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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...

Lawmakers back off ethics commission proposal

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Republican lawmakers have retreated from a proposal that would have removed the executive director from his position at the state ethics commission after lawmakers...

Lawmakers target ethics commission director

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Republican lawmakers are moving to rein in the executive director of the ethics commission, an action that comes as the agency has been issuing...

Neighborhood group seeks to dismiss ethics case

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A nonprofit group of Johnson County neighbors are fighting back against efforts to force them to disclose where they get their funding while questioning...

Ethics complaint lodged against social welfare group

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State ethics officials have lodged a complaint against a social welfare group that engaged in Overland Park municipal elections this year. They have filed complaints...