November 28, 2018 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: “Jeb Bush Super-PAC Fined $200,000 for Campaign Finance Violation” by Ken Doyle for Bloomberg Government New Jersey: “‘Dark Money’ Flows into NJ Politics and None of It Has to Be Accounted For” by Dustin Racioppi for Bergen […]
Campaign Finance
National: “Jeb Bush Super-PAC Fined $200,000 for Campaign Finance Violation” by Ken Doyle for Bloomberg Government
New Jersey: “‘Dark Money’ Flows into NJ Politics and None of It Has to Be Accounted For” by Dustin Racioppi for Bergen Record
South Carolina: “Court Case Could Change How SC Statehouse Elections Are Funded” by Jamie Lovegrove for Charleston Post and Courier
Elections
National: “How to Influence Campaigns: Take inexperienced staffers, stir in a small amount of money, Democrats find” by Michael Scherer for Washington Post
Ethics
National: “Manafort Breached Plea Deal by Repeatedly Lying, Mueller Says” by Sharon LaFraniere (New York Times) for WRAL
National: “Trump Nominee Sunk by ‘Fat Leonard’ Corruption Scandal” by Craig Whitlock for Washington Post
New Jersey: “Bridgegate: Ex-Christie aides win appeal on one conviction, still guilty on two other counts” by Andrew Ford for Bergen Record
Lobbying
National: “Corporations Risking ‘Serious Corruption’ by Failing to Disclose Political Engagement, Researchers Say” by Chloe Taylor for CNBC
Redistricting
Maryland: “Hogan Names Panel to Redraw Maryland’s 6th District, Despite Frosh Appeal of Court Order to Fix Gerrymandering” by Michael Dresser for Baltimore Sun
November 27, 2018 •
Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: “How FEC Babysitting Decision Could Pave Way for More Hill Diversity” by Stephanie Akin for Roll Call Canada: “Province Limits Political Donations at Municipal Level” by Paul Clarke for Rocky Mountain Outlook Massachusetts: “Agency Weighs Limit on […]
Campaign Finance
National: “How FEC Babysitting Decision Could Pave Way for More Hill Diversity” by Stephanie Akin for Roll Call
Canada: “Province Limits Political Donations at Municipal Level” by Paul Clarke for Rocky Mountain Outlook
Massachusetts: “Agency Weighs Limit on Union Giving” by Christian Wade for Gloucester Times
Nevada: “We May Never Know Exactly Why Nevada Politicians Put $2 Million on Campaign Credit Cards” by James DeHaven for Reno Gazette-Journal
Elections
New Mexico: “ABQ Councilors Approve Moving City Elections” by Steve Knight for Albuquerque Journal
Ethics
National: “It’s Not Just Trump in House Democrats’ Cross Hairs. His Family Is, Too.” by Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos (New York Times) for MSN
National: “Conservative Author and Roger Stone Associate Jerome Corsi Says He Is Rejecting Plea Deal from Special Counsel” by Rosalind Helderman for Washington Post
California: “Palo Alto Tech Chief Whose Junkets Triggered Ethics Complaint Says He’s Quitting” by Thy Vo for Santa Cruz Sentinel
November 26, 2018 •
Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance New York: N.Y. Democrats Vowed to Get Big Money Out of Politics. Will Big Money Interfere?by Vivian Wang (New York Times) for WRAL Washington D.C.: D.C. Council Approves Sweeping Reforms to Combat ‘Pay-to-Play’ Politics by Peter Jamison for […]
Campaign Finance
New York: N.Y. Democrats Vowed to Get Big Money Out of Politics. Will Big Money Interfere?by Vivian Wang (New York Times) for WRAL
Washington D.C.: D.C. Council Approves Sweeping Reforms to Combat ‘Pay-to-Play’ Politics by Peter Jamison for The Washington Post
Ethics
National: Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton by Michael Schmidt and Maggie Haberman (New York Times) for MSN
National: Conservative Nonprofit with Obscure Roots, Undisclosed Funders Paid Whitaker $1.2 Million by Robert O’Harrow Jr., Shawn Boburg, and Aaron Davis (Washington Post) for The Seattle Times
Colorado: Hickenlooper Paid Own Way for Some Trips, Says He Followed Ethics Law on Others by David Migoya for The Denver Post
