Category: Washington

Focus on disclosure in Washington

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 21, 2010
Categories In Washington

Washington’s public disclosure of campaign finance data is the topic of this Bellingham Herald report.

Washington Legislative Ethics Board on $18 sandwich issue

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 6, 2010
Categories In Washington

An AP report out of Washington discusses the state’s Legislative Ethics Board interest in box lunches provided to lawmakers. The Legislative Ethics Board threw out a complaint against state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles and others who invited travel writer Rick Steves to the Capitol in October to talk about several topics, including marijuana. But legislative administrative […]

Washington State’s in-session solicitation ban at issue

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 28, 2010
Categories In Washington

An email sent by Washington Governor Gregoire is being questioned as an alleged violation on the state’s rules on political solicitations during the legislative session, according to this report. In the e-mail, Gregoire asked her supporters to “take a moment right now to join the campaign by making a donation,” with a Web link to […]