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• Ethics ruling: Kick Hart off tax panel

    September 22, 2010 in Idaho A special House Ethics Committee voted unanimously this afternoon to recommend that Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, be removed from the House Tax Committee while he presses his personal fight against … 2

• Hart cast deciding vote on state tax rules

  July 26, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, who has big tax disputes pending over back state and federal income taxes, sat on a three-member legislative subcommittee this year that reviewed new state tax … 4

• Hart’s tax woes add up to $700K

    July 15, 2010 in Idaho Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart’s tax problems appear to be worse than previously disclosed. When federal tax liens filed against Hart’s various business entities are combined with the hundreds of … 8

• Rep. Hart responds to ethics complaint

    July 14, 2010 in Idaho Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, denied the ethics charges against him Wednesday in a formal response to a special House Ethics Committee, and decried the complaint against him for citing … 2

• Ethics panel meets in Hart case

  July 7, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A newly convened House Ethics Committee promised a “by the book” investigation into the conduct of Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart on Tuesday. Hart, R-Athol, faces ethics charges …

• Ethics panel to go ‘by the book’ on Hart

    July 6, 2010 in Idaho A newly convened House Ethics Committee promised a “by the book” investigation into the conduct of Idaho Rep. Phil Hart on Tuesday. Hart, R-Athol, faces ethics charges for invoking legislative … 3

• Ethics committee to investigate Hart

  June 30, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney has appointed an ethics committee to investigate the conduct of Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol.

• Hart has property tax troubles, too

  June 25, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, who’s currently facing a House ethics review over his ongoing fight over unpaid federal and state income taxes, has paid property taxes late …

• Lawmaker also delinquent on property taxes

  June 24, 2010 in Idaho Idaho State Rep. Phil Hart, who’s currently facing a House ethics review over his ongoing fight over unpaid federal and state income taxes, has paid his property taxes late on … 5

• Hart ready to tell his side

  June 19, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart on Friday defended his long tax fight against the IRS and the state Tax Commission, and said he looks forward to going before …

• Hart defends tax fight, welcomes ethics probe

    June 18, 2010 in Idaho Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart on Friday defended his long tax fight against the IRS and the state Tax Commission, and said he looks forward to telling his story to …

• Hart faces ethics inquiry

  June 18, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho’s House of Representatives will convene a rare ethics committee to investigate the conduct of Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, who’s been invoking legislative privilege in his own income … 1

• Idaho House to convene ethics panel on Hart

  June 17, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho House will convene a rare ethics committee to look into whether Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, abused legislative privilege or had a conflict of interest in serving on the … 3

• French cleared on ethics

    January 29, 2010 in City on Page A11 The Spokane Ethics Committee has cleared City Councilman Al French in accusations that he violated ethics rules when he supported maintaining bus bench advertising. French asked the committee in August …

• Ethics panel delays review of French

    December 3, 2009 in City on Page A7 A review of city Councilman Al French’s work on bus bench advertising rules was delayed again Wednesday. For the second meeting in a row, the Spokane Ethics Committee did not … 1

• Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

  October 30, 2009 in Nation/World, City Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics. 5