Missouri Ethics Commission
Recent News About Missouri Ethics Commission
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Former Missouri lawmaker sues to overturn lobbying restrictions
Former Missouri lawmaker, Rocky Miller, recently filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court against the Missouri Ethics Commission. -
St. Louis alderman sued over $930 fine assessed for late filings
John Collins-Muhammad, a St. Louis alderman who represents the city’s 21st Ward, has been sued a second time by state election regulators. -
Reform advocate: People need to use site tracking lawyer, union donations
JEFFERSON CITY – A little-used online tool that tracks trial lawyer and union donations to Missouri candidates for public office should be getting more attention than it does, a tort reform advocate said during a recent interview. -
Five-year legal battle ends with 8th Circuit Court victory for activist battling lobbyist designation
ST. LOUIS – A five-year legal battle over who is considered a lobbyist in Missouri has ended in victory for a campaigner who claimed he was an individual spreading his own ideas on limited government, not a paid advocate for others. -
Freedom Center of Missouri busy pursuing individual freedom and other litigation, a group director says
MEXICO, Mo. – A Missouri-based freedom-advocacy center that fights for individual liberty and transparent, accountable, constitutionally-limited government is currently very busy pursuing cases against alleged government overreach, one of the group's directors said. -
Missouri Chamber of Commerce calls appeals court opinion regarding PAC funding 'a step backward'
KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District recently upheld a lower court’s ruling that said a 2016 state campaign rule prohibits businesses from giving money to political action committees (PACs) they create. -
Unregistered, uncompensated 'lobbyist' loses case against Missouri Ethics Commission over free-speech claims
A Missouri man accused of being an unregistered lobbyist was denied his request for a permanent injunction against the Missouri Ethics Commission in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit amid his accusations the entity violated his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech. -
Executive order violates Constitution, nonprofit says
A nonprofit civil liberties law firm challenged an executive order preventing it from distributing material to certain government employees. -
Bill that would limit venue shopping advances without pro-attorney amendment
A bill aimed at rehabilitating Missouri’s reputation as a “judicial hellhole” and magnet for frivolous lawsuits passed the Missouri House of Representatives this month, but not before a GOP lawmaker and trial attorney tried to amend the measure they said was overkill.