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Did Denver City Council candidate Wayne New violate campaign code?

Denver City Council candidate Wayne New's ads claim he is "neighborhood friendly" and "development smart." The ads are also in violation of campaign finance...

Chief of Denver’s jail under investigation for special treatment afforded criminally...

It’s unclear who was making decisions to treat Gillespie differently than the thousands of other arrestees the sheriff department deals with annually.

Denver Grand Jury Rules Gessler Broke No Laws With His Spending

Depending on your point of view, there’s good news and bad in the case of Secretary of state Scott Gessler and the $1,278 in public funds he spent to attend a Republican conference in August.

In advance of primary voting, McInnis asks for extension in ethics...

Colorado Ethics Watch filed a complaint last month asserting that GOP candidate for governor and Colorado licensed attorney Scott McInnis violated professional ethics rules when he plagiarized articles for which he was paid $300,000. The Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel took up the investigation in July and gave McInnis 20 days to file a defense (pdf). The deadline came and went last Wednesday.

Yes on Amendment 41? Abramoff Made Me Do It

COMMENTARY If some opponents of Amendment 41 are to be believed, 93,888 Colorado voters entered their polling places on Nov. 7, 2006, to the strains...

National Ethics Group Details Family Affairs In U.S. Congress

An investigative ethics watchdog group released a report today detailing what it says is a premier analysis of U.S. Senate members misusing their power...

Bush Budget Subverts New Open Records Law

A new federal law meant to strengthen the way government agencies process Freedom of Information Act requests would be undermined by a provision in...

Letter Reveals Real Opponents of Ethics Reform

You've gotta pay For your right To lobby! OK, so it ain't exactly Brooklyn's Beastie Boys fighting for their right to party. But the beastie boys and girls...

Musgrave Ponies Up to Avoid Ethics Complaint

Rep. Marilyn Musgrave skirted a congressional ethics violation by quickly issuing a $480 check for use of a vacation cabin owned by a politically-connected...

The Company You Keep

Fourth Congressional District Rep. Marilyn Musgrave is hosting a campaign fundraising event this week which has again raised questions about her connections to ethically-challenged...