There was some tangible legislative fallout from the coronavirus outbreak last week.
 
The task force charged with making recommendations for beefing up state ethics laws missed its end of March deadline for delivering its recommendations.
 
The task force was formed after the spate of federal raids and wire taps of state and local officials last fall. It seems like a lifetime ago now, but it was a pressing issue back then and will be again. Does anyone believe the feds are dropping their investigations because people are consumed with the coronavirus now?
 
Anyway, there are pledges from Democrats and Republicans that this is just a temporary situation. Both sides basically said the dealing with the virus takes precedence right now and that there is every intention to deal with the ethics issue in the future.
 
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