Political ethics
Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 02:54 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. June 2, 2021. Editorial: Stop the gunfire The gun violence Albany is experience this year is part...

Illinois state Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, introduces Senate Bill 825, an election omnibus bill which would change Illinois' 2022 primary election from March 15 to June 28 along with voter access changes, on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Monday, May 31, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
$41B budget, trickier issues face Legislature on final day

By John O'connor May. 31, 2021 06:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Malinowski has scolded those looking to capitalize on the once-in-a-century pandemic.  But the two term Democrat is not heeding his own admonition. Records show he's bought or sold as much as $1 million of stock in medical and tech companies that had a stake in the virus response. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit

By Brian Slodysko May. 21, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press May. 11, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Chicago Sun-Times. May 10, 2021. Editorial: Catholic religious orders must come clean about abusive clergy Despite...

First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon, visits Pocra Quay during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary election, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom. The pro-independence Scottish National Party is leading in the polls and a big victory will give it the the moral right and the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its three-century union with England. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has downplayed independence in her campaign, stressing her credentials as a safe pair of hands to lead Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic. (Russell Cheyne/PA via AP)
COVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish election

By Jill Lawless And Renee Graham May. 05, 2021 07:49 AM EDT

Mark S., shows some of the word search books he enjoys in this April 1, 2021 photo at his Springfield, Ill., group home operated by Sparc, an agency that assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. A state study prompted by a federal consent decree reports that it would cost the state $329 million this year alone to meet the 2011 court order's demands expanded community-based housing, training and the reduction of a list of 18,000 awaiting services. Sparc is prohibited by law from releasing full names of its residents. (AP Photo by John O'Connor)
Court order boosts funding plea as lawmakers build budget

By John O'connor Apr. 25, 2021 10:25 AM EDT

Ex-House finance chair defends actions over NC tax bill

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 21, 2021 01:42 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The veteran North Carolina legislator removed as co-chair of the powerful House Finance Committee this week said on Wednesday that she...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 07:48 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ April 21 The Brunswick News on vaccine scams: ...

North Carolina House finance chair stripped of position

By Gary D. Robertson Apr. 20, 2021 02:43 PM EDT
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The current longest-serving member of the North Carolina House was stripped Tuesday of her chairmanship on the powerful House Finance...

New York ethics agency's role in Cuomo allegations unclear

By Marina Villeneuve Apr. 01, 2021 07:01 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As impeachment investigators in the New York legislature and the attorney general’s office take the lead in investigating allegations of...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Albany Times-Union. March 27, 2021. Editorial: JCOPE’s corrupting power It was always a reasonable guess that...

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. March 22, 2021. Editorial: Billions in federal money headed to Illinois. How many pickleball courts can it buy? ...

A man presents his "green passport," proof that he is vaccinated against the coronavirus, on opening night at the Khan Theater for a performance where all guests were required to show proof of vaccination or full recovery from the virus, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Vaccination 'passports' may open society, but inequity looms

By Laurie Kellman Feb. 26, 2021 01:31 AM EST

Japanese officials punished in scandal linked to PM's son

By Mari Yamaguchi Feb. 24, 2021 08:57 AM EST
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s communications ministry punished 11 senior officials on Wednesday for accepting lavish dinners paid for by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s...

Democrats decry scant access to Georgia voting bill hearings

By Ben Nadler And Jeff Amy Feb. 17, 2021 12:48 PM EST
ATLANTA (AP) — Democrats in Georgia’s state Senate are slamming their Republican colleagues for holding subcommittee votes on high-profile bills that seek to...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 02:13 PM EST
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ Feb. 10 The Miami Herald on proposed riot-response...

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Justice Dept. won't charge Sen. Burr over stock sales

By Eric Tucker And Mary Clare Jalonick Jan. 19, 2021 08:09 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Mountain Top Inn & Resort in Warm Springs, Ga. President-elect Joe Biden has evoked Franklin Delano Roosevelt in promising a remaking of America unseen since the New Deal. Pledging to emulate some of the loftiest reforms in the nation’s history has left him with towering promises to keep. And Biden hopes to deliver against the backdrop of the pandemic and searing national division. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Biden has set sky-high expectations. Can he meet them?

By Will Weissert Jan. 19, 2021 12:07 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2021 11:29 AM EST
Recent editorials from Mississippi newspapers: ___ Jan. 12 Jackson Free Press on a group of...

Missouri House adds rules to allow virtual feedback on bills

By Summer Ballentine Jan. 12, 2021 04:09 PM EST
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri state House on Tuesday adopted new rules to allow the public to weigh in on proposed bills virtually in response to the...