By Mark Lagerkvist | New Jersey Watchdog
TRENTON — For state Sen. Frederick Madden Jr., the path of public service also has been a road to personal wealth.

By Mark Lisheron | Texas Watchdog

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Kay Granger’s tireless work in Washington has delivered nearly 52 million dollars to downtown Fort Worth redevelopment. Taxpayers can rest easy knowing she hasput that money in the hands of her son, JD.
Granger, R-Fort Worth, didn’t top the Washington Post’slist of 49 members of Congress who managed [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee could move as quickly as next week on a bill designed to close a loophole allowing felons to run for public office or be appointed.

By Jack Spencer | Michigan Capitol Confidential
LANSING – Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw, received $5,000 from the Service Employees International Union on June, 9, 2011. That was the day House Bill 4003 was sent to the Senate, one day after its passage in the House.

By Steve Miller | Texas Watchdog
SAN ANTONIO — The antennae rise when a high school administrator abruptly quits and announces, “The second I don’t work there any more, the gloves come off. All the secrets I know about this district are going to come out. I don’t have anything to lose anymore.”