State Ethics Commission rules against former IEDC official, grants waiver to governor’s aide

The State Ethics Commission met Thursday at the Indiana State Library in downtown Indianapolis.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 879

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The State Ethics Commission on Thursday unanimously found that a statutory one-year “cooling-off” period applies to a former state official hoping to accept a job offer at a company whose contracts he previously oversaw.

Matthew Wade was the senior vice president of marketing at the Indiana Economic Development Corp. until Friday, Jan. 16, when he retired.

By Tuesday, Jan. 20, he had an offer to work as senior strategist at Marketing Alliance, an economic development …

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