Agreement seems to be near on ethics measure (AUDIO)

It appears that the rancor of last week has faded to the background and agreement has been reached on an ethics measure. Senate-House negotiators have emerged from a conference committee, in agreement on the framework within which an ethics reform measure can be...

Senate sponsor says ethics bill isn’t dead (AUDIO)

An ethics bill returning to the Senate is difficult to recognize after the House loaded it down with numerous provisions unrelated to ethics. Still, the Senate sponsor sees something to work with in the much changed bill. Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, a...

Ethics legislation filed in House, passed by Senate

An ethics bill has been filed in the House, but the road to passage in the House is far from completed. Rep. Kevin Wilson, a Republican from Neosho, has filed the bill as chairman of the special House committee reviewing ethics legislation this session. Most members...