Ethics Reform
WE PASSED AN ETHICS BILL! . . . Now the real work starts.
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May 18, 2010: Warrensburg Daily Star Journal: Ethics bill roller coaster ends calmly
May 17, 2010: KMOX: Hancock & Kelley Interview w/ Rep. Kander (Audio)
May 17, 2010: Warrensburg Daily Star Journal: General Assembly passes ethics legislation
May 16, 2010: Kansas City Star: In analyzing their 2010 session, Missouri lawmakers get a grade of incomplete
May 15, 2010: Columbia Missourian: Ethics, tax credit focus of final days of 2010 legislative session
May 15, 2010: Show Me Progress: CCR #3, HCS #2 SB 844 Ethics Reform passes
May 14, 2010: Kansas City Star: Ethics reform on a diet in the Missouri legislature
May 14, 2010: Turner Report: Kander issues statement on passage of ethics reform
May 13, 2010: Springfield News Leader: Renewed effort for ethics legislation
May 13, 2010: Up To Date w/ Steve Kraske on KCUR: Interviews w/ Gov. Jay Nixon, Sen. Matt Bartle, Reps. Skaggs, Kander, and Pratt (Kander interviewed re: ethics reform)
May 12, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: House Republicans targeting Democrats with robocalls on ethics vote
May 11, 2010: Columbia Daily Tribune: House approves ethics, elections legislation
May 7, 2010: Missourinet: I’ll see your discharge petition and raise you one massive, unconstitutional bill
May 6, 2010: Kansas City Star: Mo House passes watered-down ethics bill; bipartisanship goes out the window
May 6, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: House passes wide-ranging ethics bill after raucous debate
May 6, 2010: Columbia Daily Tribune: Ethics bill has catch-all content
May 3, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Steve Tilley holds the key to fate of ethics reform bill
April 28, 2010: Kansas City Star: Ethics reform in trouble in Missouri capitol
April 27, 2010: Turner Report: House members return ethics bill to debate calendar
April 23, 2010: Kansas City Star: Laundering funds via nonprofits seen in push to have Missouri judges elected
April 22, 2010: Kansas City Star: Money flows in Jefferson City, just not to the public
April 16, 2010: Kansas City Star - Key provisions at risk of being dropped from Missouri political ethics legislation
April 15, 2010: Kansas City Star Editorial - Unethical scheming on ethics reform
April 13, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – House reinstates committee-to-committee transfers in ethics bill
April 10, 2010: Kansas City Star – A few thoughts about a vote with few voters; ethics reform in trouble?
Mar 15, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Can you pass the MO campaign finance ethics quiz?
Mar 15, 2010: Pitch Weekly – Rep. Jason Kander airs Jeff City’s dirty laundry in pop quiz video
Feb 12, 2010: Kansas City Jewish Chronicle – Kander takes on campaign finance reform
Jan 28, 2010: KCUR National Public Radio – Up To Date with Steve Kraske (Audio)
Jan 27, 2010: St. Louis Globe-Democrat – Major ethics reform appears on Missouri horizon
Jan 27, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Bill would ban committee “money washing” in Missouri
Jan 26, 2010: MissouriNet Radio – Ethics bills get hearing before special committee (Audio)
Jan 26, 2010: Kansas City Star – Ethics under the microscope
Jan 26, 2010: St. Louis Public Radio – Mo. lawmakers examine ethics bills
Jan 26, 2010: Columbia Missourian – Legislative committee hears proposals to change ethics laws
Jan 25, 2010: KMOX Radio St. Louis – Hancock & Kelley interview of Rep. Kander (Audio)
Jan 20, 2010: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – First round of ethics discussions focus on campaign limits
Jan 14, 2010: Kansas City Star – Talk of donation limits divides Missouri Capitol
Jan 6, 2010: St. Louis Beacon - Missouri Legislature opens, lawmakers promise focus on ethics, budget
Jan 3, 2010: Associated Press – Missouri lawmakers pose ethics changes
Jan 3, 2010: Kansas City Star – Editorial: Reinstate caps on campaign contributions
Dec 31, 2009: Columbia Daily Tribune – Campaign limits an ethics dispute
Dec 30, 2009: Columbia Missourian – Governor prescribes four pillars for ethics reform
Dec 27,2009: Missouri Lawyer’s Weekly - Ethical breaches mark Missouri legislators in 2009
Dec 27, 2009: St. Louis Post Dispatch - Push for MO ethics bill gets tailwind
Dec 23, 2009: KMBC Mahoney: Kander praises Tilley ethics plan but says his bill has different focus
Dec 17, 2009: Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Ethics bills multiply as legislative session nears
Dec 15, 2009: Kansas City Star – Kander-Flook Ethics Legislation Introduced Today
Dec 15, 2009: KRCG Channel 13 – Missouri state representives look to ethics reform
: Columbia Tribune – Latest bill on ethics bipartisan Dec 15, 2009: St. Louis Public Radio News – New bipartisan ethics proposal from Mo. lawmakers
Dec 15, 2009: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Lawmakers tackle election ethics
Dec 15, 2009: Columbia Daily Tribune – 2 Missouri lawmakers propose bipartisan ethics bill
Dec 14, 2009: St. Louis Post-Dispatch – Missouri lawmakers seek “cultural shift” in ethics at Capitol
Dec 14, 2009: KMBC Channel 9 – Legislators Launch Bipartisan Ethics Reform
Dec 13, 2009: Kansas City Star: Ex-Lawmaker calls Missouri General Assembly a “scam.”
Nov 25, 2009: Kansas City Star: Rep. Kander on Reform: Missouri Legislature Must Clean Up Campaign Finance
Oct 18, 2009: Kansas City Star: Public has to demand a change in ethics
Oct 17, 2009: Kansas City Star: Cleaning house in Missouri: Critics offer a few suggestions
Footage from the testimony of Rep. Jason Kander (D-Kansas City) and Rep. Tim Flook (R-Liberty) before the House Special Committee on Ethics Reform on January 26, 2010.
Opening statement by Rep. Tim Flook:
Opening statement by Rep. Jason Kander
Question regarding bribery provision:
Questions regarding the Flook/Kander ban on money laundering:
Continued Q&A regarding the money laundering ban:
Q&A regarding provision to prohibit individuals from serving as treasurers of multiple committees:
Q&A regarding the obstruction of justice provision:
Testimony in support of Flook/Kander by former Rep. Joe Ortwerth (R-St. Charles). Rep. Ortwerth sponsored legislation in 1991 that led to the creation of the Missouri Ethics Commission.
See Rep. Jason Kander (D – Kansas City) and Rep. Tim Flook (R – Liberty) address the media at their December 14, 2009 press conference:
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