Missouri Ethics Commission

Mo. Ethics Panel Fines Ex-Sen. Wright-Jones Of St. Louis $270K

The Associated Press and Kelsey Proud — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:38:16 +0000

A former state senator from St. Louis has been fined more than $270,000 by the Missouri Ethics Commission for violating numerous campaign finance laws.

Mo. Bar Cancels Atty. Gen. Debate; Martin Files Ethics Complaint Against Koster

Marshall Griffin — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:17:30 +0000

The Missouri Bar has canceled its planned debate for the state Attorney General’s race.

The debate had been planned for Friday, October 19th, in St. Louis at the Missouri Bar’s annual meeting. Spokeswoman Farrah Fite says they canceled the debate because Republican nominee Ed Martin did not RSVP by Thursday’s deadline. She added that incumbent Democrat Chris Koster and Libertarian nominee Dave Browning had accepted the invitation.

St. Louis alderman fined for ethics violations

Rachel Lippmann — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:36:24 +0000

Updated at 8:45 p.m. to clarify the location of mingled funds.

The Missouri Ethics Commission has fined St. Louis city Alderman Antonio French nearly $38,000 for a series of campaign finance violations that occurred during his successful 2009 campaign for the 21st Ward seat.

French, a Democrat, was charged with five violations, including failing to maintain a checking account at a chartered bank for about nine months, and failing to update campaign records to indicate the closure of the old account and the opening of a new one.

State high court strikes 2010 ethics law

Rachel Lippmann and Marshall Griffin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:24:58 +0000

The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a 2010 ethics law that took a long and twisted path to its final form.