June 29, 2016 •
Wednesday Government Relations News
Campaign Finance “House Democrats Face Ethics Complaints for Fundraising Off Sit-In” by Paul Singer for USA Today “Soft Money Ban Should Be Scrapped, Skeptical Judges Urged” by Kenneth Doyle for Bloomberg BNA “Bernie Sanders Campaign Showed How to Turn Viral […]
Campaign Finance
“House Democrats Face Ethics Complaints for Fundraising Off Sit-In” by Paul Singer for USA Today
“Soft Money Ban Should Be Scrapped, Skeptical Judges Urged” by Kenneth Doyle for Bloomberg BNA
“Bernie Sanders Campaign Showed How to Turn Viral Moments into Money” by Nick Corasaniti for New York Times
Delaware: “Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Delaware Election Law” by Jessica Masulli Reyes for Wilmington News Journal
Mississippi: “Hosemann to Start Searchable Campaign Finance System” by Geoff Pender for Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Ethics
Kentucky: “Bevin Asserts Control of All Ethics Board Appointments” by Jack Brammer for Lexington Herald-Leader
New Mexico: “Judge: Legislators must testify in Griego case” by Dan Boyd for Albuquerque Journal
North Carolina: “Sen. Fletcher Hartsell Indicted by a Wake County Grand Jury” by Anne Blythe and Lynn Bonner for Raleigh News & Observer
Wisconsin: “New Ethics Commission Names 3 Finalists for Administrator Position” by Matthew DeFour for Wisconsin State Journal
Elections
“As Activists Prepare to Protest the RNC, the FBI Comes Knocking” by Matt Pearce for Los Angeles Times
June 28, 2016 •
Tuesday Lobbying and Campaign Finance News Update
Lobbying California: “Sweeping Public Utilities Commission Changes Announced” by Jeremy White for Sacramento Bee Campaign Finance “Report: It’s harder to know who’s paying for political ads” by Geoff Mulvihill (Associated Press) for Las Vegas Sun Kentucky: “Ethics Commission OKs Crowdfunding […]
Lobbying
California: “Sweeping Public Utilities Commission Changes Announced” by Jeremy White for Sacramento Bee
Campaign Finance
“Report: It’s harder to know who’s paying for political ads” by Geoff Mulvihill (Associated Press) for Las Vegas Sun
Kentucky: “Ethics Commission OKs Crowdfunding for Legislative Campaigns” by Ryland Barton for WFPL
Massachusetts: “State’s Chief Campaign Official Seeks Heftier Fines for PACs” by Matt Stout for Boston Herald
Ethics
Connecticut: “Cigna-Anthem Merger: Gov. Malloy’s Insurance Regulator Told Ethics Officials She Was Not Involved in Cigna Issues, even as Her Agency Was” by David Sirota for International Business Times
Florida: “Opa-locka’s Ethics Switcheroo Draws Laughs amid FBI Corruption Probe” by Jay Weaver for Miami Herald
South Carolina: “Gov. Nikki Haley Signs Ethics Reform into Law, Endorses Sen. Larry Martin” by Maya Prabhu for Charleston Post & Courier
Virginia: “Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor’s Graft Conviction” by Adam Liptak for New York Times
Elections
“Donald Trump and R.N.C. Crack Down on Rebelling Delegates” by Jeremy Peters for New York Times
Redistricting
North Carolina: “Supreme Court to Review NC’s Use of Race in Redistricting” by Jonathan Drew (Associated Press) for ABC News
June 27, 2016 •
Monday News Roundup
Lobbying Rhode Island: “Raimondo Signs Bills on Lobbying, Insurance for Off-Label Drug Use, Teaching of Holocaust” by Jennifer Bogdan for Providence Journal Campaign Finance “RNC Fundraisers Hedge on Trump” by Kenneth Vogel and Alex Isenstadt for Politico Massachusetts: “House Passes Campaign […]
Lobbying
Rhode Island: “Raimondo Signs Bills on Lobbying, Insurance for Off-Label Drug Use, Teaching of Holocaust” by Jennifer Bogdan for Providence Journal
Campaign Finance
“RNC Fundraisers Hedge on Trump” by Kenneth Vogel and Alex Isenstadt for Politico
Massachusetts: “House Passes Campaign Finance Changes Aimed at Transparency, Special Elections” by Shira Schoenberg for MassLive.com
Ethics
“Justices Disclose Privately Paid Trips and Gifts” by Adam Liptak for New York Times
Arizona: “How Nearly $1 Million Disappeared from Surprise Coffers” by Jessica Boehm for Arizona Republic
