Big Agenda Change in Ethics Commission Meeting on Wednesday
The Ethics Commission announced this morning a change in the location and the agenda for their monthly meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The meeting is back in the Commission’s conference room and...
View ArticleKansas Ethics Commission’s Response to Van Meteren’s Request for Judicial Review
Kris Van Meteren (left) interacts with Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser before $7500 fine was announced in February Kris Van Meteren was fined $7500 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission in February...
View ArticleAttorney General Says Kansas Ethics Confidentiality Rules are Unconstitutional
After a secret Executive Session held by telephone conference call today, the Ethics Commission announced the complaint was being dropped against Kris Van Meteren for violation of Ethics Commission...
View ArticleNew Ethics Laws Enacted by the Kansas Legislature
On Wednesday, at the monthly meeting of the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, Executive Director Carol Williams explained three changes to ethics laws in Kansas recently enacted by the Kansas...
View ArticleTwitter Identity Theft: Fake @KrisKobach could confuse voters
Fake @KrisKobach Twitter Account [Updated] The election process is confusing enough to voters without intentional misrepresentation via new media on Twitter and blogs. Yesterday, someone used Kris...
View ArticleEthics Commission declines action on $17,500 claim in Free Speech case (video)
Kris Van Meteren (left) watches attorney Ryan Kriegshauser (right) present $17,500 claim to Ethics Commission Frustrated that the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission took no action on a complaint,...
View ArticleKansas Ethics Commission finds House Speaker Mike O’Neal did not violate...
Kansas House Speaker Mike O'Neal takes oath at ethics hearing on Wednesday In a case involving widespread rumors at the state capitol, politics, and an exception provided by an old law, the Kansas...
View ArticleSingle wrong digit results in $150 penalty from Kansas Ethics Commission
Today’s Kansas Government Ethics teleconference meeting dealt with two requests for waivers of civil penalties for late lobbyist reports, and two opinion requests about outside employment by state...
View ArticleInvestigative Journalism Workshops at KC Post-Party Summit on Saturday
Do you want to become a more effective citizen journalist to keep your local government more accountable? If you do, I will be hosting investigative journalism workshops as part of the Kansas City...
View ArticleBackground reading to prepare for Kline ethics hearing
Kline's ethics hearing will start on Feb. 21 in the Attorney Discipline Hearing Room in the "Insurance Building" at 701 Jackson St in Topeka The attorney ethics hearing of former Kansas Attorney...
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