a […]

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