Campaign Finance

Oklahoma: “With Weak Laws and Little Enforcement, Oklahoma Sees Record-Breaking Dark Money Spending” by Clifton Adcock for The Frontier

Washington: “WA Appeals Court Largely Upholds Eyman Campaign Finance Violations” by David Gutman for Seattle Times

Elections

North Carolina: “Supreme Court Seems Poised to Reject Robust Reading of ‘Independent State Legislature’ Theory” by Zach Montellaro (Politico) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Items with Classified Markings Found at Trump Storage Unit in Florida” by Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, Spencer Hsu, Devlin Barrett, and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “Democrats Ramp Up Investigation of Kushner Family Business Dealings” by Michael Kranish (Washington Post) for MSN

Missouri: “‘A Scar’ on St. Louis: 3 former aldermen get prison for bribery” by Katie Kull for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Virginia: “Restaurant Refuses Service to Christian Group, Citing Staff ‘Dignity’” by Emily Heil (Washington Post) for MSN

Lobbying

Washington: “SEIU Secretly Lobbied the Washington State Redistricting Commission, Court Filings Allege” by Shauna Sowersby (McClatchy) for The Olympian

Procurement

Ohio: “City Council Bans Cleveland from Doing Business with Companies That Practice Wage Theft” by Courtney Astolfi (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN