The Utah legislature is considering a number of proposals related to campaign finance and ethics. On the heels of a campaign season rocked by allegations of bribery and influence-peddling, Utah lawmakers are crafting a bevy of bills to address campaign-finance reform, lobbyist gifts and the Legislature’s rarely used ethics investigations.
Month: December 2008
Code of Ethics or Code of Crime?
Howie Carr’s column in The Herald discusses recent controversies in Massachusetts. Some of my previous posts in the Massachusetts category provide some context.
OK: New Lobbyist Gift Rules?
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will be considering new lobbyist gift rules on December 11, 2008, according to this report. [One potential] rule proposes the Ethics Commission maintain a “no-gifts list.” Legislators not wanting to receive things of value from lobbyists would put their names on the list; an alternative is for the commission to keep […]