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Outrageous
ruling: Legislators can ignore
ethics law
(Robert
A. Benson Jr., Providence Journal,
January 2, 2009) "…
Judge Darigan has decided that Irons
cannot be prosecuted by the state’s
Ethics Commission for his actions (votes)
in the General Assembly..." Read the
full story
Ethics
Commission asks R.I. Supreme Court
to overturn
ruling questioning
its authority
(Providence
Journal, Dec 27, 2008)
The Rhode Island Ethics Commission
has asked the state Supreme Court to
overturn a lower court ruling to dismiss
ethics charges, filed by Operation
Clean Government, against former Senate
President William V. Irons.
Read the
full story
Legislator
and General Officer financial disclosure
forms
now visible on the web
Another victory for transparency in
RI Government
OCG urged the R. I. Ethics Commission
to make financial disclosures of elected
officials accessible on their website.
Now the public can easily see for themselves
where their elected officials derive
their income.
Check out the NEW RIEC
website: http://www.ethics.ri.gov/
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Operation
Clean Government (OCG) is a group dedicated
to promoting honest, responsible, and responsive
state government in Rhode Island. We need
your help to advance our mission and change
the practice of politics in the Ocean State. 
