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Good government groups and reform-minded officials have for years called for New York State’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) to be scrapped and replaced with more independence from the ...

A bill intended to clarify what public officials can and cannot talk about outside of public meetings could lead to secret discussions of public business by some or all members of city councils or ...

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission found no ethics violations in the case of former University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda. Molleda resigned from his ...

Davina Hurt is director, government ethics and Ann Skeet is senior director, leadership ethics, both at the at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are their own. This article, "AI Fuels a ...

SALEM — The Oregon Government Ethics Commission set a special public meeting for Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 9, to consider violations by Greg Smith. Smith is a Republican representative in the Oregon ...

AI is constantly changing and reshaping our world, but nowhere is it more impactful than in politics and elections. In 2024, Ethics Center staff members John Pelissero, former director of government ...

The Capitol in Albany (photo: Darren McGee/Governor's Office) New York’s newest state government ethics commission, set to replace the infamously dysfunctional Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE ...

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission will vote Dec. 12 on a stipulated final order for two Salem city councilors over public meetings violations. The vote would result in a letter of education for ...

STREAMING ON PEACOCK: (Left to right) Councilors Angelita Morillo, Tiffany Koyama Lane, Candace Avalos, Mitch Green, Jamie Dunphy and Sameer Kanal. (Jake Nelson) The Oregon Government Ethics ...