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March 4, 2015  •  

Wednesday Government Relations News

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California: “Backers of Prop. 8 Marriage Initiative Lose Disclosure Case” by Bob Egelko for San Francisco Chronicle

Illinois: “As in First Round, No Limits on Fundraising in Mayoral Runoff” by John Byrne for Chicago Tribune

Minnesota: “Minnesota GOP Leaves Unpaid Bills with National Vendors” by Patrick Condon for Minneapolis Star-Tribune

West Virginia: “Senate Continues Discussions on Campaign Finance Bill” by Joel Ebert for Charleston Daily Mail

Ethics

Petraeus Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor; Likely Won’t Face Prison” by Adam Goldman and Sari Horwitz for Washington Post

Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email Account at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules” by Michael Schmidt for New York Times

Alaska: “APOC Wary of Legislature’s Plan to Collect Fees from Third-Party Spending” by Matt Buxton for Fairbanks Daily News Miner

Rhode Island: “Former House Speaker Fox Pleads Guilty to Bribery, Tax Fraud Charges” by Katie Mulvaney, Karen Lee Ziner, and Tom Mooney for Providence Journal

Virginia: “McDonnell Launches Effort to Have Corruption Conviction Thrown Out” by Matt Zapotosky for Washington Post

Elections

The Real Iowa Kingmaker” by Helena Bottemiller Evich for Politico

Redistricting

Arizona: “Court Skeptical of Arizona Plan for Less-Partisan Congressional Redistricting” by Adam Liptak for New York Times

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