Idaho is one of just nine states with no independent ethics commission, but that may soon change. Democrats in the Idaho Legislature will unveil a new ethics commission bill this morning, and GOP House Speaker Lawerence Denney says he may end up as a co-sponsor. "We're still on board with moving forward," Denney said late Wednesday. If Democrats want him to co-sponsor, he said, "I'd love to do it."

You can read my full story here in today's Spokesman-Review. Idaho's movement follows the path other states have been treading since the Watergate scandal in  the 1970s; the last two states to create ethics commissions were Utah and Colorado, which both created them by voter initiative in the past five years. According to the Ethics Center of the National Conference of State Legislatures, ethics commissions in 38 states, including Washington, have subpoena power; those in 20 states can issue orders that are enforceable in court.