Ethics

Legal Errors, Misinterpretations Impeding Taxpayer’s Business

May 31, 2007 -- HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell said he and Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty and Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Michael DiBerardinis will file a petition today for review in Commonwealth Court of the May 1 opinions of the State Ethics Commission. The Governor, McGinty and DiBerardinis have also asked the commission to stay the effects of the two opinions and, additionally, will ask Commonwealth Court for such a stay.    » read more »

May 17, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC –“Today, we moved one step closer toward sweeping ethics reform in Washington. The House Judiciary Committee approved a provision that would require lobbyists to disclose how much they have bundled and who they bundle it from. We should not keep the biggest role lobbyists play hidden. We need to bring the practice out into the open.”    » read more »

May 12, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today thanks members of the Legislature for passage of House Bill 109, the Governor’s ethics bill. In January, Governor Palin proposed legislation to improve Alaska’s ethics and disclosure laws. Legislators combined those proposals with many of their own, crafting a bill that makes many substantial improvements to Alaska’s laws.    » read more »

April 26, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today signed into law Senate Bill 210, which establishes an independent ethics commission to address Amendment 41 issues.

“I commend the bi-partisan effort in both chambers of the General Assembly that led to passage of this enabling legislation, which will provide clarity regarding the requirements of Amendment 41,” Gov. Ritter said.    » read more »