Sentences with phrase «illegal campaign practices»

On the same day that jury selection began in the trial of a supreme court justice charged with illegal campaign practices, a Pennsylvania legislator introduced a measure that would end partisan elections for appellate judges.

Gailor said it was too early to determine if the state would seek to retry Newton on the two first - degree larceny charges and the two counts of illegal campaign practices, all of which involve Newton's unsuccessful 2012 bid for a state Senate seat representing Bridgeport.

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A campaign against illegal mining by the current NPP government is gaining traction amid fears the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu, who is fronting the anti-illegal mining crusade, will lose steam because of the influential people involved in the practice.

The jurors also could not reach a verdict on two additional counts of illegal practices in campaign financing, and acquitted the Bridgeport Democrat of one count of witness tampering.

The Chief Executive of the Minerals Commission, Dr. Tony Aubynn, has said that illegal small - scale mining, popularly known as «galamsey» has stopped in the country following the intense media campaign and government action against the practice.

Following a long campaign to raise awareness, in 2003, the campaign group Compassion in World Farming took the practices used in broiler farming to Judicial Review, claiming that they were illegal.

A watchdog group has accused the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and several of its candidates of using illegal advertising practices this election cycle, asserting that the committee funneled extra money to its campaigns as an ad strategy.