by Mike Lear | Nov 27, 2012 | News
House Democrats have announced they will file ethics and campaign finance reform legislation based on a bill that was unanimously approved by a bipartisan House committee in 2010. That bill, HB 2300, did not pass. It was replaced by what Democrats say was a weaker...
by Mike Lear | Jun 18, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The state Ethics Commission is has some ideas about what a new ethics law should contain, if lawmakers look to pass one to replace what the State Supreme Court threw out in February. The Court rescinded that law not because of its content, but because it was passed...
by Mike Lear | Jun 13, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Ethics Commission is offering a new tool to give Missourians a look at how money is flowing in and out of some candidates’ campaigns. Executive Director Julie Allen says the Candidate By Election search on the Commission’s website offers financial...
by Mike Lear | Mar 20, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
House Democrats have filed an ethics bill to replace the provisions thrown out by the state Supreme Court, and then some. The bill’s sponsor, Minority Floor Leader Tishaura Jones (D-St. Louis) says the bill is identical to one that passed with bipartisan support...
by Mike Lear | Feb 15, 2012 | News, Politics / Govt
One of the original sponsors of a 2010 ethics reform law wants to move quickly to get it back into law, now that the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional. The Court’s decision was not based on the content of the law, but because it was passed as...
