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Tag: Independent Ethics Commission
Ethics complaints on two lawmakers moves forward
Two ethics complaints against state lawmakers moved forward on Monday, one to a formal hearing and a second to another round in September.
The Colorado...
State Sen. Marble slapped with ethics complaint for oil/gas event
A Colorado state senator may have run afoul of ethics laws by allowing, as alleged in an ethics complaint, an oil and gas company...
Colorado lawmaker facing ethics complaint
Colorado’s ethics watchdog has decided to proceed with a complaint against Republican Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree for allegedly violating the state’s ban on...
Independent Ethics Commission shuts down public livestream of meeting
The conflict over a lack of transparency at Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission came to a head Thursday when Colorado Ethics Watch set up a...
Lawmakers fail to reform Colorado’s Ethics Commission
The Republican-controlled Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee shot down a bill Monday that would have begun to reform Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission.
The...
Court: Ethics Commission’s frivolous complaint rulings are final
Once Colorado's secretive Independent Ethics Commission dismisses a complaint as frivolous, it cannot be appealed to any higher court.
That's the decision the Colorado Supreme...
Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission resists reform
A bill to reform Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission outraged its Chair Bill Leone, who led the commission in taking a hard line on the...
Ethics Commission reform survives Republican ‘no’ votes
A bill to clean up the state Independent Ethics Commission narrowly passed its first committee hearing Tuesday, despite opposition from Republicans and commission chair Bill Leone.
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Audit: Colorado’s Ethics Commission has questionable ethics
Sloppy record keeping. Failure to follow the state’s open meetings and open records laws. Baffling instructions to anyone brave enough to file a complaint.
Those are...
Colorado is spending $343,473-plus on Scott Gessler’s $1,396.89 ethics violation
Former Secretary of State Scott Gessler's fight with the Independent Ethics Commission over how he spent $1396.89 in office has already cost Coloradans $343,473, and...