Campaign Finance

California: “Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Pays Off 2016 Assembly Debt by Fundraising While Mayor” by Spencer Custodio for Voice of OC

Florida: “This Secretive Group Is Trying to Create Barriers to Amending Florida’s Constitution” by Mary Ellen Klas for Miami Herald

Elections

Utah: “A Draper Council Candidate Was Booted from the Race After Missing a Filing Deadline by One Minute. Now He Says the City’s Clock Was Wrong – and an Official Misstated the Deadline.” by Erin Alberti for Salt Lake Tribune

Ethics

Hawaii: “Critics Question Former Council Chair’s Ties to North Shore Project” by Cristina Jedra for Honolulu Civil Beat

Maryland: “Baltimore City Council Passes New, Tighter Ethics Rules after Pugh Scandal” by Luke Broadwater and Ian Duncan for Baltimore Sun

Mississippi: “Four Louisiana Men to Plead Guilty in Mississippi Bribe Scheme” by Jeff Amy for AP News

South Carolina: “Columbia Airport Road May Be Renamed After Namesake Arrested for Soliciting a Prostitute” by Seanna Adcox for Charleston Post and Courier

Washington: “More from the Matt Shea Files: GPS trackers, a ‘provisional government’ and a hunt for moles” by Chad Sokol for Spokane Spokesman-Review

Lobbying

National: “Industry Flexes Political Muscle in States to Criminalize Aggressive Pipeline Protests” by Jennifer Dlouhy (Bloomberg) for Insurance Journal