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The Money Trail
  A new research tool presented by the RISC Foundation to track state and municipal budgets, payrolls, contracts and more
Ocean State Policy Research Institute (OSPRI)
  Two NEW research tools
  The Transparency Train All city and town contracts, budgets, payroll, etc.
  Rhode Island Votes
2008 legislator voting records

 

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.
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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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