Article: Tax funds to pay caucus employees' legal bills

Article: More Assembly aides have legal bills paid by state
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 23, 2002 ;     587 words ... ... clerks to make public all legal bills paid by taxpayers and the ... were no controls over what legal bills Assembly officials paid with tax funds. Fuller said White's lawyer ... for." Although Heck said legal bills paid by taxpayers is approaching ...

Article: Doyle would stop taxpayer funding of legal bills
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 7, 2002 ;     497 words ... ... would stop taxpayer funding of legal bills By STEVEN WALTERS swalters ... go to court to stop using tax funds to pay the legal bills of legislators, aides and ... sue to block payment of the legal bills. Doyle has predicted that ...

Article: Taxpayers paying Jensen's legal bills in caucus ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... for taxpayers to be paying legal bills for Jensen, other legislators ... general's opinion that said tax funds cannot be used to pay legal bills for state employees who are ... to try to stop the use of tax funds to pay caucus-related legal ...

Article: Effingham officials splintering on ex-commissioner's legal ...
Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA);  March 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... If the county agreed to pay the legal bills, then we should pay them," said ... officials to be paid with local tax funds. A short time later, county officials ... as much as $5,000 in pending legal bills, including 18 percent interest ...

Article: Bill aimed at using tax funds for defense
Post-Tribune (IN);  January 26, 2005 ;     635 words ... ... cannot be fired for purely personal or political reasons, Dobis said. The bill would force the offender to pay his or her own legal bills if accused of certain civil infractions or criminal acts while conducting official duties. Dobis said he, too, had heard ...

Article: Airport panel has tax funds but no airport
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  August 26, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... board's spending, he replied, "Only honesty." The money, according to Frantz, would be used for advocacy and possibly legal bills in the event of an airport coming to the area. "The money we have wouldn't even be enough if there was any type of legal ...

Article: Senate officer refuses to halt legal aid in caucus case
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 13, 2001 ;     663 words ... ... lawsuit to stop using tax funds for the legal bills. So far, more than ... refusal to stop paying legal bills with tax funds "craziness run amok ... on ending the use of tax funds to pay the legal bills. After Senate Caucus ...