Ethics cesspool: No wonder the state Legislature is a rogue’s gallery

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Editorial: …What’s the answer?

Start with more detailed reporting. The public needs to know how much money lawmakers are getting paid from businesses and organizations.

Next, lawmakers should take those associations into account and voluntarily refrain from voting far more often than happens today.

Finally, the ethics committees must provide regular updates on complaints they receive and investigations they initiate, and the state ethics commission needs more independent authority… (more)

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