The LA Times discusses the status of new restrictions on placement agents in California. A bill that would outlaw payments of sometimes huge commissions to the intermediaries that broker investments by California’s two big public pension funds was approved by a key Assembly committee without a vote to spare Wednesday.
Month: April 2010
Justice Stevens’s departure and his legacy on speech cases
The Times discusses Justice Stevens’s announcement that he’s retiring and notes two freedom of speech cases for his “notable opinions,” Citizens United and Texas v. Johnson.
I’ve added a new link to transparencydata.com for campaign finance data
Sunlight Foundation Blog notes the introduction of TransparencyData.com. The site bills itself as the “central source for all federal and state campaign contributions made in the last twenty years. Here you can begin your search, find the information you need and then download records of what a candidate has received, what an individual has given, […]