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1 Mar 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Ethics Commission Pushes Back on Proposed Law Changes Alabama Daily News – Mary Sell | Published: 2/29/2024 Alabama Rep. [read post]
15 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Canada – Doug Ford Recommends Possible Jail Time for Ontario Lobbyists Caught Breaking the Rules CTV – Katherine DeClerq | Published: 9/6/2023 Ontario Premier Doug Ford instructed the province’s attorney general to review legislation governing lobbyists and add increased penalties, including jail time, if they break rules. [read post]
28 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbyists said they are busy influencing federal rules authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS and Science Act. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 9:05 pm by Victoria Hawekotte
The approved regulations include a requirement that manufacturers transition to producing vehicles with zero emission technology. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The revelation contradicts a statement filed by Arizona Corporation Commission member Kevin Thompson in response to an ethics complaint. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 7:45 pm by Jim Sedor
” From the States and Municipalities Arizona – Voter Fraud Unit in Arizona Will [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
They were created to entice donations from individuals rather than corporate PACs. [read post]
15 Jul 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Alabama – Alabama Ethics Commission Says It Doesn’t Have to Share Exculpatory Information with Accused Yahoo News – Brian Lyman (Montgomery Advertiser) | Published: 7/13/2022 The Alabama Ethics Commission said it did not have to disclose evidence that could potentially clear a person accused of violating state ethics laws during an investigation. [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 1:50 am by Kevin Kaufman
Illinois Citing budget concerns due to the pandemic, Illinois temporarily changed its treatment of NOLs to be less favorable toward businesses, capping NOL carryforwards at $100,000 for tax years 2021 through 2024. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The firm’s president, Brian Ballard, was vice chair of Trump’s inaugural committee and was a member of his transition team. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 5:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
In Chicago, for example, car rental customers pay a 5 percent Illinois state car rental tax, a 6 percent excise tax levied by the city’s Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA), and another 9 percent personal property lease transaction tax levied by the city of Chicago.[4] State car rental excise taxes are applied either on an ad valorem basis, where the tax applies to a percentage of the sale price, or as a flat dollar amount. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The dearth of diverse campaign staffers also affects Capitol Hill since operatives often transition to a lawmaker’s office after a successful campaign. [read post]
19 Mar 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Sicknick, Who Died After Jan. 6 Capitol Riot MSN – Spencer Hsu and Peter Hermann (Washington Post) | Published: 3/15/2021 Federal authorities arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Corporations and Foreign Nations Pivot to Lobby Biden New York Times – Kenneth Vogel and Eric Lipton | Published: 11/17/2020 While Joe Biden has taken steps to demonstrate his distance from lobbyists, his presidency is being welcomed on K Street. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Still, even as the nation’s lobbying sector works to influence the incoming Biden administration, it is not clear how receptive the transition, or the new administration, might be to the perspectives of K Street. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Barr Accuses Justice Department of Headhunting and Meddling with Politics Washington Post – Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky | Published: 9/16/2020 Attorney General William Barr delivered a scathing critique of his own Justice Department on, insisting on his absolute authority to overrule career staffers, who he said too often injected themselves into politics and went “headhunting” for high-profile targets. [read post]
28 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The tensions date back to April, when eight progressive groups wrote a letter calling on Joe Biden to vow not to appoint any “current or former Wall Street executives or corporate lobbyists, or people affiliated with the fossil fuel, health insurance or private prison corporations” to his transition team, Cabinet, or as top aides. [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
It highlights how even in a pandemic, advocates trying to influence federal policy are working in support of candidates who may someday vote on it, even though the candidates are keeping their distance from corporate PAC money. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Many more former administration officials have gone to work at lobbying firms or in government affairs roles in corporate America but have not registered as lobbyists. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Sanders has vowed to shake up how the influence world does business, with proposals to ban donations from federal lobbyists and corporations and to prohibit the corporate funding of party conventions. [read post]