New York: New York State Judge Allows Suit Against Trump and His Personal Charity to Proceed by Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for The Chicago Tribune
Lobbying
Missouri: Parson Alters Lobbyist Gift Ban Rules Imposed by Greitens by Kurt Erickson for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 21, 2018 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: “Democrats Plan ‘Aggressive’ Oversight of Federal Election Commission” by Dave Levinthal and Ashley Balcerzak for Center for Public Integrity Louisiana: “Ethics Board: Campaign funds can’t cover candidates’ child care costs” by Elizabeth Crisp for New Orleans Advocate […]
Campaign Finance
National: “Democrats Plan ‘Aggressive’ Oversight of Federal Election Commission” by Dave Levinthal and Ashley Balcerzak for Center for Public Integrity
Louisiana: “Ethics Board: Campaign funds can’t cover candidates’ child care costs” by Elizabeth Crisp for New Orleans Advocate
Washington: “PDC Making More Progress on Case Work This Fiscal Year” by Sarah Gentzler for Washington State Wire
Elections
Mississippi: “In Mississippi, Issues of Race Complicate a Senate Election” by Astead Herndon and Alexander Burns (New York Times) for WRAL
Ethics
National: “CNN Drops Suit Against White House After Acosta’s Press Pass Is Fully Restored” by Paul Farhi and Meagan Flynn for Washington Post
National: “Zinke’s #2 Has So Many Potential Conflicts of Interest He Has to Carry a List of Them All” by Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post) for Everett Herald
National: “Cookie Ethics: Congresswoman-elect asks if she’s still allowed to sell Girl Scout cookies” by Nicole Gaudiano and Eliza Collins for USA Today
National: “Ivanka Trump Used a Personal Email Account to Send Hundreds of Emails About Government Business Last Year” by Carol Leonnig and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN
November 20, 2018 •
Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: “Golf Courses, Dallas Cowboys: Report questions how Congress spends campaign money” by Lesley Clark for McClatchy DC South Dakota: “Rich Relatives Are Unlimited Source of Campaign Cash in South Dakota” by Seth Tupper for Rapid City Journal […]
Campaign Finance
National: “Golf Courses, Dallas Cowboys: Report questions how Congress spends campaign money” by Lesley Clark for McClatchy DC
South Dakota: “Rich Relatives Are Unlimited Source of Campaign Cash in South Dakota” by Seth Tupper for Rapid City Journal
Elections
National: “In a Year of Political Logos, Campaigns of All Stripes Preferred Blue” by Chris Alcantara for Washington Post
Ethics
National: “‘Nothing on This Page Is Real’: How lies become truth in online America” by Eli Saslow (Washington Post) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National: “House Ethics Committee Sanctions Two Members Over Sexual Harassment Allegations” by Michael Brice-Saddler for Chicago Tribune
National: “Supreme Court Will Weigh Trump’s Plan to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census” by Charles Savage for Los Angeles Times
National: “Senate Democrats Sue to Block Whitaker from Serving as Acting AG” by Cailtin Opresko for Politico
Connecticut: “State Ethics Board to Appeal Court Ruling in UConn Football Coach Randy Edsall’s Case” by Dave Altimeri for Hartford Courant
Kansas: “Leavenworth County Official: ‘Master race’ comment was misconstrued by public, media” by Katy Bergen for Kansas City Star
Oregon: “Former Oregon State Board Director Faces $20,000 Ethics Fine, but He’s Not Here” by Ben Botkin for Salem Statesman-Journal
Lobbying
Utah: “‘Killing Two Birds with One Stone’: Lobbyist, political news publisher and columnist asks for an interview and offers campaign cash in email to state senator” by Benjamin Wood for Salt Lake Tribune
