Intro: The Missouri Republican Party took the State's Ethics Commission to Court today.The Party claims the Ethics Commission violated the state's Sunshine Law when it voted on campaign contribution limits in a closed session last week.
Carly Robertson has more from the Capitol:
Harvey, Tettlebaum, attorney for the Republican Party, says the party would be happy if public discussion was allowed on the issue regardless of the outcome.
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Description: "If the Commission were to decide on its own, which it can do, in spite of what the court may or may not do, to hold a meeting and sort of undo the situation and come back in allow public comment as it originally indicated it was going to do, have a public discussion and then make a decision, that's fine." |
Governor Matt Blunt and Attorney General Jay Nixon both face having to return contributions
From the state capitol, I'm Carly Robertson.