01/13/16 – By James Call Sen. Don Gaetz doesn’t like the sound of no. On Monday the Senate Government Oversight and Accountability Committee voted down his anti-corruption bill. So on Tuesday, the Niceville Republican inserted all of the bill’s provisions into another bill. Then he persuaded the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee to approve the proposal […]
Only three states score higher than D+ in State Integrity Investigation; 11 flunk -The Center for Public Integrity
By Nicholas Kusnetz Trouble in America’s statehouses: secrecy, questionable ethics and conflicts of interest In November 2014, Arkansas voters approved a ballot measure that, among other reforms, barred the state’s elected officials from accepting lobbyists’ gifts. But that hasn’t stopped influence peddlers from continuing to provide meals to lawmakers at the luxurious Capital Hotel or […]
Editorial: Shine more light on Florida lobbyist activities – Palm Beach Post
Where there are lawmakers, there will be lobbyists. That is just a fact of legislative life. But what shouldn’t be a fact is not knowing how lobbyists are spending millions of dollars to influence our state legislators. Unfortunately, according to a new survey from the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based public interest watchdog group, Florida […]
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