Campaign Finance

Alaska: “Campaign Finance Regulators Withdraw $56,600 Fine Levied Against Anchorage Rep. Tuck” by Nathaniel Herz (Anchorage Daily News) for Yahoo News

Connecticut: “It’s Official: CT candidates can start spending campaign money on child care” by Julia Bergman for CT Insider

Hawaii: “Hu Honua Lobbyist Hosted Fundraiser for Senators Who Were Key to Energy Bill” by Stewart Yerton and Chad Blair for Honolulu Civil Beat

Ohio: “P.G. Sittenfeld Trial May Expose How Fundraising, Developer Deals at City Hall Really Got Done” by Paula Christian for WCPO

Elections

Michigan: “How One Firm in a ‘Wild West’ Industry Upended the Michigan GOP Governor Race” by Yue Stella Yu, Mike Wilkinson, and Joel Kurth for Bridge Michigan

New Mexico: “New Mexico County Certifies Election Results, Bowing to Court Order” by Annie Gowan (Washington Post) for MSN

Texas: “At Texas GOP Convention, Loyalists Embrace Far Right, Anti-Gay Rhetoric” by Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

New York: “Law School Deans Unveil New York’s New Ethics System” by Brendan Lyons for Albany Times Union