State prosecutor asked to probe Currie’s use of campaign funds
Use of campaign funds by state Sen. Ulysses Currie called questionable Inquiry to determine whether state Sen. Ulysses Currie improperly used $53,772 from campaign account for personal purchases
Finances | admin | April 24, 2010 | 
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Spending campaign funds on health insurance raises questions
At least three state legislators have used campaign donations to pay health insurance premiums, raising questions about what politicians can legally do with their war chests.
Board of Assessor candidates outline top campaign goals
The two School Committee candidates for April’s municipal elections both advocated this week for tightening the district’s fiscal belt, but differed in their stances on issues ranging from the construction of a new middle school to athletic fees.
Finances | admin | March 30, 2010 | Comments (0)
Asia-Pacific region actively joins “Earth Hour” campaign
People from a number of countries and regions in Asia-Pacific on Saturday joined this year ‘s Earth Hour global campaign by shutting off their lights for an hour to highlight a commitment to tackling climate change. In New Zealand, at 8:30 p.m. local time Saturday (0645 GMT), the diesel generators supplying electricity to the Chatham Islands, 800 km off the coast of New Zealand, were switched …
Finances | admin | March 28, 2010 | Comments (0)
No charges in Lake Geneva campaign finance case
The Walworth County District Attorney’s Office will not issue charges of campaign finance violations based on a complaint from a Linn Township resident.
Ethics Board to examine campaign funding
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Board of Ethics is looking for a little guidance from the Legislature on the appropriate use of campaign dollars. But a chief ethics lawmaker wants the panel to wrestle with the thorny subject first. State law bans “personal use” of campaign funds by candidates. Meanwhile, the law allows a candidate to use campaign funds for things “related to his political …
Contra Costa DA’s campaign heats up
One candidate alleges criminal wrongdoing but the evidence fails to stack up.
Court’s campaign finance decision a case of shoddy scholarship
In opening the floodgates for corporate money in election campaigns, the Supreme Court did not simply engage in a brazen power grab. It did so in an opinion stunning in its intellectual dishonesty.
Finances | admin | January 26, 2010 | Comments (0)
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Campaign finance activists on pins and needles awaiting Supreme Court ruling
Minnesota campaign watchdog fines Kelliher, DFL
A state oversight committee fined House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher’s gubernatorial campaign $9,000 and the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor committee $15,000 over a campaign finance deal that had Democrats and Republicans alike crying foul.
