Lobbying

“Signs Suggest Hillary Clinton May Be More Open to Lobbyists in Her Administration” by Catherine Ho for Washington Post

“The Lobbying Law at the Center of Manafort’s Trouble with Ukraine” by Megan Wilson for The Hill

Missouri: “Republican Resigns from Missouri House to Avoid Waiting Period to Lobby” by Jason Hancock for Kansas City Star

Campaign Finance

“FEC to Fight Fake Candidates Like ‘Deez Nuts’” by Mark Hensch for The Hill

California: “Little-Regulated Accounts Offer a Path to Political Clout in Sacramento” by Jessica Calefati and Kaitlyn Landgraf (Bay Area News Group) for Marin Independent Journal

Massachusetts: “Donors Behind Charter Push Keep to the Shadows” by Michael Levenson for Boston Globe

New York: “For 2017 Effect, Time Running Out for Campaign Finance Bills in Limbo” by Samar Khurshid for Gotham Gazette

Ethics

“Foundation Ties Bedevil Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign” by Amy Chozick and Steve Eder for New York Times

“Power Opens Door to Sexual Harassment” by Dave Boucher and Joel Ebert for The Tennessean

Elections

“Trump’s Empire: A maze of debts and opaque ties” by Susanne Craig for New York Times