Elected officials and government employees may now be gifted $81 worth of food and drinks per individual for state holidays and religious occasions under a loosening of Louisiana ethics laws enacted ...

Louisiana now allows $81 holiday food gifts to public employees, including inspectors and mayors, under new ethics law ...

But there is an additional problem with elected officials taking gifts from foreign governments, it is called the Emoluments clause. The Foreign Emoluments Clause (art.

Louisiana lawmakers may life restrictions on gifts for elected officials and government employees. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator) Louisiana lawmakers are quickly moving legislation ...

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was wrong to accept a gift from the Qatar government to attend the women’s World Cup. But it is equally wrong for U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber to travel to Spain funded by Fran… ...

The bill, co-sponsored by Democratic Rep. Jared Solomon of Philadelphia and Republican Rep. Jim Rigby of Cambria County, would amend an existing law and prohibit elected officials, public ...

Federal judges, including those on the nation’s highest court, are required to publicly disclose gifts they receive in an annual disclosure. In Georgia, judicial officials have similar ...

State law caps requires elected officials accepting $100 or more worth of food and drinks from a non-relative to be reported, as well as vendor and lobbyist gifts between $25 and $100.

Louisiana lawmakers are no longer looking to broadly lift restrictions on gifts to elected officials and public employees while doing their jobs, but they still appear intent on discouraging ethics ...

Louisiana lawmakers are quickly moving legislation that would dramatically expand the types of gifts elected officials and government employees could receive while doing their jobs. House Bill 674 ...