Financial Transparency Coalition

The Star-Ledger - In his boldest play yet to force the resignation of Ridgefield's mayor, Gov. Jon Corzine signed an executive order yesterday freezing state approvals for development projects in any city or town where a mayor has been charged with public corruption but refuses to step down.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Rep. William Jefferson completed a third day of deliberations Monday without reaching a verdict, extending a nervous time for everyone involved.

Bloomberg -- Prosecutors in Los Angeles leveled charges in 2007 that sound like headlines in a fresh New Jersey corruption scandal: Rabbis in Brooklyn, New York, laundered money for an undercover informant, arranged phony charitable gifts and used secret Israeli bank accounts.

Washington Times: One of the key corruption charges against former Rep. William J. Jefferson may turn largely on the actual reason that nearly $100,000 ended up in his freezer.