Campaign Finance

National: “Political Fundraiser Gets 3-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud” by Maggie Severns for Politico

National: “Sanders, a Critic of Secret Money in Politics, Declines to Call on a Group Supporting Him to Disclose Its Donors” by Sean Sullivan and Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post) for MSN

Oregon: “Campaign Donation Limits? Not This Year, Oregon Governor Says” by Hillary Borrud for Portland Oregonian

Ethics

National: “Lev Is Talking. So Where Is Igor?” by Paul Sonne, Rosalind Helderman, and Natalie Gryvnyak for Washington Post

New York: “After Court Rulings, Unclear Future for Push to Restrict State Legislators’ Outside Income” by Ethan Geringer-Sameth for Gotham Gazette

New York: “Sheldon Silver’s Corruption Conviction Largely Upheld” by Yancey Roy for Newsday