This year's budget fiasco demonstrates once again that the interests of California taxpayers are rarely reflected in our government's spending decisions. While some lawmakers are touring the state reminding citizens that their children's education is at stake, Attorney General Jerry Brown is filing lawsuits against anyone he can accuse of emitting too much greenhouse gas -- including federal, county and city governments.  Read more >>

An appeals court in the state of Washington has ruled that politicians cannot be punished for lying, and the issue will now be considered by the state supreme court.

When a candidate for state senate published a brochure falsely claiming that her opponent had voted to close a facility for the disabled, the matter was referred to the state sponsored Public Disclosure Commission. The commission fined the offending candidate $1,000 for violating a law that bars candidates from deliberately making false statements.  Read more >>