Former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift recently donated leftover campaign funds to a charitable organization, according to this Boston Globe report. Politicians who close down their campaign accounts have four options for the remaining funds: donating to a local city or town, to the state’s general fund, to a charity, or to a scholarship fund, according […]
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State of Play of Mass. Pay to Play
Massachusetts, like a number of states, is considering new pay-to-play rules. This report from the Worcester Telegram summarizes some of the proposals. Legislation to ban pay-to-play politics could still be taken up by the Senate when it acts on the House ethics reform package, and the sponsor of a pay-to-play law here, state Sen. James […]
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 […]