Lobbying

California: “$240 Million Education Contract Illustrates State Lobbying Loopholes” by Marisa Lagos for KQED

California: “Local Governments Spend Big to Influence Sacramento” by John Myers for KQED

New York: “Former Top Albany Lobbying Firm in Process of Being Acquired by PR Agency” by Marie French for Albany Business Review

Campaign Finance

“Era of Upheaval Continues as New Legal Challenge Emerges to Federal Campaign Finance” by Jeff Brindle for PolitickerNJ

California: “Good Luck Trying to Figure out California’s Campaign Finance Data” by Joyce Terhaar for Sacramento Bee

Ohio: “Where’s the Line between Donations and Bribes?” by Jessie Balmert for Cincinnati Enquirer

Oklahoma: “Sen. Rick Brinkley to Forfeit Campaign Fund Balance, Ending Ethics Commission Probe” by Barbara Hoberock for Tulsa World

Ethics

Indiana: “BMV Replaces CFO after Patronage Questions” by Tony Cook for Indianapolis Star