Ethics Commission in first year issues smaller penalties than old gab

In its first full year of operation, the state Ethics Commission was less likely to issue a penalty than the old GAB, preferring to dole out a warning instead, according to a WisPolitics.com review of settlement records. What’s more, the penalties that campaigns, outside groups and lobbyists paid in 2017 were, on average, smaller than the ones the Government Accountability Board sought in 2015, it...