Officeholders and candidates travel all of the time. Who pays? That’s the topic of this story. State records show the governor used state aircraft 61 times in 2007, or more than once a week. And his pace for the first seven months of 2008 – an election year – is 48 percent higher than the […]
The Des Moines school board race is rocked by these allegations. State ethics officials will investigate the origin of anonymously e-mailed campaign fliers critical of Des Moines school board member Jonathan Narcisse and three candidates he’s endorsed. Charlie Smithson, executive director of the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, said the electronic fliers are illegal […]
A Ben & Jerry’s co-founder has joined a campaign finance lawsuit, according to this report. He and his wife Elizabeth contacted Burlington lawyer, John Franco, over the weekend about the case, joining three other Vermont residents who claim the state laws violate their federal civil rights, according to the docket.