Day: May 30, 2008

Fieger Jury Still Out

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 30, 2008
Categories In Courts & Cases, FEC

Jury deliberations continue in the Fieger case.

Maryland Slot Referendum Spending to be Disclosed

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 30, 2008
Categories In Maryland

Any person, business or group spending more than $10,000 to influence the outcome of November’s slot machine referendum will have to report it to the State Board of Elections under a law taking effect Sunday. WBOC.com has the story.

Ads Raise Questions

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 30, 2008
Categories In FEC

The New York Sun reports: Last week, the Environmental Defense Action Fund launched a $4 million effort to press federal lawmakers to move aggressively against global warming as the Senate prepares to consider legislation to impose a so-called cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions. The article includes discussion of electioneering communications rules.