California: “Orange County Finally Has an Ethics Commission – Now What?” by Jordan Graham for Orange County Register
Florida: “Audit Finds City Improperly Paid Lobbying Firm More Than $317,000” by Christopher Hong for Florida Times Union
Elections
“Who Does Donald Trump Listen to? Other Trumps.” by Mary Jordan and Jose DelReal for Washington Post
“Will Trump Swallow the GOP Whole?” by Mark Leibovich for New York Times
June 23, 2016 •
Thursday News Roundup
Lobbying California: “California Political Watchdog Targets ‘Shadow Lobbyists’” by Taryn Luna for Sacramento Bee Maryland: “Here Are the Top Lobbyists in Maryland for the 2016 Legislative Session” by Ovetta Wiggins for Washington Post Oregon: “Post Uber, Portland Leaders Look to […]
Lobbying
California: “California Political Watchdog Targets ‘Shadow Lobbyists’” by Taryn Luna for Sacramento Bee
Maryland: “Here Are the Top Lobbyists in Maryland for the 2016 Legislative Session” by Ovetta Wiggins for Washington Post
Oregon: “Post Uber, Portland Leaders Look to Strengthen Lobbying Rules” by Amelia Templeton for Oregon Public Radio
Campaign Finance
“The Next ‘Citizens United’ Is Coming” by Carrie Levine for Center for Public Integrity
District of Columbia: “Close Council Vote Rejects Campaign Contribution Reform” by Rachel Kurzius for DCist.com
Ethics
Colorado: “Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging State Ethics Commission’s Role” by Joey Bunch for Denver Post
Elections
“Will Dominant Images of Conventions Be of Unity or Protest?” by Trip Gabriel for New York Times
Florida: “Marco Rubio Will Seek Senate Reelection, Reversing Pledge Not to Run” by Mike DeBonis, Ed O’Keefe, and Sean Sullivan for Washington Post
Florida: “Florida Lawmaker Wants to Give Away an AR-15” by Mike McPhate for New York Times
Legislative Issues
“House Democrats’ Gun-Control Sit-In Turns into Chaotic Showdown with Republicans” by David Herszenhorn and Emmarie Huetteman for New York Times
June 22, 2016 •
Wednesday Government Relations News
Campaign Finance “Donald Trump Starts Summer Push with Crippling Money Deficit” by Nicholas Confessore and Rachel Shorey for New York Times Ethics Pennsylvania: “Fattah Convicted of Federal Corruption Charges” by Jeremy Roebuck for Philadelphia Inquirer Ohio: “Ethical Conflicts, Nepotism Mar […]
Campaign Finance
“Donald Trump Starts Summer Push with Crippling Money Deficit” by Nicholas Confessore and Rachel Shorey for New York Times
Ethics
Pennsylvania: “Fattah Convicted of Federal Corruption Charges” by Jeremy Roebuck for Philadelphia Inquirer
Ohio: “Ethical Conflicts, Nepotism Mar Charity” by Dan Horn and Sharon Coolidge for Cincinnati Enquirer
Oklahoma: “Former State Senate Leader Mike Morgan Resentenced” by Nolan Clay for The Oklahoman
Elections
“The Kochs’ Powerful Operation Isn’t Aimed at Helping Trump – But It Might Anyway” by Matea Gold for Washington Post
“What Do This Season’s Political Books Tell Us About the Election?” by Sam Tanenhaus for New York Times
“Trump’s Performance Raises Hard Question: Who’d want to be his VP?” by Eli Stokols and Burgess Everett for Politico
North Carolina: “Appeals Court Considers North Carolina’s Controversial Voting Rules” by Ann Marimow for Washington Post
June 21, 2016 •
Tuesday Lobbying and Campaign Finance News Update
Lobbying Oklahoma: “Legislators, State Officials Accept More Gifts from Interest Groups” by Trevor Brown for Oklahoma Watch Campaign Finance “Wall Street Donors Seek to Block Warren VP Pick” by Ben White for Politico Montana: “Judge Rules Wittich Can Remain in […]
Lobbying
Oklahoma: “Legislators, State Officials Accept More Gifts from Interest Groups” by Trevor Brown for Oklahoma Watch
Campaign Finance
“Wall Street Donors Seek to Block Warren VP Pick” by Ben White for Politico
Montana: “Judge Rules Wittich Can Remain in Office after Taking Illegal Campaign Contributions” by Matt Volz (Associated Press) for Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Wisconsin: “As the Government Accountability Board Ends, What’s the Future for Wisconsin Campaign Finance Regulation?” by Katelyn Ferral for Capital Times
