Updates

President Donald Trump has removed David Huitema, the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, from office last Friday after previously being confirmed in November 2024; Veterans Affairs [...]

The Federal Election Commission has increased campaign contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. Individual and nonmulticandidate PAC contribution limits have increased to $3,500 for [...]

President Trump has revoked the executive order signed by President Biden setting forth ethics and lobbying rules for appointees without signing a replacement.  Consequently, these appointees are [...]

FEC Commissioner Sean Cooksey has announced his plan to resign from the Federal Elections Commission on President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day, January 20, 2025.

Effective January 1, campaign contribution limits for individual and PAC donors in North Carolina have been raised from $6,400 to $6,800 per election. The State Board of Elections is required to [...]

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has delayed the enforcement of the state’s recently passed limits and disclosure requirements on contributions to PACs. Frey has agreed to delay enforcement [...]

The Institute for Free Speech has filed a lawsuit in Maine challenging the state’s recently passed limits and disclosure requirements on contributions to PACs.  The lawsuit alleges the [...]

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will consider proposed rule amendments on January 10, 2025 that would clarify the definition of independent expenditure and increase the current gift limit from [...]

The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will consider proposed rule amendments on January 10, 2025 that would clarify the definition of independent expenditure and increase the current gift limit from [...]

A lawsuit was filed this month against the New York Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government challenging a new regulation that came into effect December 1, 2024 requiring high-ranking [...]