Day: February 10, 2009

PMA Group “Raided”

PMA Group was “raided” in connection with a probe into dealings with Rep. John Murtha, according to this report. The raid took place in November and was first reported Monday night by the Web site of ABC News. Representatives of Mr. Murtha and the Justice Department could not be reached for comment. Patrick Dorton, a […]

GA: Lobbyist Gift Ban

Georgia’s lobbyist gift ban is in the news.  Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an executive order on his first day in office in 2003 declaring he and most state workers wouldn’t take any gifts worth more than $25 from lobbyists. But last year he accepted a flight to Jacksonville for the Georgia-Florida football game from a […]