Month: March 2009

House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s Ethics Overhaul

The Boston Globe reports on House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s proposals to reform the state’s ethics laws. The bill expanded by adding a section about campaign finance and echoing most of the proposals in the governor’s bill, which covered ethics laws for lobbyists and government officials. Both packages would give the secretary of state and Massachusetts […]

NFL Lobbyist

USAT reports that the NFL hired a lobbyist. “We needed representation in Washington certainly with what we’re doing with the NFL Network and our aspirations to have the network,” [Jerry] Jones said. “That’s just one theory that you want to keep your voice down there in the Washington area.” But Jones said hiring [lobbyist Jeff] […]