Influential Georgia evangelical group fined for ethics violations

Frontline Policy, an influential Georgia conservative lobbying group, is facing $17,500 in fines in connection to complaints over unregistered lobbying and failing to file more than $380,000 in mandatory disclosure reports.

The fines were announced at last month’s Georgia State Ethics Commission meeting. Frontline was previously fined more than $4,000 by the commission for violating lobbying laws, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Frontline is an evangelical organization that pushes for conservative legislation in …