Ethics in the News '07

Ethics in the News

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Louisiana Ethics Advisory Panel Considers Changes: Sweeping changes — not baby steps — are needed in state ethics laws to show Louisiana is serious about shedding a corrupt image that hampers economic development, a top business leader said Thursday. The Advcoate.com. November 16, 2007.

Louisiana Ethics Panel Urged to Aim High: Making Louisiana's ethics laws among the nation's strongest is the easiest thing the state can do to burnish its image and attract outside investment, members of Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal's ethics advisory panel were told Thursday. The Times-Picayune. November 16, 2007.

Lousiana Joins Ethics Reform Trend: From Alaska to Ohio and points in between, states have been revising their ethics laws in recent years to improve transparency and put new restrictions on interactions between legislators and lobbyists. The Times-Picayune, November 26, 2007.

Center for Ethics in Government