Campaign Finance

Massachusetts: “Mass. GOP Chairman May Have Violated Campaign Finance Law, Party Treasurer Alleges, in Escalating Woes for State Republican Party” by Emma Platoff (Boston Globe) for MSN

Virginia: “‘A Missed Opportunit’: Virginia subcommittee on campaign finance reform has little to show after 2-year study” by Jimmy Cloutier for OpenSecrets

Ethics

National: “More Classified Documents Found at Biden’s Wilmington Home, White House Says” by Tyler Pager, Carol Leonnig, and Devlin Barrett (Washington Post) for MSN

California: “Deal or No Deal? A Corruption Case Spins Out of Control with a Judge’s Last-Minute Change of Heart” by Richard Winton for Los Angeles Times

Illinois: “ACLU of Illinois Says Lightfoot Campaign Emails to Chicago Teachers May Violate Federal Law; CPS Inspector General Opens Investigation” by Heather Cherone for WTTW

Maryland: “Judges Can Attend Inauguration Gala for Md. Governor, Ethics Panel Rules” by Madeleine O’Neill for Maryland Daily Record

Ohio: “How Sports Betting, Nuclear Bailouts and Undercover FBI Agents Collided in Ohio’s Historic Public Corruption Scandal” by Jake Zuckerman (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN

Oklahoma: “Campaign Watchdog Sees Evidence of Abuses but Lacks the Funding to Prosecute” by Ben Felder (Oklahoman) for Yahoo News