The Republican Governor’s Association, of which Gov. Bobby Jindal is on the four-member executive board, called for New York Gov. Elliott Spitzer to resign because of his associations with a prostitute in Washington, D.C. Read More and Discuss

Some pockets of state government are winning exemptions from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s hiring freeze. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE—A program to eliminate boll weevils from Louisiana’s cotton fields is about $4 million short after former Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom tied up the department’s insect eradication money in loans for a sugar mill and other building projects unrelated to pest control, his successor said Tuesday. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, VA.—U.S. Rep. William Jefferson accused FBI agents Thursday of lying in court and yelling at him during what he said was a hostile interrogation in his New Orleans home in August 2005. Read More and Discuss

Congressman admits receiving $100,000, $90,000 was in freezer Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE—In his first full day on the job, Gov. Bobby Jindal issued an executive order Tuesday designed to hasten billions of dollars worth of public rebuilding projects, from roads and sewers to schools and jails, many of which remain untouched more than two years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read More and Discuss

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is facing questions over a $2 million education earmark she authored in 2001 that benefited a Texas company whose executives and associates gave her $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

The Louisiana Board of Ethics approved a legislative action agenda Thursday that includes banning lawmakers and their spouses from doing business with state government. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — A Washington watchdog has filed a complaint against Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, suggesting she may have traded her influence on a specific earmark for $30,000 in campaign contributions. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON — When the FBI interviewed U.S. Rep. William Jefferson for two hours before the August 2005 search of his home, the New Orleans Democrat mentioned a name the agents didn’t recognize: Jim Creaghan. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE — Former state Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley faces state ethics charges for going on hunting and fishing trips as the guest of a private insurance consultant. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—When the FBI came calling at Rep. William Jefferson’s house, they didn’t bring a battering ram. They didn’t need to. He opened the door right up and, according to the agents, welcomed them inside. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—He is a former aide to the late Sen. Russell Long, D-La., who became an energy lobbyist. She is a Florida businesswoman who has invested in a number of struggling businesses with potential for big profits. Read More and Discuss

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Justice Department has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a lower court decision that said the agency overstepped its constitutional bounds by raiding the congressional office of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson. Read More and Discuss

Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said Thursday that his executive counsel made “an error in judgment” in thinking he could maintain ties with his private law practice Read More and Discuss

Stopping legislative perks, such as access to prized sporting event tickets, came up more than once Wednesday as Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal’s ethics advisers talked about changing the state’s image. Read More and Discuss

State officials said Tuesday they are concerned about inadequacies in how the state-run property insurance company handles its legal cases and expenses. Read More and Discuss

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that the St. Tammany Sheriff’s Office did not give an employee proper notice under a U.S. labor law in 2003 and therefore it acted illegally when it subsequently transferred her to a lesser post. Read More and Discuss

The Louisiana Board of Ethics voted Thursday to subpoena three of the Legislature’s top leaders to testify in a case alleging unethical conduct on the part of a legislative staffer. Read More and Discuss

With controversy swirling around Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and uncertainty created by the change in the governor’s office, new appointments haven’t been made to the board of the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, despite a legislative mandate to reduce insurance industry influence on the board that took effect three months ago. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Attorneys for Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, are trying to block a former Democratic congressman who also served as a judge from testifying at Jefferson’s public corruption trial. Read More and Discuss

Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal’s commitment to work force development and ethics should help Louisiana become one of the fastest growing states in the nation, former Gov. Buddy Roemer said Monday. Read More and Discuss

The head of a state governmental research group wants Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal to include state judges in a proposal requiring public officials to disclose their personal business dealings. Read More and Discuss

SHREVEPORT — The Louisiana Board of Ethics has too little money to properly police the state laws the agency is mandated to enforce, a member of the board said Tuesday. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE—By promising an overhaul of Louisiana’s ethics laws as his first act as governor, Bobby Jindal is joining a recent national trend that experts attribute to public revulsion at political scandals and a declining overall trust in government. Read More and Discuss

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. “It needs to be dramatic,” LA Ethics 1 official Stephen Moret told Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal’s ethics advisers. Read More and Discuss

The group’s mailing address is 14241 Coursey Blvd., Suite A-12, No. 165 — a mailbox at a UPS Store. Read More and Discuss

BATON ROUGE- Unsuccessful insurance commissioner candidate DeAnne Henke won a battle over the Board of Ethics’ computerized campaign finance reporting glitch, but she still has to pay court costs and a possible $2,500 fine for ignoring another filing deadline. Read More and Discuss

Unlike other ethics boards, Louisiana’s does not keep track of the complaints it receives. It also won’t reveal details about a complaint or investigation and has not made a case referral to the state Attorney General in the last five years, an investigation by The (Shreveport) Times has found. Read More and Discuss

A committee of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board has recommended a one-year suspension of state Rep. Cedric Richmond’s law license as punishment for falsely claiming in 2005 that he lived in New Orleans’ District D in a failed run for the City Council. Read More and Discuss

Lafayette School Board member and state representative candidate Rickey Hardy said he never thought his daughter’s summer job would violate state ethics code. Read More and Discuss

Republican Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal will find himself joined in the State Capitol next year by a majority Democratic Senate and most likely a Democratic House. Read More and Discuss

KENNER - Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal says he’s not interested in being the most popular or exciting governor - just one who accomplishes something that no other governor has been able to do: Erase the national image that Louisiana is corrupt. Read More and Discuss

WASHINGTON—Bowing to pressure, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 in taxpayer money to a Louisiana Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation alongside evolution in science classrooms. Read More and Discuss

Foster Campbell says that while strong government ethics laws are important, the issue would not be his top priority if he is elected governor. Read More and Discuss

At least a dozen area politicians haven’t paid fines levied against them for violating the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, according to the Louisiana Ethics Board. Read More and Discuss

Louisiana is near the bottom of national rankings when it comes to requiring public officials to disclose private financial dealings. Even by comparison with other Gulf Coast states, Louisiana still lags. All nearby states require some level of personal financial disclosure by elected officials, including the governor’s mansion, the legislature and local government. Most states require disclosure from holders of… Read More and Discuss

Louisiana is near the bottom of national rankings when it comes to requiring public officials to disclose private financial dealings. Read More and Discuss

Qualifying for local and state elections took place just last week, but already campaign signs are disappearing from Lafayette roadsides. Read More and Discuss

Thirty people have applied for the job of Louisiana’s next ethics chief. The list includes the ethics agency’s acting administrator Kathleen Allen and a former top ethics lawyer Peter Wright who now is general counsel for the Department of Labor, according to documents released Monday by state Civil Service. The Louisiana Board of Ethics executive committee has scheduled a special… Read More and Discuss

U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal is planning to amend his most-recent campaign finance report for the governor’s race in response to an ethics complaint. Read More and Discuss