Ethics

Experts tell NPR the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause and raises questions about what Qatar might expect from Trump in return. It's not clear whether critics in Congress can stop it from happening.

The former executive director of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission had agreed to the deal, but ethics commissioners said the negotiated fine is not stiff enough.

Compared to traditional ethical theories, care ethics focuses on morality based on someone's experience and relationship to the people around them. We'll hear from a PSU professor to learn more.

While not surprising, the findings could pave the way for an expanded role for Kotek Wilson in the executive office on a volunteer basis.

It wraps up a public dispute involving the sheriff’s alleged beneficial treatment of his two sons who work in the same department.

Defense attorneys say Nathan Vasquez, a longtime prosecutor currently running for Multnomah County district attorney, violated ethics rules with a voters guide statement that publicly accuses a man of being a serial killer. The man has not been charged with a crime.

In a unanimous vote among the eight members present, the nine-member Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted in favor of promoting Susan Myers, a commission employee since 2018 and its current compliance and education coordinator.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted unanimously Friday to move Susan Myers, Michael Wood, Jay Messenger and Robert Candrian to its next round of interviews to replace retiring executive director Ron Bersin.

Klamath County Sheriff Chris Kaber and his two sons, Ryan and Erick, will no longer be able to work together, after county commissioners say he broke an agreement to follow ethics laws.

State ethics commissioners are charged with policing the behavior of public officials. When a recording of their behavior in a private meeting got out, they tried to hide the recordings.