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Kansas law – K.S.A. 25-4154(a) – prohibits political contributions by one person “in the name of another person.” The Ethics Commission is relying in part on the law to investigate the ...
With Election Day approaching, political candidates have filed new campaign finance reports with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. Candidates who receive or spend more than $1,000 must ...
The order blocks the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission from requiring Fresh Vision OP to file as a political committee based on express political advocacy being "a major purpose" instead of ...
In 2002, Felker was investigated by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission who charged him with six counts of violating the state's campaign finance laws. This included allegations that employees of the Topeka Convention and Visitors Bureau filed false travel expense reports and subsequently donated the money to Felker's re-election campaign.
The office also receives campaign finance reports and registers lobbyists. The duty of regulating lobbying and campaign finance is shared with the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. The secretary was granted by the Kansas Legislature prosecutorial power in voter fraud cases and is the first and only secretary of state to hold that power. [3]
Kansas' ethics commission has been investigating Republican campaign activities for at least a year, and the GOP-controlled Legislature is moving to reduce the agency's power and legalize ...
On July 8, 2009, committee Republicans released an investigative staff report discussing the financial crisis of 2007–2008. The report alleged that the government had caused the collapse by meddling in the United States' housing and lending market in the name of "affordable housing". [28]
Campaign finance and ethics experts say a bill in the Kansas Legislature would make it easier for special interests to court lawmakers.