Here’s an update on state ethics/campaign finance law developments: Georgia: House committee approves ethic package and the news is here. Louisiana: When the legislature returns, ethics may be on the agenda. A story is here. Missouri: A campaign finance/ethics bill advanced and news is here.
Category: Louisiana
Gov. Jindal and Ethics Reform
This article discusses Gov. Bobby Jindal’s comments on ethics reform in Louisiana. Jindal’s comments came after the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana endorsed a Law Institute study of a new law. PAR President Jim Brandt said the law raised “troubling questions” about the handling of conflict of interest, nepotism and other cases. Jindal and […]
Powers of Louisiana Board
The authority of the Louisiana Ethics Board is the topic of this report. Some Louisiana Board of Ethics members are angling to get back the power to decide the guilt or innocence of accused ethics law violators. But the chairman of the House panel overseeing state ethics laws put a wet blanket on that idea […]