Elections

Ohio: “‘Green Energy’ Initiative Leader Gets 120 Days in Jail for False Campaign Finance Report” by Jordan Laird (Columbus Dispatch) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Trump Hid Plan for Capitol March on Day He Marked as ‘Wild’, Panel Says” by Isaac Stanley-Becker and Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “Ron Johnson’s $280k Cash Gifts to Chief of Staff and Wife Draw U.S. Senate Ethics Complaint” by Alexander Shur (Madison.com) for KPVI

Connecticut: “A West Haven Official Approved Contracts, Payments for His Family Business” by Andrew Brown (Connecticut Mirror) for MSN

Kentucky: “Gov. Beshear Scores Victory Against GOP Effort to Strip His Power Over Ethics Commission” by Joe Sonka (Louisville Courier-Journal) for MSN

Louisiana: “Ethics Board: Oliver Thomas can’t be paid by WBOK while station takes city money” by Jeff Adelson and Mark Ballard for New Orleans Advocate

North Dakota: “North Dakota Ethics Panel Chooses Next Executive Director” by Jack Dura for Bismarck Tribune

Lobbying

California: “Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do Faces $12,000 State Fine Over ‘Pay to Play’ Politics” by Spencer Custodio and Hosam Elattar for Voice of OC