November 14, 2018 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Elections Arizona: “Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Flips Arizona Senate Seat” by The Associated Press for MSN Georgia: “Federal Judge Delays Certification of Georgia Election Results, Citing Concerns Over Provisional Ballots” by Vanessa Williams for Washington Post Maine: “Facing Defeat, Maine […]
Elections
Arizona: “Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Flips Arizona Senate Seat” by The Associated Press for MSN
Georgia: “Federal Judge Delays Certification of Georgia Election Results, Citing Concerns Over Provisional Ballots” by Vanessa Williams for Washington Post
Maine: “Facing Defeat, Maine Republican Sues to Block State’s Ranked-Choice Voting Law” by Scott Thistle for Maine Public
Ethics
Alabama: “Trump’s Southeast Regional EPA Administrator Indicted on Alabama Ethics Charges” by Kyle Whitmire for AL.com
Arkansas: “Health Firm’s Ex-Exec Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Former Arkansas Lawmakers” by Eric Besson for Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Federal: “CNN Sues President Trump and Top White House Aides for Barring Jim Acosta” by Brian Stelter (CNN) for WRAL
Federal: “Whitaker’s Appointment as Acting Attorney General Faces Court Challenge” by Charlie Savage for New York Times
Pennsylvania: “Public Corruption Charges for Former City Rep Desiree Peterkin Bell” by Claudia Vargas and Chris Brennan for Philadelphia Inquirer
November 13, 2018 •
Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance Federal: “Trump Involved in ‘Nearly Every Step’ of Hush-Money Payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal: WSJ” by Kevin Brueniger and Dan Mangan for CNBC New Jersey: “Bankers’ Group Seeks End to Ban on Gifts to Local Candidates” […]
Campaign Finance
Federal: “Trump Involved in ‘Nearly Every Step’ of Hush-Money Payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal: WSJ” by Kevin Brueniger and Dan Mangan for CNBC
New Jersey: “Bankers’ Group Seeks End to Ban on Gifts to Local Candidates” by Charles Toutant (Law.com) for Yahoo! Finance
Elections
Mississippi: “A Senator from Mississippi Joked About ‘Public Hanging.’ Her Black Opponent Called It ‘Reprehensible.’” by Michael Brice-Saddler for Washington Post
National: “Democratic Socialists Rack Up Wins in States” by Graham Vyse for Governing
Ethics
Federal: “Whitaker May Have Violated Group’s Tax-Exempt Status” by Jeff Donn for Associated Press
Missouri: “Despite Election Night Victory, Fight Over Ethics Overhaul in Missouri May Not Be Over” by Kurt Erickson for St. Louis Post-Dispatch
North Dakota: “Victorious North Dakota Measure 1 Supporters Expect More Work, Lawsuits” by Tru-Uyen Tran (Forum News Service) for Bismarck Tribune
Lobbying
Illinois: “Ex-State Sen. Althoff Backed Bill That Her Lobbying Client Would Benefit From” by Robert Herguth for Chicago Sun-Times
November 12, 2018 •
Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: Corporate PACs Try to Rebuild Their Reputations After Midterms by Lorraine Woellert for Politico Elections National: In ‘Rainbow Wave,’ LGBT Candidates Are Elected in Record Numbers by Christina Caron (New York Times) for WRAL North Carolina: Details […]
Campaign Finance
National: Corporate PACs Try to Rebuild Their Reputations After Midterms by Lorraine Woellert for Politico
Elections
National: In ‘Rainbow Wave,’ LGBT Candidates Are Elected in Record Numbers by Christina Caron (New York Times) for WRAL
North Carolina: Details of NC’s New Voter ID Requirement Still Need to Be Worked Out by Sarah Krueger for WRAL
Ethics
National: Ex-Congressman Sentenced to 10 Years for Stealing Charitable Donations by Matt Stevens (New York Times) for WRAL
New York: Eric Schneiderman Won’t Face Criminal Charges Over Allegations of Abuse by Camila Domonoske for National Public Radio
Oklahoma: Oklahoma Watch: Governor-elect Kevin Stitt’s business ties could cause conflicts of interest by Paul Monies (Oklahoma Watch) for Tulsa World
