Jeanette White

Legislation scheduled for a key committee vote this week would prohibit government officials from accepting gifts, trading favors and using private information for personal gain.

Vermont's ethics commission is supposed to keep state government accountable. But the commission can't investigate complaints of misconduct, nor can it…

Prospects for a marijuana legalization bill passing out of Montpelier this year grew even dimmer Tuesday, when key Senate lawmakers said their body is…

With the House and Senate deadlocked on a bill legalizing marijuana, a possible compromise is to present this issue to voters in a nonbinding referendum…

A proposal to create a Vermont Ethics Commission has been significantly scaled back at the Statehouse. But backers of the original plan still feel the…

Vermont is one of just three states across the country without an ethics commission in place. Backers of the plan say this kind of panel is needed before…