New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is trying to develop a nationwide investigation with his counterparts in 35 other states to root out what he calls corruption and abuse of public workers' pension funds nationwide, a state official said. ...more

May 2, 2009

WASHINGTON - A telecommunications lobbyist who became part of an explosive story early this year about John McCain has broken months of silence to deny the main subtext of the account - that she was suspected of being romantically involved with the Republican presidential candidate. "I did not have a sexual relationship with Senator McCain," Vicky Iseman told the National Journal magazine. ...more

October 16, 2008

Adjusting To Reality Regarding "Obama Rejects Public Money" (Nation/World, June 20): ...more

June 26, 2008

St. Petersburg-based developer Sembler Co. has attracted the attention of federal investigators looking into influence peddling in Florida, according to published reports. ...more

June 11, 2008

Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Baptist and member of Prairie Lakes Church in Cedar Falls, Iowa, is a Capitol Hill expert on change in the tax-exempt arena. ...more

February 7, 2008