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Anne GeggisMarch 29, 2023

Legislation would put School Board candidacy requirements more in line with other elected offices in the state.

Bruce RitchieMarch 24, 2015

A House bill that would change the state-lobbyist gift ban to allow specifically local governments to offer meeting space to legislators passed its first committee stop Tuesday. The Legislature in 2005 cracked down on lobbyist gifts after news reports of lobbyists hosting lavish dinners with legislators to discuss pending bills. The law prohibits lobbyists and the organizations […]

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Tag: Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections

Bill loosening School Board candidate residency requirements moving to House floor

Subcommittee OKs bill to exempt public space use from lobbyist gift ban