Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was found guilty on federal corruption charges by a jury on Monday. Over the course of the three-week trial, prosecutors argued that Bruno, a Republican, improperly used his position in the State Senate to enrich himself.
[...]Iowa State State Sen. David Hartsuch, R-Bettendorf, faces a primary challenge this year. It seems so wrong. Sen. Hartsuch was the only legislative Republican to vote against the Film Tax Credit program that blew up in corruption, scandal and outrageous expense this year. He was joined by only [...]
In a Guardian article titled A jamboree of repression, Tom Porteous, director of Human Rights Watch, raises concerns about the failure amongst Commonwealth countries to "muster the collective political will to uphold its core values of political freedom and respect for human rights" and concludes that the Commonwealth has [...]
