Arkansas state Sen. Matt Pitsch, R-Fort Smith, has agreed to be fined $75 and was issued a public letter of caution by the Arkansas Ethics Commission in a settlement of a complaint filed against him in his unsuccessful campaign for state treasurer.
The Arkansas Senate Ethics Committee didn t find state Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Ferndale, persuasive in his reasoning for his decision to sign the reimbursement sign-in sheet for fellow Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, for a June 3 Boys State committee meeting that Clark didn t attend, the committee said in a report released late Monday afternoon.
Arkansas Sen. Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale, said he made a mistake in asking Sen. Mark Johnson, R-Ferndale, to sign Clark s name on a sign-in sheet to be paid reimbursement for a Senate Boys State committee meeting June 3 that Clark didn t attend because he was sick.
The state Senate Ethics Committee will continue deliberations about two ethics complaints filed against state senators Monday morning, after the committee convened in a private executive session for more than seven hours Thursday.