August 5, 2020 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance
Michigan: “Michigan Senator Sponsors Bills to Help Pawn Shops, Which Support His Campaigns” by Paul Egan for Detroit Free Press
Minnesota: “New Appointments Relieve Minnesota Campaign Finance Board Hamstrung by Vacancies” by Torey Van Oot for Minneapolis Star Tribune
Missouri: “Parson PAC Fined for Reporting Lapses Connected to Super Bowl, D.C. Trips” by Jack Suntrup for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ohio: “Coal Giant Murray Energy Is $100K Dark Money Donor ‘Company B’ in Federal Probe” by Jackie Borchardt (Cincinnati Enquirer) and Randy Ludlow (Columbus Dispatch) for MSN
Elections
National: “‘If Not Now, When?’: Black women seize political spotlight” by Claire Galofaro and Kat Stafford for Associated Press News
National: “As Trump Leans into Attacks on Mail Voting, GOP Officials Confront Signs of Republican Turnout Crisis” by Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey for Washington Post
Ethics
National: “How the Trump Campaign Came to Court QAnon, the Online Conspiracy Movement Identified by the FBI as a Violent Threat” by Isaac Stanley-Becker (Washington Post) for Philadelphia Inquirer
National: “House Committee Subpoenas 4 Top Pompeo Aides” by Kyle Cheney for Politico
New York: “N.Y. Prosecutor: Trump financial probe not limited to ‘hush money’” by Josh Gerstein for Politico
State and Federal Communications, Inc. provides research and consulting services for government relations professionals on lobbying laws, procurement lobbying laws, political contribution laws in the United States and Canada. Learn more by visiting stateandfed.com.