The Boston Globe examines lobbyists’ political fundraising. Current law caps a lobbyist’s donation to a candidate at $200 a year. A lobbyist cannot give more than $12,500 in donations overall in one year. But lobbyists can solicit and host fund-raising events, as long as they do not personally collect the checks and hand them to […]
Category: Mass.
DiMasi Update (Indictments)
In a story I’ve followed (click on the Massachusetts category), former Massachusetts House Speaker DiMasi was indicted yesterday. Former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi and three associates were indicted Tuesday on federal charges alleging they conspired to help a software company win $20 million in state contracts and conceal money they got from the company. […]
Deval Patrick’s Seventy-First Fund
Massachusetts is considering changes to ethics and campaign finance rules, in an apparent effort to reach entities like Gov. Deval Patrick’s Seventy-First Fund. The Senate’s measure, part of an ethics overhaul bill, is a pointed jab at Patrick. The governor, who released his own ethics legislation without any campaign finance changes earlier this year, has […]