Ethics
Connecticut: “Attorney Gets Reprimand for Drafting Rowland Consulting Contract” by Michelle Tuccitto Sullo for Connecticut Law Tribune
New York: “New York Lawmakers Leave Albany Without Big Ethics Reforms” by David Klepper (Associated Press) for Albany Times Union
New York: “3 New York Police Department Commanders Are Arrested on Corruption Charges” by William Rashbaum and Joseph Goldstein for New York Times
Elections
“Courts, Judges Become Top Political Targets in 2016 Elections” by Dave Helling for Kansas City Star
“Donald Trump Fires Embattled Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski” by Philip Rucker, Jose DelReal, and Sean Sullivan for Washington Post
Ohio: “John Kasich Vetoes Republican-Backed Voting Bill” by Darrel Rowland for Columbus Dispatch
June 20, 2016 •
Monday News Roundup
Lobbying New York: “Lawyer Tapped as Board of Elections Commissioner Refuses to Give Up Lobbying, Raising Conflict of Interest Concerns” by Erin Durkin for New York Daily News Ethics “Trump, Clinton Money Awash in Conflicts of Interest” by Katy O’Donnell […]
Lobbying
New York: “Lawyer Tapped as Board of Elections Commissioner Refuses to Give Up Lobbying, Raising Conflict of Interest Concerns” by Erin Durkin for New York Daily News
Ethics
“Trump, Clinton Money Awash in Conflicts of Interest” by Katy O’Donnell for Politico
“Lawmakers Turned Over Gifts After Secretly Funded Trip to Azerbaijan” by Megan Wilson for The Hill
Alabama: “Impeachment Investigation of Alabama Governor Begins” by Associated Press for WTVC
Connecticut: “Ethics Panel to Rule If Wade Has Conflict in Anthem-Cigna Merger” by Mark Pazniokas for Connecticut Mirror
Rhode Island: “RI General Assembly Passes Ethics Reform Sponsored by Speaker, Senate President” by Christian Winthrop for Newport Buzz
South Carolina: “SC Supreme Court Hears Wilson-Pascoe Case” by Tim Smith for Greenville News
Elections
“Dozens of GOP Delegates Launch New Push to Halt Donald Trump” by Ed O’Keefe for Washington Post
June 16, 2016 •
Thursday News Roundup
Campaign Finance “House Votes to Protect ‘Dark Money’ Political Donors” by David Morgan for Reuters Arizona: “FBI Questions Former Utility Regulator, APS, Corporation Commission” by Ryan Randazzo for Arizona Republic Connecticut: “Agency Approves Settlement That Would End Probe of Democrats’ […]
Campaign Finance
“House Votes to Protect ‘Dark Money’ Political Donors” by David Morgan for Reuters
Arizona: “FBI Questions Former Utility Regulator, APS, Corporation Commission” by Ryan Randazzo for Arizona Republic
Connecticut: “Agency Approves Settlement That Would End Probe of Democrats’ Spending On Malloy Re-Election” by Jon Lender for Hartford Courant
Ethics
New Jersey: “Emails Appear to Show Christie Was Told About Political Activities of His Office” by Matt Friedman and Ryan Hutchins for Politico
Rhode Island: “No Moratorium as Ethics Bill Advances in R.I.” by Jennifer Bogdan for Providence Journal
Elections
“A New Phase for Trump’s Media War” by Niall Stanage for The Hill
“Two Years Ago, Eric Cantor Lost His House Seat. Was It Just in The Nick of Time?” by Roxanne Roberts for Washington Post
District of Columbia: “Vincent Gray Wins D.C. Council Seat, Makes Political Comeback” by Aaron Davis and Fenit Nirappil for Washington Post
Ohio: “ACLU Sues Cleveland Over Republican National Convention Protest Rules” by Andrew Tobias for Cleveland Plain Dealer
June 15, 2016 •
Wednesday Government Relations News
Lobbying New York: “Complaint Charges Unregistered Lobbying for Daily Fantasy Sports” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union Ethics “Common Cause Taps Former Connecticut Director as National President” by Staff for Hartford Courant “Lawmakers Charge Park Service Chief Oversees Culture […]
Lobbying
New York: “Complaint Charges Unregistered Lobbying for Daily Fantasy Sports” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union
Ethics
“Common Cause Taps Former Connecticut Director as National President” by Staff for Hartford Courant
