"… ates that have that," said Alan Plofsky, director of the Connecticut State Ethics Commission.Scope of the surveyThe study, conducted between October 2000 and October 2 …"

"… think the JCLE would have investigated the Young case.Even if the Maryland Ethics Commission had been aware that Young didn't fully disclose his economic interests on …"

"… considering action against legislators.Behind closed doorsSouth Carolina's Ethics Commission also leaves the regulation of legislative ethics to legislative committees …"

"… partisanship.Carol Williams, executive director of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, agreed. "There's just no way [legislative ethics committees] could deal w …"

"… if any, ethics agency exists in the state?New York has the New York State Ethics Commission, which is enabled by Executive Law s. 94. The commission does not have jur …"

"… ure," and "Code of Ethics," apply to the people overseen by both the State Ethics Commission and the Legislative Ethics Committee.http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=9 …"

"… percentage of salaries paid. But a state like Connecticut, where the state Ethics Commission does categorize lobby spending, offers a good example of the sort of money …"

"… their efforts. In Texas, lobbyists disclose salaries in a range. The Texas Ethics Commission reported that lobbyists earned somewhere between $132,485,542 and $516,155 …"

"… from news reports, agency press releases, state and federal court records, Ethics Commission dispositions, government annual reports and interviews with municipal, sta …"

"… nt Chicago corruption report.But George Brown, a former chair of the state Ethics Commission, said the high number of cases doesn’t necessarily reflect that Massachu …"

"… sachusetts public servants in the past five years have come from the state Ethics Commission, which bolstered its ability to punish transgressors of state ethics laws …"

"… indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi that same year.The Ethics Commission has cited politicians for failing to submit financial disclosure forms, fi …"

"… ore employed.  They would be the first full-time investigators at the Ethics Commission, as well as the last. Lawyers and auditors later investigated cases along …"

"… ts fear repercussions if they try to intercede.“Once they put you on the Ethics Commission, nobody wants to talk to you,” he said. “It really is more isolating t …"

"… gislative accountability and a “C-” for the effectiveness of the state Ethics Commission. Judicial accountability earned a “C+ in Massachusetts.The anti-corrupti …"

"… criminal cases against public servants in recent years.  Former state Ethics Commission Chairman George Brown, who teaches at Boston College, said the problem lie …"

"… mpaign donations that pose the appearance of a conflict of interest to the Ethics Commission or the House or Senate Clerk. Wilkerson never did and voted in 2005 to giv …"

"… erest. Even if he had disclosed the transaction, which DiMasi did not, the Ethics Commission does not have to disclose if a lawmaker makes an inquiry about a potential …"

"… ��s the Wild West.”Another top concern: ethics oversight. An independent Ethics Commission enforces the rules for many state officers, but lawmakers are not among th …"

"… nate Ethics Committee — for complaints against legislators — or to the Ethics Commission — for everyone else — to get a final ruling. Such a system would lend …"

"… such a body could help alleviate the burden on the chronically underfunded Ethics Commission, which has seen its annual budget appropriation cut from $725,000 in 1999 …"

"… blic integrity unit comprising officials from five agencies, including the Ethics Commission. The unit would draw on existing funding to the agencies and therefore not …"