Lobbyist disclosure
Lobbyist notes to Rendell mix charm, pressure
April 27, 2009 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP, April 27) - Newly disclosed
correspondence between Pennsylvania Gov. Ed
Rendell and lobbyists from last year shows he
received particular pressure regarding a property
assessment bill he eventually vetoed and a
stalled proposal to extend health coverage to
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Lobbyist-lawmaker e-mails still off limits
March 03, 2009 |
Citizens of Pennsylvania are being given
unprecedented access to the business of its
public bodies with the Right-to-Know Law
revisions. But we don't get to be a fly on the
wall. That's what e-mail correspondence between
lawmakers and lobbyists would amount to.
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OFF THE FLOOR: Corbett, Scarnati, Rendell, McCall deserve reform kudos
February 27, 2009 |
The reform movement in Pennsylvania owes a debt
to the Pennsylvania Bar Association: If the state
bar hadn’t royally infuriated Attorney General
Tom Corbett, we might still be without a
functioning lobbyist expenditure disclosure law.
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Review panel OKs PA lobbyist disclosure rules
February 26, 2009 |
HARRISBURG – Proposed regulations governing
compliance with Pennsylvania's lobbyist
disclosure law received the green light Thursday
from a state regulatory panel that had rejected a
version last fall.
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Lobbying law passes IRRC after November rejection
February 26, 2009 |
HARRISBURG – After Attorney General Tom Corbett
today asked the state’s top regulatory review
body to ignore its staff, reverse its November
decision and approve Pennsylvania’s lobbying
expenditure disclosure law, the panel did just
that. Read
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Rulings keep secret Pa. lawmaker-lobbyist contacts
February 24, 2009 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Appeals officers for both
chambers of the Pennsylvania Legislature said
Tuesday the new Right-to-Know Law does not give
the public the right to review correspondence
between lawmakers and lobbyists. Read
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