U.S. House Committee on Ethics

Even in Chicago, a city whose political community is not easily shocked by allegations of corruption, the resignation of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. comes as a bit of a stunner. The word "promising" keeps popping up again and again in news reports as in, for...

With all voter precincts reporting, Democratic Rep. Janice Hahn beat fellow Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson in a newly drawn district that runs north from the Port of Los Angeles through several working-class, strongly minority communities, preliminary...

WASHINGTON -- The House Ethics Committee has recommended that Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Long Beach) be reprimanded for pressuring her congressional staff to work on her political campaign, dealing a severe blow to her reelection bid, The Times is reporting...

With just two candidates on the primary ballot for a newly drawn Los Angeles County congressional seat, the only real question that Tuesday's voting would settle was how wide a margin separated Democratic Reps. Janice Hahn and Laura Richardson as they...

The House Ethics Committee has given an outside lawyer more time to examine whether the committee’s own staff acted improperly in investigating allegations of misconduct against veteran Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), further delaying a probe...

Janice Hahn's campaign cites more endorsements from blacks as evidence she will benefit from the departure of Assemblyman Isadore Hall (D-Compton) from the 44th Congressional District race. Laura Richardson's consultant says blacks will rally around his...

"Sweet" Alice Harris, a longtime Watts activist, became the latest African American leader to endorse Rep. Janice Hahn. Hahn is running against fellow Democratic Rep. Laura Richardson, who is black....

Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro) continued to add to her endorsements in what is so far a three-way fight among Democrats for the newly drawn 44th Congressional District next year. Hahn recently announced backing from Alex Rooker, first vice-chair of......

A YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the Senate will determine how strong we...

It's going to be a busy three weeks for Gov. Nikki Haley and state Sen. Vincent Sheheen. That's how long the political rivals have to push through -- and take credit for -- two bills that both think hold the keys to their political futures. One bill...

The 2014 governor's race took a test drive Thursday during a marathon meeting of the state Senate Judiciary Committee. In a series of amendments, Democratic state Sen. Vincent Sheheen offered a critique of Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's ethics policies....