Common Cause Rhode Island asked the commission to change state ethics rules in response to controversy over a contract award ...

Four different Kentucky lobbyists made more than $1 million for their efforts to influence policy and government over the ...

Advocates have been asking for more disclosure and tougher penalties on lobbying violations for decades. They're finally ...

Publicly released agreements show the vast wealth of President Trump’s cabinet picks and the uncharacteristically large list ...

An Oregon Republican is pushing to tighten the state’s "anti-revolving-door" law, saying the law unfairly discriminates ...

Constituents — that is you, your neighbor and other everyday Texans — aren’t the only ones trying to get lawmakers attention ...

New House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, is pledging to prioritize measures designed to improve government ethics, accountability and transparency. They include requiring proposed earmark ...

Illinois lawmakers and advocacy organizations believe now is the best time to pass sweeping ethics reform in Springfield.

While the OGE director is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, director serve five-year terms to ensure that their tenures are not attached to the presidents who appointed them.

A Brooklyn City Councilmember wants to close a loophole in New York City ethics law, which he says permits powerful government staffers to work on projects related to their former private sector ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The R.I. Ethics Commission voted Tuesday to reexamine the state’s so-called “gift rule,” in a move that could limit the value of what lobbyists for nonprofit organizations ...