Following an initiative requiring disclosure of so called ‘dark money’ spending, the Maricopa County Superior Court has blocked implementation of the law, with a full decision on the merits [...]
A lawsuit challenging outside lobbying restrictions on officeholders passed as part of a 2018 initiative reached the 11th Circuit last Thursday, where the restrictions were upheld. The law [...]
The Chicago Ethics Commission has recommended that the city’s ethics laws be strengthened to give the Inspector General jurisdiction over municipal political committees following allegations of [...]
The House Ethics Committee is considering whether to expand the pool of people who can use lawmaker’s legal expense funds to pay their legal costs connected to campaign and office activities to [...]
Following Mainer’s approval of Question 2 last Tuesday, corporations owned at least 5% by a foreign government are set to be prohibited from donating towards state and local candidates or ballot [...]
Mainers will vote on a ballot measure Tuesday seeking to prohibit companies with more than 5% foreign ownership from making expenditures related to candidates or ballot measures. The measure is [...]
OpenSecrets and Campaign Legal Center have filed suit in federal court challenging the lack of disclosure requirements for donors to political party special purpose accounts that are used to pay [...]
The Anaheim City Council unanimously approved the creation of an Ethics Officer Tuesday, but have not established what powers the position will have. Instead, the Council has asked staff to [...]
Legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence created deepfake technology in federal elections has been introduced in both the Senate and the House. The technology may be used to [...]
New York’s public small donor contribution matching program may soon see serious changes should Governor Hochul sign AB A7760, which would increase the threshold of voters required to [...]
