Lobbying

Missouri: “Lawmakers Pre-File Lobbying, Abortion Bills for Missouri’s 2016 Session” by Alex Stuckey for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

New York: “Corruption Trial: Adam Skelos laid out lobbyists’ views of upstate, downstate” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union

Campaign Finance

“GOP Rider Would Boost Party Spending” by Kenneth Vogel and Seung Min Kim for Politico

“Millions at Stake, the ‘Adelson Primary’ is Neck and Neck” by Michael Isikoff for Yahoo

“Next Chance to Gut Campaign Finance Law Heads for Supreme Court” by Paul Blumenthal for Huffington Post

California: “PAC Shielded $2.3 Million in Donations by LA Charter School Backers” by Howard Blume for Los Angeles Times

New York: “Cuomo Tempers Hopes for Tougher Ethics Laws” by Vivian Yee for New York Times

Wisconsin: “Wisconsin Supreme Court Won’t Reopen John Doe Probe, Rules against Special Prosecutor” by Patrick Marley for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ethics

California: “Fast Times at Rancho Santiago: Official’s passion for golf pays dividends for contractors” by Adam Elmahrek for Voice of OC

Pennsylvania: “Reading Mayor’s Assistant Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charges” by Don Spatz for Reading Eagle