“Lawmakers Charge Park Service Chief Oversees Culture of Sexual Harassment” by Lisa Rein for Washington Post
California: “Former State Sen. Ron Calderon’s Guilty Plea in Corruption Case Marks Blow to Political Dynasty” by Joel Rubin and Patrick McGreevy for Los Angeles Times
“Opa-locka Finance Advisor Once Targeted in County Ethics Probe” by Michael Sallah and Jay Weaver for Miami Herald
New Mexico: “Judge Rules AG Can Have Ethics Records in Griego Case” by Dan Boyd for Albuquerque Journal
New York: “How Joseph Percoco, Cuomo’s Problem-Solver, Became a Problem” by Jesse McKinley and Vivian Yee for New York Times
Elections
“Trump Revokes Post Press Credentials, Calling the Paper ‘Dishonest’ and ‘Phony’” by Paul Farhi for Washington Post
“Russian Government Hackers Penetrated DNC, Stole Opposition Research on Trump” by Ellen Nakashima for Washington Post
June 14, 2016 •
Tuesday Lobbying and Campaign Finance News Update
Lobbying “Brussels Lobbying Not Transparent Enough, Admit Lobbyists” by Chris Harris for euronews Campaign Finance New Jersey: “Another Birdsall Executive Sentenced to Jail” by Dan Radel for Asbury Park Press Ethics Alabama: “Michael Hubbard, Alabama House Speaker, Is Convicted on […]
Lobbying
“Brussels Lobbying Not Transparent Enough, Admit Lobbyists” by Chris Harris for euronews
Campaign Finance
New Jersey: “Another Birdsall Executive Sentenced to Jail” by Dan Radel for Asbury Park Press
Ethics
Alabama: “Michael Hubbard, Alabama House Speaker, Is Convicted on 12 Felony Ethics Charges” by Alan Blinder for New York Times
Nevada: “Nevada Bill Kept Legislators from Being Investigated” by Bethany Barnes for Las Vegas Review-Journal
Ohio: “Corrupt Cleveland VA Head William Montague Sentenced to 57 Months in Prison” by Eric Heisig for Cleveland Plain Dealer
Elections
“Why Political Parties Never Die” by Seth Masket for Politico
“To Understand Clinton’s Moment, Consider That It Came 32 Years After Ferraro’s” by Alison Mitchell for New York Times
“Trump and Clinton and Their Very Different Responses to the Orlando Shootings” by Juliet Eilperin, Robert Costa, and Anne Gearan for Washington Post
June 13, 2016 •
Monday News Roundup
Lobbying California: “Carl Kemp, Long Beach Lobbyist and Former Council Candidate, Charged with Failing to File Taxes” by Greg Yee for Long Beach Press Telegram Campaign Finance Massachusetts: “House Sidelines Campaign Finance Bill” by Frank Phillips for Boston Globe Tennessee: […]
Lobbying
California: “Carl Kemp, Long Beach Lobbyist and Former Council Candidate, Charged with Failing to File Taxes” by Greg Yee for Long Beach Press Telegram
Campaign Finance
Massachusetts: “House Sidelines Campaign Finance Bill” by Frank Phillips for Boston Globe
Tennessee: “Ethics Bureau: Sumner Sentinel not a PAC” by Dessislava Yankova for The Tennessean
Ethics
“Navy Admiral Pleads Guilty in ‘Fat Leonard’ Corruption Scandal” by Craig Whitlock for Washington Post
Connecticut: “House Speaker: Wade Should Not Preside Over Cigna-Anthem Merger” by Mara Lee for Hartford Courant
Indiana: “Former Top BMV Official Fined $500 for Ethics Violation” by Tony Cook for Indianapolis Star
Elections
“Historic Import of Hillary Clinton’s Victory Is One More Source of Division” by Patrick Healy and Sheryl Gay Stolberg for New York Times
“There Are More White Voters Than People Think. That’s Good News for Trump.” by Nate Cohn for New York Times
June 9, 2016 •
Thursday News Roundup
Lobbying Ohio: “Lobbyist John Raphael Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison” by Lucas Sullivan for Columbus Dispatch Rhode Island: “General Assembly Passes Lobbying Reform Act” by Christian Winthrop for Newport Buzz Campaign Finance “Trump’s Fundraisers See No Chance of […]
Lobbying
Ohio: “Lobbyist John Raphael Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison” by Lucas Sullivan for Columbus Dispatch
Rhode Island: “General Assembly Passes Lobbying Reform Act” by Christian Winthrop for Newport Buzz
Campaign Finance
