...Finance and Public Disclosure Board authorized the agency's staff Tuesday to draft proposed changes to existing disclosure laws. The recommendations are due by early February. If endorsed, they will head to the Legislature. Minnesota's...
...AP) - The Minnesota Republican Party received permission Tuesday to pay a $26,900 file for violating campaign disclosure laws in installments rather than a lump sum, as it struggles with its election-year finances. The state Campaign Finance...
...alleged campaign finance violations in 2010. Common Cause Minnesota alleged last week that the state GOP circumvented disclosure laws by failing to reveal its role in management of a fund aimed at financing the 2010 recount in the governor's race...
...elected official's campaign, so he said it is difficult to hide supporters' identity. Howes also noted the state disclosure law and said no one has given his campaign over $500. He said one millionaire has donated twice to his campaigns, but...
...deep-pocketed special interests to dominate campaigns even more.Minnesota took that advice to heart and last spring amended disclosure laws. These actions proved critical and beneficial to Minnesota voters in the race for governor. The changes, which...
...Wednesday that he thought the disclosure law eventually would force Ventura...the State Board of Investment disclosure law covers them. "If the law applies...by the law. Wodele called the disclosure law "fuzzy," and he said that if...
...percent of the time, little enough that he does not expect to have to formally register under the state's lobbying disclosure laws. In fact, none of the lawmakers, who only officially gave up their former jobs on Wednesday, immediately registered...
...Larry Jacobs, a political science professor at the University of Minnesota, said the apparent violations of state disclosure laws don't seem like a major violation. "So far, I think that all Pawlenty and some of the folks in his administration...
...helps the bank get a price that's closer to market value, he said. Bank of America also complies with all state disclosure laws, though Sunlin acknowledged that the company doesn't have as much opportunity to know about problems with homes...
...tried ... time and time again and the committee was not supportive." He is concerned about the state's overall disclosure laws, noting a 1999 survey by the Washington-based Center for Public Integrity, a watchdog group that ranked Minnesota...
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