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The Tennessee Ethics Commission, which was created in the wake of a notorious political scandal, has yet to find anyone guilty of an ethics violation.
Continue reading …Kline alleges ‘politics’ influenced ethics charges in closing hearing statement
July 23, 2011 No Comment
TOPEKA ─ Closing arguments in day 12 of an attorney ethics hearing resulted in sharp and contrasting words between Kansas Disciplinary Administrator Stan Hazlett and former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline. Deborah and Phill Kline being interviewed outside the Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka on Friday after the conclusion of Kline's attorney ethics hearing “Kline’s statements under oath were false and misleading,” according to Hazlett, who was critical of Kline’s investigations of Kansas abortion clinics
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Ethics Commission delays decision on advisory opinion request from Senator Julia Lynn
April 12, 2011 No Comment
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Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – One of the main accomplishments of the just-completed legislative session touted by its leaders is an ethics reform bill. The chairman of the House of Representative committee that drew up ethics legislation does not share in that sense of accomplishment. As Rep. Kevin Wilson, R-Neosho, [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Passing the budget and capstone bills on ethics and autism coverage is not enough to keep at least one lawmaker from calling legislators back to the Capitol for a special session to advance stalled economic development efforts. Rep. Jerry Nolte, R-Gladstone, sent a letter to [...]
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By REBECCA TOWNSEND Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers accomplished one of the governor’s four requested ethics reforms with less than 24 hours left in the 2010 legislative session. When the compromise ethics bill arrives on his desk, Gov. Jay Nixon will be left to decide if some ethics reform is better than [...]
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May 14, 2010 By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Legislature ended its 95th General Assembly with a busy day of bill passing, but what didn’t pass made most of the news at the Capitol. As the final moments of the session approached, House members sought to strike a deal [...]
Continue reading …By DICK ALDRICH Missouri News Horizon JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri House on Thursday passed wide-ranging reforms on drunken driving laws, but one of its main sponsors called the final bill “watered down.” The bill expands the use of drunk driving and drug courts, increases penalties for drivers with blood alcohol contents between 1.5 [...]
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