In an April 4 letter, the Mississippi Ethics Commission notified Owens that he was being issued a $500 fine for failing to submit his annual campaign finance report. Owens paid the $500 fine in April, ...

After the Ethics Commission ruling in 2022, Sen. Jason Barrett, R-Brookhaven, filed a bill to clarify that the Legislature is covered by the open meetings law. The bill had 19 co-sponsors in the ...

The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics ...

The Mississippi Legislature is not a public body and not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act, a Hinds County Chancery Court judge ruled Tuesday, affirming a 2023 Mississippi Ethics ...

Former U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo reached an agreement with the Federal Election Commission to pay a fine and reimburse his campaign for misusing funds.

The about-face came after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed Doyle Webb as head of the commission in January 2023. So is the Arkansas Ethics Commission now investigating Webb? We don’t know.

In 2022, the Mississippi Free Press filed a complaint against the House with the Mississippi Ethics Commission for denying one of its reporters access to several caucus meetings in the capitol.

Presley, 46, was mayor of his small hometown of Nettleton for six years and before being elected in 2007 to the three-person Mississippi Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities.

Mississippi spends more annually on beaver control — $1.1 million — and regulating cosmetologists — $1 million — than it does on monitoring ethics in state government, at $730,000 a year.

Updated: May 18, 2023 / 05:05 PM CDT PERRY COUNTY, Miss. (WKRG) – A state lawmaker has unpaid fines to the Mississippi Ethics Commission for failing to submit financial reports required by state ...

The Mississippi Ethics Commission (MEC) is an eight-member board tasked with, in part, enforcing the public records and open meetings rules outlined in the state constitution.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves outlines his successes in office to supporters at a rally at Stribling Equipment in Richland, MS., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Reeves is seeking reelection.