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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission and its executive director Thursday shot down a suggestion from one of its new members that it look at adding additional staff as it heads into the 2020-21 budget cycle. And the ethics panel also discussed ethics complaints filed last year against U.S. Senate candidate John Hickenlooper. Commissioner Yeulin Willett, a…

Former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams is in the clear after an ethics complaint filed against him was dismissed Monday by the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. The Williams complaint, filed by Denver attorney Tyler Boschert in October 2018, was to go to a formal hearing Monday. Both Boschert and Assistant Attorney General Anne Marie…

The Colorado House has unanimously approved the appointment of outgoing Denver County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson to the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission. The 63-0 vote Wednesday night means Johnson will replace Commissioner April Jones, a partner in a law firm who said she would not seek reappointment when her term ends on June 30.…

Colorado House Speaker KC Becker appointed one of the strongest critics of Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission to the five-member body last week, but withdrew that nomination Monday, citing Republican opposition. Luis Toro is an attorney with the city of Boulder. He was the executive director of Colorado Ethics Watch until December 2017, when it ceased…

After six-plus years and more than half a million dollars of taxpayer expense, former Secretary of State Scott Gessler has paid a $1,514.88 fine owed to the state for ethics violations. Dino Ioannides, executive director of the Colorado’s Independent Ethics Commission, announced the payment Monday during the group’s monthly meeting. The complaint dates back to 2012 and…