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Ethics Watch Calls On Stapleton To Answer Continuing Questions About SonomaWest

Today, Colorado Ethics Watch called on Treasurer Walker Stapleton to disclose whether he still has outside employment as… Read More

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Ethics Watch Dismisses Suit Over Primary Reports After SOS Withdraws Rule

Ethics Watch Moves To Dismiss Suit Over Primary Reports After SOS Withdraws Rule

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Colorado Ethics Watch Releases 4th Annual Ethics Roundup

Report highlights 2011’s “Top Ethical Failures” in state ethics

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In the News

Law without order

Colorado Springs Independent (J. Adrian Stanley) For most of us, the law is black and white. Read More ›

Is the state treasurer collecting extra income?

The Colorado Springs Independent (J. Adrian Stanley) Remember when Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler tried to moonlight at his old law firm to supplement his $68,000-a-year salary? Read More ›

Proposal to limit school board campaign cash likely doomed

The Colorado Independent (Scott Kersgaard) There once was a time–you know it’s true–when school board candidates in Colorado hoped to raise enough money for yard signs and a flyer to hand out or leave at doors. Read More ›