A civic activist from University City has filed an ethics complaint against St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch relating to the campaign for a countywide 0.1-cent emergency communications sales tax. Voters will consider the tax on Tuesday.

Tom Sullivan, the activist,…

UPDATE: The GOP’s Lloyd Smith, who filed the complaint, weighs in: “Robin Carnahan was forced to come clean and report Juan Carlos Antolinez’s company, which three months ago she claimed didn’t even exist.  Her new filing raises more questions about…

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Auditor Susan Montee weighed in Wednesday with sweeping criticism of the way business is done at the state agency that gives out millions of dollars each year in housing tax credits.

Montee said the Missouri Housing Development…

Zweifel

JEFFERSON CITY – State Treasurer Clint Zweifel called Tuesday for a new ethics policy aimed at preventing state housing commissioners from having private financial relationships with developers who receive subsidies.

Zweifel is the new chairman of the Missouri Housing Development Commission,…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois House right now is going through a series of long-awaited government ethics bills. They just approved (unanimously) a measure to tighten the procurement rules under which the state buys goods and services, to make sure…

JEFFERSON CITY — The House Ethics Commission this morning voted against giving an official finger-wagging to state Rep. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, for his floor metaphor comparing Medicaid coverage for children to slavery.

The vote was 6-4, with Democrat Chris Kelly joining…

Turow

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Bestselling novelist-lawyer Scott Turow this morning told Illinois legslators that all their current attempts to strengthen the state’s ethics standards in the wake of multiple earth-rocking political scandals won’t work if they don’t limit their own campaign contributions…

If you haven’t already, check out today’s column from our Jefferson City scribe, Tony Messenger, who takes a look at Kenny Hulshof’s sputtering wine business.

The short version: Don’t expect to see the “Bingham Road Cellars” label at your local wine store anytime…

DENVER – Some Illinois state legislators are furious with Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich for airing the state’s dirty laundry yesterday, while other top Democrats from Barack Obama’s home state took the Democratic National Convention stage to tout their former Springfield…

While in Clayton this morning, state Treasurer Sarah Steelman — a Republican running for governor — stopped by the public library to lay out her proposals for improving ethics in government.

The proposals, unveiled earlier this week elsewhere in the state, target…