CORRECTED: Lawmakers spent $470K on meals, munchies
Sometimes including free lunches for constituents on taxpayer dime
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — When state Sen. Shirley Kitchen, D-Philadelphia, hosted dinner for 250 constituents as part of the 2011 Philadelphia Community Service Award, state taxpayers picked up the $5,100 tab.
Taxpayers ponied up another $3,600 to pay for 200 constituents to attend a Mothers and [...]
Read More →Iowa secretary of state’s statement to be unsealed
By Sheena Dooley | Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES — A Polk County judge has agreed to release sealed documents in a case involving a former Obama campaign aide’s effort to steal the identity of Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz.
James Birkenholz, Polk County District associate judge, will seek the disclosure of the previously sealed victim impact statement.
Zachary Edwards, a former presidential campaign [...]
Photography is not a crime, says arrested FL journalist
By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog
MIAMI — As an award-winning journalist and controversial activist, Carlos Miller is no stranger to facing authority.
Well known in Miami as an experimental photographer, Miller has been arrested three times for attempting to film police officers — and it continues to be his mission.
CO bill aims for ‘more efficient…consumer-friendly’ SOS office
A measure aimed at making transactions between businesses and the secretary of state more efficient garnered unanimous support today in the House Economic and Business Development Committee.
Read More →Houston Airport System overlooks high-ranking employee’s blocking of public records request, lies to cover it up
A Houston Airport System official who withheld public records against the advice of city lawyers and then lied to cover up her misdeed was never sanctioned or disciplined, public records show.
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