Tag: ethics
Democrats link congressman’s indictment to Donald Trump ethics
Democrats are linking a Republican congressman's insider trading indictment to a culture of corruption they say President Donald Trump has fostered, amplifying a theme...
Priority 1 for next session: Beef up open records laws
I have been long-railing against the insanity that is Alabama's public records laws, or the way executive offices — specifically the Governor's office, and...
Alabama school superintendent makes headlines asking for donations in exchange for...
Eddie Tyler Superintendent of Baldwin County Public Schools has made headlines for a series of emails he sent last year to teachers and staff soliciting...
Kay Ivey signs ethics exemption into law
Praising it as a job recruitment tool, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed legislation to exempt economic developers from the state ethics law.
Ivey’s office...
Divided Alabama Senate approves ethics exemption
A divided Alabama Senate has voted to exempt economic developers from the state law that governs lobbyists.
The 15-14 vote on Wednesday came after contentious...
Donald Trump’s politicking raises ethics flags
Barely five months into office, President Donald Trump keeps taking time out from governing to run for re-election.
On Wednesday night, he'll attend his first...
Ethics office blasts Donald Trump refusal to disclose lobby waivers
The message from a senator to the government ethics office: Use your authority to force the president to reveal how many waivers he's granted...
Victory for political speech in Alabama, in-person ethics training requirement dropped
Move over burdensome ethics requirements, a victory for free speech is coming through.
On Monday, the Virginia-based public interest law firm Institute for Justice (IJ) announced...
Ethics Commission clears Rebekah Mason in Jim Zeigler complaint
The former Senior Policy Adviser and alleged mistress of former-Gov. Robert Bentley was cleared Thursday by the Alabama Ethics Commission against accusations brought forth by State...
Ethics panel finds probable cause Alabama governor broke law
The Latest on the Ethics Commission hearing on Gov. Robert Bentley (all times local):
7:10 p.m.
A state ethics panel has ruled that there is probable...