“I voted” stickers are scattered over a table at a polling site in Des Moines on Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo By Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board decided Thursday to open an investigation into Melissa Vine’s campaign in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District Vine, running as a Democrat the district, was […]
The Missouri House Ethics Committee on Thursday unanimously dismissed an ethics complaint against the Republican lawmaker who led the probe into House Speaker Dean Plocher. The complaint was filed last week against Rep. Hannah Kelly from Mountain Grove who was appointed by Plocher to lead the committee. She recused herself from investigating the complaint. While […]
AUBURN — The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Divisionalleges an Auburn Water District operations manager violated conflict-of-interest law by accepting two free ski trips from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division alleges an Auburn Water District operations manager violated conflict-of-interest law by accepting two free ski trips from a […]
State Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen should receive instruction by Republican leaders on how to appropriately email his Senate colleagues, an ethics subcommittee said Wednesday. Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, filed a complaint in April 2023 over a Gruenhagen email linking to a video of male to female gender-affirming surgery, saying it made her uncomfortable and […]
Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, did not answer questions from members of a Senate ethics committee on May 7, 2024. Her attorney, Bruce Ringstrom Jr., said Mitchell was pleading the Fifth Amendment. Photo by Michelle Griffith/Minnesota Reformer. A bipartisan Senate ethics committee on Tuesday voted to delay taking action on a complaint filed against Sen. Nicole […]
An ethics panel Tuesday delayed action for yet another day on the question of whether Sen. Glenn Gruenhagen violated the norms of the state Senate by sending to his 66 colleagues a link to a video about gender-affirming surgery. Sen. Erin Maye Quade, DFL-Apple Valley, filed the complaint against the Glencoe Republican in April 2023, […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota Senate ethics panel on Tuesday is expected to begin considering what to do with a lawmaker who’s charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into her estranged stepmother’s house. Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, told police she broke in last month because her stepmother refused to give her […]
Rep. Jason Dockter, R-Bismarck, testifies on cross-examination by a state prosecutor during his misdemeanor criminal trial at the Burleigh County Courthouse on May 3, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) House Majority Leader Mike Lefor said it may be time for the Legislature to work with the Ethics Commission to clarify North Dakota’s ethics regulations after […]
State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain View, speaks during House debate in early March (Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications). Days after ending an investigation into Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, the Republican who led that inquiry has recused herself from the committee as it prepares to discuss a new complaint. According to a letter to legislative staff […]
Monroe County’s ethics watchdogs plan to investigate District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s actions when she was ticketed last week for speeding. Late Tuesday, Janson McNair, director of the Monroe County Office of Public Integrity and chair of the county’s Board of Ethics, said both of those entities would conduct an investigation into Doorley. “The investigation begins […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A panel of lawmakers dismissed on Monday an ethics complaint against Speaker Dean Plocher, breaking from a Republican who argued that Plocher used his power as the House leader to block an investigation. Members voted 7-2 to dismiss allegations against Plocher for misuse of taxpayer dollars, using his influence to […]
The Florida Commission on Ethics has dismissed a complaint alleging that Lee County Supervisor of Elections Tommy Doyle had wrongfully given employees paid days off. The ethics commission found that it had no basis to investigate the matter, because the complaint did not accuse Doyle of doing anything that broke the law. “The complaint fails […]