Neighborhood group asks judge to temporarily block PAC law
An Overland Park neighborhood group on Monday urged a federal judge to block a state law that could require it to disclose its donors...
UPDATED: Ethics commission fines Senate president’s comms director
(Updated to reflect more information from Golden's statement to ethics commission)
The state Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined the Senate president's communications director for using...
Kassebaum endorses Bollier in Senate race
Former Republican U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum on Thursday endorsed Democrat Barbara Bollier over GOP Congressman Roger Marshall in the U.S. Senate race.
"I’ve known Barbara...
Ethics commission drops effort to enforce investigation subpoenas
A three-year ethics commission investigation of Republican Party leaders and political operatives appears to be near or at an end after the agency dropped...
Supreme Court questions whether it can review campaign finance case
The Kansas Supreme Court is questioning whether it can review a lower-court ruling that found that a state campaign finance law was unconstitutionally vague.
Chief...
Dark money group pushes back against ethics commission
A dark money group that backed Kris Kobach in the 2018 governor's race is refusing to file disclosure reports ordered by the state ethics...
Ethics commission extends offer to executive director candidate
The Kansas ethics commission on Wednesday agreed to extend a job offer to a candidate for executive director who would replace the embattled Mark...
Lawmakers target ethics commission director
Republican lawmakers are moving to rein in the executive director of the ethics commission, an action that comes as the agency has been issuing...
Ethics commission facing nearly $250,000 in legal fees from lost cases as awards grow
The state ethics commission is facing almost $250,000 in attorney fees after losing a federal case over state campaign finance law and losing efforts...
Ethics commission interim executive director departing
The interim executive director of the state ethics commission stepped down last Friday, leaving the agency without two of its top administrators to watch...
