Virginia Public Radio

While Virginia’s former Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife fight a host of charges that they contend broke no ethics laws, Virginia lawmakers have advanced a series of bills that give elected officials and lobbyists a clearer picture of what’s legal and what isn’t.  As Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, state lawmakers sought to close some loopholes in existing law, while not making the requirements so burdensome that honest mistakes would be severely punished.