“Trump’s Fundraisers See No Chance of Hitting $1 Billion” by Alex Isenstadt for Politico
New York: “NY Gov. Cuomo Wants New Limits on Secret Campaign Funds” by David Klepper for The Associated Press
Tennessee: “Jeremy Durham Faces Subpoena in New State Investigation” by Joel Ebert and Dave Boucher for The Tennessean
Texas: “Council to Consider Dark Money Ordinance” by Jack Craver for Austin Monitor
Ethics
California: “Countywide Ethics Commission Overwhelmingly Approved” by Tracy Wood for Voice of OC
California: “California Prop. 50 Passes, Allows Lawmakers to Be Suspended Without Pay for Wrongdoing” by Alison Noon (Associated Press) for Orange County Register
New York: “Fraud Charges Against Jail Officers’ Union Chief With a Taste for Luxury” by William Rashbaum, Michael Winerip, and Michael Schwirtz for New York Times
Elections
“Next for Democrats: A delicate dance to broker peace between Clinton and Sanders” by Philip Rucker and Dan Balz for Washington Post
June 8, 2016 •
Wednesday Government Relations News
Campaign Finance “FEC Republicans Explain Dropping Gingrich, Murray Cases” by Kenneth Doyle for Bloomberg BNA California: “Ex-California Lawmaker Tom Calderon Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering” by David Siders and Alexei Koseff for Sacramento Bee Florida: “Florida AG Asked Trump for […]
Campaign Finance
“FEC Republicans Explain Dropping Gingrich, Murray Cases” by Kenneth Doyle for Bloomberg BNA
California: “Ex-California Lawmaker Tom Calderon Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering” by David Siders and Alexei Koseff for Sacramento Bee
Florida: “Florida AG Asked Trump for Donation before Nixing Fraud Case” by Jeff Horwitz, Gary Fineout, and Michael Biesecker for The Associated Press
Missouri: “On the Trail: St. Louis aldermen will take another look at campaign contribution limits” by Jason Rosenbaum for St. Louis Public Radio
Ethics
Pennsylvania: “Kathleen Kane’s Administration Hit with Discrimination Complaint from Her Twin Sister” by Steve Esack for Allentown Morning Call
Elections
“Exclusive: Trump’s 3,500 lawsuits unprecedented for a presidential nominee” by Nick Penzenstadler and Susan Page for USA Today
“Clinton Celebrates Victory, Declaring: ‘We’ve reached a milestone’” by Anne Gearan, Robert Costa, and John Wagner for Washington Post
Virginia: “Supreme Court Will Weigh in On Whether Va. Districts Are Racially Gerrymandered” by Robert Barnes and Laura Vozzella for Washington Post
Legislative Issues
Rhode Island: “RI Assembly Reworks ‘Community-Service’ Grants Program” by Katherine Gregg for Providence Journal
June 7, 2016 •
Tuesday Lobbying and Campaign Finance News Update
Lobbying Florida: “Bryant Miller Olive Appeals $50 Fine – and Loses” by Jim Rosica for Florida Politics Campaign Finance “Study: Ordinary people struggle to use many state campaign finance websites” by Alex Koma for StateScoop Missouri: “Four Years Later, an […]
Lobbying
Florida: “Bryant Miller Olive Appeals $50 Fine – and Loses” by Jim Rosica for Florida Politics
Campaign Finance
“Study: Ordinary people struggle to use many state campaign finance websites” by Alex Koma for StateScoop
Missouri: “Four Years Later, an Ex-Politician Is Still Benefiting from His Campaign Fund” by Kevin McDermott for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
North Dakota: “Feds Dismiss Foreign Campaign Contribution Allegations against ND Politicians” by John Hageman for Grand Forks Herald
Ethics
California: “Former CalPERS Chief Sentenced to Prison in Bribery Scandal” by Dale Kasler for Sacramento Bee
Florida: “Hialeah Restaurant Owner Tried to Bribe Commissioner, State Says” by David Ovalle for Miami Herald
South Carolina: “SC Ethics Reforms Stalled after 4 Years of Debate” by Jamie Self for The State
Elections
“The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy” by David Frum for The Atlantic
Virginia: “Virginia at Center of Racially Charged Fight Over the Right of Felons to Vote” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg for New York Times
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