Category: Pennsylvania

Fumo Convicted

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 17, 2009
Categories In Pennsylvania

Former Pennsylvania State Sen. Vincent Fumo was convicted on corruption charges yesterday, according to this Philadelphia Inquirer story. The FBI pursued him for four years. Its agents interviewed more than 350 people and compiled documents that filled 240 boxes. The grand-jury transcript takes up nearly 7,000 pages. The trial took 22 weeks and the testimony […]

Philadelphia PAC Faces Fine

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 27, 2009
Categories In Pennsylvania

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the Philadelphia Board of Ethics has filed suit to collect penalties against a political committee.

PA Lobbying Rules

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 27, 2009
Categories In Pennsylvania

The AP has an update on lobbying rules in Pennsylvania. The Independent Regulatory Review Commission has its website here and the order on lobbying rules is here.