State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for attorney general, followed through with her promise today by filing suit in the Cole County Circuit Court to stop the Missouri Ethics Commission from closing candidate “hardship” hearings to the…

I missed this earlier, but the Ethics Commission recently had an interesting ruling regarding credit cards.

Gov. Matt Blunt’s campaign had sought a clarification on whether candidates are required to disclose their itemized credit card bills — and not just the…

State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for Missouri attorney general, has made clear her frustration with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

In a release Monday, Donnelly wrote that she has sent the panel a letter asking it “to…

Attorney General Jay Nixon’s campaign delivered a letter to the Ethics Commission today in which he says he is returning all of his overlimit contributions.

That amounts to roughly $1.3 million for Nixon.

Gov. Matt Blunt’s campaign spokesman, John Hancock,…

Mike Coleman, who has been a political fundraiser for St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, is heading the campaign to pass a half-cent increase of the transit tax in St. Louis County. The county council last Tuesday put the proposal…

Arnold Mayor Mark Powell, a Democratic making a second bid for Missouri state treasurer, issued a release this weekend in which he once again called on the Republican incumbent, state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, “to respect the recent Missouri Supreme Court…

State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, D-Richmond Heights and a candidate for Missouri attorney general, issued a statement this morning that called on fellow Democratic candidates to “show the way by returning excess contributions.”

She’s referring to all those hopefuls — including…

Organizers of the push to remove Mayor Francis Slay appear yet to have filed with the Ethics Commission, but they have registered with the Secretary of State.

Citizens to Recall Francis G. Slay incorporated earlier this month, with a stated purpose…

It’s getting easier to follow the money in Missouri politics. So says a new national study on campaign finance.

Missouri’s disclosure system, overseen by the state Ethics Commission, scored a grade of B- this year, up from a C+ last year.…