First-term state Rep. Chris Flanagan stepped down from his job as executive officer of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod after being fined for lies about a 2022 campaign mailer.
A Quincy-based developer has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for illegal contributions to Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, Gov. Charlie Baker and nine others.
Massachusetts will become the first state in the nation to require independent third-party disclosure of campaign finance activity by candidates.
A bill overhauling campaign finance rules for legislative candidates passed the House on Tuesday. Banks would have to report contribution and expenditure balances monthly.
Unions and nonprofits will be limited to contributing $1,000 a year to a candidate for pubic office starting next month after the Office of Campaign and Political Finance followed through Thursday by submitting a new rule that will close the controversial “union loophole” in state regulation.
