FILE--In this May 31, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, with U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, file)
March 13, 2019
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March 13, 2019 4:24 p.m.
Ex-Interior chief Zinke cleared of illegal politicking
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog says former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke didn't engage in illegal political activity when he went to Pennsylvania about a year ago to announce federal grants shortly before a special House election.