The Boston Globe editorializes on recent ethics scandals in Massachusetts. Today, key legislative leaders are again under a cloud. The state inspector general reported recently that three close associates of House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi received more than $1.8 million in unreported lobbying fees from the software firm Cognos. DiMasi, meanwhile, is blocking efforts by the […]
Category: Mass.
MA: DiMasi Case Update
The Boston Globe provides an update on House Speaker DiMasi’s cooperation with investigations into state contracts and his associates. The dual investigations – the Ethics Commission and state Attorney General Martha Coakley’s grand jury – are attempting to detail variations on a similar theme: the circumstances of payments made to a close cadre of DiMasi […]
MA: Lobbyist Reports
The Boston Globe reports that a figure allegedly tied to the House Speaker did not file a lobbyist disclosure report. The state attorney general has launched an investigation into the financial dealings of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi’s personal accountant, according to multiple government officials, in a move that escalates the level of scrutiny of […]