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• Attorneys tackle Hart tax appeal

  September 24, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Rep. Phil Hart seems to be arguing that different rules apply to him because he’s a state legislator, attorneys for the Idaho State Tax Commission said in … 2

• Hart presents argument for appeal

  August 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart is arguing that a district judge abused his discretion by refusing to delay a court hearing when the legislator was in Boise … 1

• Hart appeals to Supreme Court

    June 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart is taking his fight against having to pay past-due state income taxes to the Idaho Supreme Court, despite already having lost four appeals. …

• Idaho House OKs new ethics complaint rules

  February 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – The Idaho House voted unanimously Tuesday to amend its ethics rules in the wake of its struggles with four ethics complaints this year, three of them against tax-protesting …

• Idaho House amends ethics rules

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho The Idaho House voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend its ethics rules in the wake of its struggles with four ethics complaints this year, three of them against tax-protesting Rep. … 1

• House panel approves rule to prevent citizens from filing ethics complaints against lawmakers

  February 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Idaho residents would be barred from filing ethics complaints against state lawmakers under legislation that won the approval of a key House committee Tuesday. The new restriction, part … 1

• Tax-protesting lawmaker Hart gives up committee post

  February 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Idaho Rep. Phil Hart agreed to give up his committee vice chairmanship Friday to avoid an ethics sanction, and the tax-protesting state representative apologized to fellow lawmakers. “If …

• Hart facing another ethics complaint

  January 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Yet another ethics complaint has been filed against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, this one by the write-in candidate who unsuccessfully ran against him in November. Hayden businessman Howard …

• New ethics complaint targets Rep. Hart

  January 7, 2011 in Idaho Yet another ethics complaint has been filed against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, this one by the write-in candidate who unsuccessfully ran against him in November.Hayden businessman Howard Griffiths, who garnered … 2

• Lawmaker’s ethics challenged

  December 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A North Idaho political activist and backer of embattled Rep. Phil Hart is trying to file a House ethics complaint against Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake – even …

• Representative says he’s paying price for complaint

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 BOISE – Rep. Eric Anderson, R-Priest Lake, who filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, says Hart confronted him over it during the Dec. 2 organizational session of …

• Hart facing further investigation

  December 14, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 on Monday to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart. Hart said … 1

• Ethics committee backs full inquiry on Hart

  December 13, 2010 in Idaho A special House Ethics Committee voted 6-1 today to launch a full investigation into the latest ethics complaint against tax-protesting state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, and reconvene in January. 2

• Hart booted from House tax committee

  November 9, 2010 in Idaho Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney announced Tuesday that he’s removing embattled Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee for the next two years and that he’ll … 3

• IRS backtracks, saying it filed duplicate liens against Hart

  October 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart only owes half as much in back taxes, penalties and interest as tax liens against him suggest – just over half a … 1

• Finance case against Rep. Hart closes

  September 24, 2010 in Idaho on Page A8 BOISE – The Idaho secretary of state’s office says Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, has supplied the missing information from his campaign finance filings for his North Idahoans for Liberty PAC, …

• No fine for Hart on PAC report discrepancy

  September 23, 2010 in Idaho The Idaho Secretary of State’s office says Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, has supplied the missing information from his campaign finance filings for a PAC he formed this year called “North … 1

• Ethics panel says Hart should leave committee

  September 23, 2010 in Idaho on Page A9 BOISE – A special House Ethics Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to recommend Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, be removed from the House Tax Committee while he presses his personal fight against …

• Hayden man to challenge Hart as write-in candidate

  August 19, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 A Hayden businessman has filed to run as a write-in candidate against Idaho Rep. Phil Hart, saying Hart’s tax woes prompted him to jump into the race against a fellow … 2

• Ethics panel: Charges filed against Rep. Waters

  August 2, 2010 in Nation/World A House panel announced today that it had charged Rep. Maxine Waters with violating ethics rules, setting the stage for a second election-season trial for a longtime Democratic lawmaker and …

• Rangel faces ethics action

  July 23, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel, once among the most powerful members of Congress, will face a hearing on charges of violating House ethics rules after a panel of … 1

• 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 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 …

• 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 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

• Honked at parking lot operators, plenty want my gold pass

  January 30, 2010 in City on Page B1 The votes are tallied and the people’s verdict is in: Heck, yeah. Stick it to the downtown parking lot companies. Last week I asked readers to weigh in on my … 2

• 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 …

• Parking jackpot made a lot of sense

  January 23, 2010 in City on Page B1 The subject of today’s story: My ethically ambiguous revenge against Spokane’s downtown parking lots. For anyone who has jousted with the parking moguls of downtown Spokane, this may read like … 3

• Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

  October 30, 2009 in City, Nation/World 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

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