...professing his innocence and has maintained it in the face of a preponderance of evidence showing he traded favors as a legislator for money. So it's not surprising a guilty verdict didn't make him change his tune. He says he plans to appeal. That's...

...difficult," he said. Passage of the new formula will free up time that has in recent years been spent lobbying legislators for money, Taylor said. "We're happy to have the time in order to be able to concentrate on our programs," she said...