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Schwab knows Beau: Names Jackson to ethics commission

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Republican Secretary of State Scott Schwab has named a private-sector lawyer who specializes in international trade litigation to the state ethics commission. Schwab named Beau...

Bill gives state utility regulators open meetings exemption

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The panel that oversees utility regulation in Kansas would be exempt from the state's open meetings law to discuss docketed cases under a bill...

Ethics commission civil penalty waivers: What’s granted, what’s not

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The state ethics commission has started work on developing standards for deciding what justifies waiving civil penalties for the late filing of campaign finance...

Ethics commission accused of violating open-meetings law

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A complaint was filed with the Kansas attorney general Thursday, alleging that the state ethics commission violated the open meetings law when it planned...

UPDATED: New bill heightens tensions between ethics commission, lawmakers

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(Updated to reflect live testimony from Thursday's hearing) The Kansas ethics commission is sounding alarms over a bill that seeks to make changes in state...

UPDATED: Remaking the ethics commission: Five positions lapsed last week

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(Updated to correct Sykes' title) The state ethics commission is in line for a makeover after the terms of five of its members quietly lapsed...

Republicans challenge wide-ranging ethics subpoenas

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Three former county Republican leaders on Tuesday urged a judge to throw out subpoenas issued as part of a wide-ranging ethics commission investigation that...

Ethics commission fines former Democratic Party treasurers

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Two former volunteer treasurers of the Kansas Democratic Party were fined for signing off on the party's campaign finance reports that failed to accurately...

Ethics complaint dropped against neighborhood group

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The state ethics commission on Wednesday dismissed complaints against a nonprofit group of Johnson County neighbors that was initially found to be a political...

Ethics director activates law license

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The executive director of the Kansas ethics commission has activated his law license after he was criticized for allowing it to become suspended. State court...