Number	21537
Subject	Ethics
Source	The Providence Journal (formerly Journal-Bulletin)
State	Rhode Island
Year	2004
Publication Date	Jan. 8, 2004, to Nov. 22, 2004
Summary	This series of stories raised a number of ethical concerns involving state legislators. The stories detailed how the president of the senate made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling Blue Cross Insurance to CVS pharmacy employees, while as a legislator he used his position to kill pharmacy choice legislation. Other stories showed how another senator worked as a "consultant" for health care concerns and how the national drugstore industry entertained state legislators from around the country at luxury resorts. Following the newspaper's reports, the senate president and the head of Blue Cross resigned, while the state police and the FBI began an investigation.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	62
Keywords	politics;health care industry;pharmaceutical industry;drugstores;ethics;corporate influence;lobbying;special interests
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