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• WestConn professor fined for selling art supplies to school

  A Western Connecticut State University professor paid the state $665 for an ethics violation after selling some art equipment to the university without a bid process. Jurg Lanzrein of High Falls, N.Y., a part-time adjunct professor in the... more »

  Eileen FitzGerald, Staff Writer 2 weeks ago

  ethics | university | public employees | employee

• Ken Bernhard resigns as state ethics chairman

  Former state representative G. Kenneth Bernhard resigned from the state's Citizen's Ethics Advisory Board on March 4, a board which he chaired, one week after it emerged that he'd given $250 to political campaigns in 2008. The statute calls for... more »

  By Tim Loh, tloh@bcnnew.com 5 months ago

  civil and public service | crime | laws

• Financial disclosure files released

  State officials and some employees, including patronage appointments, are required under state law to file financial disclosure documents each May. [...] after a story appeared in the Jan. 24 newspapers about that issue, the office said it would... more »

  By Ken Dixon, STAFF WRITER 6 months ago

  public officials | laws | ethics | punishment

• Former prosecutor to pay ethics penalty after theft conviction

  Former state prosecutor L. Mark Hurley Jr., who pleaded guilty in 2008 to stealing $85,000 from a crime victims' fund and the state prosecutors' union, has agreed to pay a $2,000 civil penalty for violating the state code of ethics. "The Code of... more »

  By Daniel Tepfer, Staff writer 6 months ago

  crime | punishment | theft | trials

• Blumenthal: Lobbying law needs clarification

  The diocese, which had a case pending in U.S. District Court against an Office of State Ethics (OSE) investigation, applauded Blumenthal's decision.Carol Carson, executive director of the OSE, declined comment Tuesday pending a special... more »

  News-Times, The (Danbury, CT) 6.30.09 1:00 AM

  laws | investigation | religious leader | ethics | lobbying | constitution