In order to accommodate the thousands of new filers who are required to participate in the LD203 disclosure process, we are developing additional guidance that we plan to release in the beginning of this week. This guidance will provide clarification and will assist new filers in the completion of the LD203 form. As of this […]
State Sen. Mike Jackson took his campaign contributors to the cleaners, almost literally. In a July 2 order, the Texas Ethics Commission penalized Jackson, R-La Porte, for spending $236.51 in campaign money to pay for dry cleaning in Austin. Jackson reported the expenditures voluntarily on his January 2006, July 2006 and July 2007 campaign finance […]
Governor Deval Patrick has scheduled a picnic fund-raiser this month at his vacation estate in the Berkshires, where he will once again exploit a method he pioneered for skirting state campaign contribution limits, a funding system the Legislature so far has declined to shut down. The Globe has the story.