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...
Bill gives state utility regulators open meetings exemption
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 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...
Ethics commission civil penalty waivers: What’s granted, what’s not
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 amasses more than $300,000 in legal bills from investigations
The state ethics commission has amassed legal bills exceeding $300,000 after a Shawnee County judge awarded legal fees to the chief of staff of...
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...
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...
Teen gubernatorial candidate fined
The Kansas ethics commission on Wednesday fined one of the teen gubernatorial candidates $5,000 for failing to file an amended campaign finance report for...
Education choice group can’t provide free travel to lawmakers, ethics opinion says
A nonprofit group that advocates for school choice would not be allowed to provide free travel and lodging to state legislators under a new...
