When Republican strategist Joe Pounder was working on Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign, he recalled hosting a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it will conduct a wide-ranging investigation into Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., including whether he violated campaign finance laws, ...

California’s Fair Political Practices Commission voted yesterday to fine former Assemblymember Evan Low $106,000 for numerous political ethics violations. The Democrat from Campbell represented parts ...

In a legislative session that should focus on the state’s most pressing problems, Louisiana lawmakers are pursuing a wide-ranging rewrite of the state’s ethics code that would whittle away at the ...

The Louisiana Legislature is considering new rules for how the state ethics board handles allegations of misconduct by public officials, including requiring the panel to disclose the identity of ...

The State Ethics Commission has rejected a complaint by Attorney General Chris Carr seeking an investigation into the source of a $10 million loan Lt. Gov. Burt Jones made to his own gubernatorial ...

Some state lawmakers want to set more stringent rules for how the board that enforces Louisiana’s ethics laws investigates public officials, arguing that the board has too much latitude when it comes ...

Suggesting state and local officials might take cues from the federal government and embark on an improper approach to ethics, the State Ethics Commission chief wants lawmakers this spring to fortify ...

John Pelissero was a former director, Government Ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Government ethics applies to the processes, behavior, and policy of governments and the public ...

The 61 violations announced by the State Ethics Commission are the latest accusations leveled against the Frost family. Credit: First Liberty Building and Loan YouTube via AJC Brant Frost IV, his ...