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Apr. 28--Gov. Bob Riley calls House Bill 594 an opportunity to change forever how the state operates its business. He's not talking about the sometimes-orderly process of making laws or [...]

May 7--JEFFERSON CITY -- Democrats called it a 'sham' that made a 'mockery' of the process. But the Republicans who rule the Missouri House didn't listen. So the Missouri GOP [...]

Mar. 26--JEFFERSON CITY -- Kevin Wilson doesn't know what is going to happen to the ethics bill that his Missouri House committee has worked on since the beginning of this [...]

Mar. 24--Stung by a string of conflict-of-interest criticism in recent years, the Missouri Public Service Commission adopted new ethics rules to help ensure consumers they're getting fair treatment in utility [...]

Mar. 11--RICHMOND -- The state Senate approved a comprehensive overhaul of the General Assembly's ethics rules Wednesday. The measure now goes to the desk of Gov. Bob McDonnell, who has [...]

Mar. 10--RICHMOND -- The state Senate approved a comprehensive overhaul of the General Assembly's ethics rules today. The measure now goes to the desk of Gov. Bob McDonnell, who has [...]

Mar. 9--RICHMOND -- A scheduled vote in the state Senate today will determine whether the General Assembly's ethics rules are overhauled this year. Proposed revisions to the legislature's self-policing procedures [...]

Mar. 6--RICHMOND -- A key vote Friday kept new ethics rules alive for the moment in the General Assembly, but supporters still face hurdles in their bid to make them [...]

Feb. 17--RICHMOND -- After some contentious debate in the House of Delegates, both chambers of the General Assembly passed ethics legislation Tuesday. The measures are in large part a response [...]

Feb. 16--JEFFERSON CITY -- Hearing Room 1 was the loneliest place in the Capitol last week. It was Thursday morning, and Rep. Kevin Wilson, R-Neosho, was holding a work session [...]

Feb. 9--ALBANY -- The state Capitol's status-quo system of ethics enforcement -- sometimes flouted, often derided -- remains intact. State senators voted Monday against an override of Gov. David Paterson's [...]

Jan. 22--ALBANY -- The gusto with which Senate Democrats said they would override Gov. David Paterson's threatened veto of ethics bills passed Wednesday was apparently premature, as Republicans who joined [...]

Jan. 21--ALBANY -- Gov. David Paterson said he will veto a bill providing half a loaf of needed improvements to the state's public disclosure, campaign finance and public integrity laws [...]

Dec. 18--PALOUSE -- Mayor Michael Echanove has acknowledged he misused Washington State University resources to conduct city business and other outside duties linked to volunteer civic positions he holds, according [...]

Dec. 15--JEFFERSON CITY -- The 'sport of choice' in the state Capitol these days is guessing who the FBI might investigate next, state Rep. Jason Kander, D-Kansas City, said Monday [...]

Sep. 21--News flash: There are still no ethics in Albany. The Senate says so. The Senate recently refused to approve an ethics overhaul already passed in the Assembly. The reason [...]

Sep. 9--AUGUSTA, Maine -- The head of a conservative public policy group that helped bankroll two anti-tax measures on the November ballot defended his organization Tuesday against allegations that it [...]

Sep. 6--MONTGOMERY -- One political observer suggested that if Democrats in the state Legislature are smart, they will introduce and pass an ethics reform bill in 2010. 'It is the [...]

Sep. 6--The State Legislature is scheduled to return to work next week and among its top priorities should be finishing work on the urgent matter of ethics reform. The Assembly [...]

Jun. 13--Some of the ethics complaints filed against Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross will go to a public hearing later this year, with members of the Nevada Commission on [...]

Jun. 4--BOSTON -- Just days after former Speaker of the House Salvatore DiMasi was indicted on corruption charges, a Cape lawmaker has been tapped to join the legislative Conference Committee [...]

May 4--A day might yet arrive when earmarks are scrubbed clean from congressional budget making. Pigs might fly, too. While neither event inspires one to hold his breath in anticipation, [...]

Byline: Derrick Nunnally Apr. 16--In its second week of existence, Montgomery County's new ethics policy landed in court yesterday. Sheriff John P. Durante sued to overturn the policy, which prohibits […]

Mar. 29--The state's government watchdog is considering the most comprehensive overhaul of ethics and lobbying laws in decades. The package to be discussed Monday by the Government Accountability Board proposes [...]

Mar. 28--The state's government watchdog is considering the most comprehensive overhaul of ethics and lobbying laws in decades. The package to be discussed Monday by the Government Accountability Board proposes [...]

Sep. 11--Terrie Suit explained her abrupt decision to resign from the House of Delegates next month as the fulfillment of a 1999 promise 'that I would not be a career [...]

Aug. 30--OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former House Speaker Lance Cargill received a public reprimand Friday for violating numerous state ethics rules four years ago when Republicans achieved the historic takeover of [...]