COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The South Carolina attorney general asked the state ethics commission Thursday to investigate Gov. Mark Sanford's use of state airplanes.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Alaska officials announced that Gov. Sarah Palin has agreed to reimburse the state nearly $7,000 for trips taken by her children.
JUNEAU, Alaska, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Alaskan state officials say they are trying to rework ethics legislation to allow an ailing congressman to receive a kidney transplant.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- New ethics rules meant to limit lobbyists from paying for congressional travel have failed to ground U.S. legislators.
BATON ROUGE, La., July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal announced Monday that if elected governor of Louisiana, his first priority would be to push for stronger ethics laws.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Lobbying scandals that rocked Washington have prompted U.S. congressmen to sharply reduce the number of privately sponsored trips they take, a report said. Members of Congress took 29 privately paid junkets in March -- a fraction of the 146 trips they too
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. House ethics committee, which has met for one day this term, has been shut down and it may not resume activities until next year.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, Tuesday denied any wrongdoing when he took two foreign trips paid for by non-governmental groups.
