Campaign Finance

National: “House Ethics Panel Probing Troy Nehls’s Campaign Rent Payments” by Justin Papp (Roll Call) for MSN

Missouri: “Missouri Ethics Agency Clears Some Officials to Spend Taxpayer Money on Election Campaigns” by Jonathan Shorman (Kansas City Star) for Yahoo News

Pennsylvania: “Ousted Head of Philly Health Care Workers’ Union Charged with Stealing to Illegally Support Democratic Campaigns” by Jeremy Roebuck (Philadelphia Inquirer) for MSN

Elections

Wisconsin: “Wisconsin’s Top Court Signals It Will Reinstate Ballot Drop Boxes” by Patrick Marley (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

Idaho: “Idaho State Police Warned Media Outlet That Publishing Its Story Might Violate Idaho Law” by Daniel Walters (InvestigativeWest) for Yahoo News

Illinois: “Treasurer Faces Additional $10,000 Fine; Ethics Leaders Chastise Johnson” by A.D. Quig (Chicago Tribune) for Yahoo News

Oregon: “No Criminal Charges for OLCC Managers Who Set Aside Rare Bourbon for Themselves, State Says” by Noelle Crombie (Portland Oregonian) for MSN

Lobbying

National: “A White-Collar Indictment Shatters a Congressman’s Blue-Collar Image” by Kenneth Vogel and Kitty Bennett (New York Times) for DNyuz