Ethics Commission chairwoman Peg Lautenschlager resigns

The chairwoman of the state ethics watchdog agency, former Democratic state Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager, abruptly resigned Friday.

She becomes the second commissioner in the last four months to depart the new agency, which lawmakers and Gov. Scott Walker created amid controversy in 2015.

The commission began operating last summer and oversees and enforces ethics requirements for public officials, as well as campaign finance and lobbying requirements.

In a hand-delivered resignation letter, Lautenschlager wrote that her resignation is effective immediately. She offered little explanation for it, referencing “several factors that have arisen that mitigate against my continued service on the commission.”

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