The state ethics commission agrees to reduce some penalty fees in an effort to clear up a backlog of campaign disclosure reports that were not filed on time . . .
Legislators introduce bills to revise the state’s ethics laws, but the measures have little prospect of passing . . .
The inspector general’s office concludes that Gov. Nathan Deal was not involved in the controversial departure of two ethics commission staffers last summer . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal has named Heath Garrett, a political consultant and former aide to Sen. Johnny Isakson, to the state ethics commission . . .
Gerald Ross, the DOT’s chief engineer, is going to be a very busy person as DOT Commissioner Vance Smith also puts him in charge of the department’s public-private construction projects . . .
Holly LaBerge of the Public Defender Standards Council has been named the new executive director of the state ethics commission . . .
The Senate gives final passage to legislation suspending a mandated increase in the sales tax on motor fuel; Gov. Nathan Deal is expected to sign it into law quickly . . .
The slow economy has slowed down the population growth of the metro Atlanta region, but people continue to relocate here . . .
The former head of the State Ethics Commission suggests some ways to fund the agency in this guest column . . .
