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22 Mar 2024, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alaska – Ninth Circuit Denies Injunction to Block Disclosure Rules for Alaska Elections Courthouse News Service – Alanna Mayham | Published: 3/15/2024 A voter-backed measure to enforce campaign finance disclosures in Alaska prevailed [read post]
12 Jan 2024, 3:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alaska – Alaska Ranked Choice Voting Opponents Fined Over $94K for Campaign Ethics Violations Anchorage Daily News – Iris Samuels | Published: 1/4/2024 Supporters of an effort to repeal the state’s ranked choice voting system were fined more than $94,000 after the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) found campaign finance violations. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 10:50 am
Most recently, in Texas v. [read post]
7 Jul 2023, 4:00 am
Now the source of those grants has come under scrutiny after a federal court case a kickback scheme involving two Alabama Lawmakers, a legislative aide, and a youth baseball league, which prosecutors say resulted in the misuse of thousands of public dollars spent on personal credit card bills and a mortgage instead of its intended community service. [read post]
26 May 2023, 4:00 am
In March, after the group had already made significant inroads in Legislatures with its model bill, lobbyists, and hearing witnesses, it incorporated Do No Harm Action as a separate nonprofit with a tax status that allows for more lobbying, From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Groups Settle Arizona Lawsuit Over Voter Intimidation at Ballot Boxes MSN – Daniel Gilbert (Washington Post) | Published: 5/21/2023 An Arizona group that monitored ballot drop boxes… [read post]
10 May 2023, 4:00 am
Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Arizona Republican Said She ‘Barely’ Met with Lobbyists, but Her Calendar Shows Otherwise Arizona Mirror – Jerod MacDonald-Evoy | Published: 4/10/2023 Arizona Sen. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
At stake is a growing body of legislation and regulations in states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana aimed at curbing ESG investment and, in some cases, divesting from certain financial institutions over investment policies that incorporate ESG factors such as climate risk and human capital management. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
As a result, the league is drawing criticism in ways that are extraordinary for the once-staid group. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
Guy Reffitt, a recruiter for the right-wing Three Percenters movement in Texas, was convicted of five felony offenses, including obstruction of Congress as it met to certify the 2020 election result, interfering with police, and carrying a firearm to a riot, and threatening his teenage son, who turned him in to the FBI. [read post]
22 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Secretary of State: Federal groups supporting Alabama candidates must register with state Yahoo – Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) | Published: 7/19/2022 The Alabama secretary of state’s office said federal organizations contributing to state campaigns will have to file campaign finance reports with the state. [read post]
10 May 2022, 9:04 pm
Florida functions as a “pilot state” for trying out new statutes that limit local power, such as when Florida and Texas threatened to punish municipalities trying to “defund the police” last year. [read post]
7 Mar 2022, 8:03 am
The committee will hear testimony from Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general at the Justice Department; Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of the congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville Texas; Walter M. [read post]
6 Oct 2021, 3:00 am
In preparation for this debate, I came across another example of a Texas city being abused in the property insurance claims process by the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool. [read post]
28 May 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Biden Justice Department Fights Release of Legal Memo on Prosecuting Trump Politico – Josh Gerstein | Published: 5/24/2021 The Department of Justice released more of a key memorandum concluding former President Trump did not commit obstruction of justice through his alleged attempts to thwart federal investigations, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 12:00 am
I defend DUI charges in federal, state, municipal and justice courts in and surrounding Maricopa County. [read post]
9 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal ‘A Complete Ripoff’: Campaign finance experts puzzled and stunned by Trump camp’s reported ‘money bomb’ ploy MSN – Grace Panetta (Business Insider) | Published: 4/6/2021 Some donors who gave a few hundred dollars to former President Trump’s reelection campaign were shocked to see thousands drained from their accounts. [read post]
25 Feb 2021, 12:00 pm
In San Antonio, Texas, a 7-year-old Latino boy with autism had an outburst during class at his elementary school. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 8:30 pm
Prosecutors allege Douglass Mackey used an alias, reportedly derived from actor Charlie Sheen’s character Ricky Vaughn in the 1989 film “Major League,” to circulate messages on Twitter that encouraged Clinton’s supporters to “Avoid the line. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 3:00 am
A year later, with a $5,000 donation from Goodell and $2,500 from league employee Joe Browne, the NFL borrowed a play from Major League Baseball by starting its own PAC. [read post]