Lobbying
National: House Democrats’ Win Fuels K Street Hiring by Theodoric Meyer and Marianne Levine for Politico
Florida: Miami Tells Officials Not to Talk to Beckham Team Until Ethics Complaint Is Resolved by Joey Flechas for Miami Herald
November 8, 2018 •
Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance Arizona: “Arizona Voters OK Public Campaign Finance Change” by the Associated Press for Arizona Daily Star New York: “NYC Charter Amendments Win Approval from Voters” by Noah Manskar for New York City Patch Oregon: “Portland Voters Pass Campaign […]
Campaign Finance
Arizona: “Arizona Voters OK Public Campaign Finance Change” by the Associated Press for Arizona Daily Star
New York: “NYC Charter Amendments Win Approval from Voters” by Noah Manskar for New York City Patch
Oregon: “Portland Voters Pass Campaign Finance Limits” by Amelia Templeton for Oregon Public Broadcasting
Elections
National: “Democrats Oust Walker in Wisconsin and Kobach in Kansas but Fall Short in Florida and Ohio” by Adam Nagourney, Sydney Ember, and Patricia Mazzei (New York Times) for WRAL
National: “Three Candidates Indicted on Felony Fraud Charges Survive Midterms. One Just Barely.” by Meagan Flynn for Washington Post
National: “Midterm Elections: Democrats flip House as GOP expands Senate majority” by David Fahrenthold, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Elise Viebeck for Washington Post
Ethics
National: “Sessions’s Ouster Throws Future of Special Counsel Probe into Question” by Rosalind Helderman, Matt Zapotosky, and Carol Leonnig for Washington Post
Missouri: “Amendment 1: Voters strongly support Clean Missouri redistricting plan, ethics reform” by David Reynolds, Thomas Oide, and Tessa Weinberg for Columbia Missourian
New Mexico: “New Mexico Voters OK Ethics Commission” by Associated Press for KRWG
North Dakota: “Aimed at Combating Corruption, North Dakota Voters Pass Measure 1” by Tu-Uyen Tran for Dickinson Press
Legislative Issues
Utah: “Voters Favor Proposed Constitutional Amendment Empowering Lawmakers to Call Themselves into Special Session” by Dan Harrie for Salt Lake Tribune
Redistricting
National: “Anti-Gerrymandering Reforms Sweep the Nation Tuesday” by Shawn Griffiths for IVN
November 7, 2018 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance Federal: “House Dem Candidates Snag Free Office Rent” by Scott Bland for Politico Canada: “Alberta Tables Bill Proposing Changes to Municipal Elections” by Charles Lefebvre for Chat News Today Alaska: “As Alaska’s Elections Come Down to Wire, Ads […]
Campaign Finance
Federal: “House Dem Candidates Snag Free Office Rent” by Scott Bland for Politico
Canada: “Alberta Tables Bill Proposing Changes to Municipal Elections” by Charles Lefebvre for Chat News Today
Alaska: “As Alaska’s Elections Come Down to Wire, Ads Test Limits of Campaign Finance Laws” by Zachariah Hughes for Alaska Public Media
Elections
National: “Forget the Russians. On This Election Day, It’s Americans Peddling Disinformation and Hate Speech.” by Craig Timnberg and Tony Romm for Washington Post
Florida: “Before Going to Prison, Former Opa-locka Commissioner Worked on Political Campaigns” by Jay Weaver and Maya Kaufman for Miami Herald
Ethics
Federal: “Newly Released Emails Suggest Zinke Contradicted Ethics Pledge” by Juliet Eilperin (Washington Post) for MSN
Federal: “China Greenlights Large Batch of Ivanka Trump Trademark Applications” by Gary Shih for Washington Post
Lobbying
National: “Industries Turn Freedom of Information Requests on Their Critics” by Elizabeth Williamson for WRAL
November 6, 2018 •
Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Ethics National: “Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump’s Approval, and Often Hear It” by Kevin Roose and Ali Winston for MSN National: “Supreme Court Allows Trial on Census Citizenship Question to Go Forward” by Robert Barnes (Washington Post) for Chicago […]
Ethics
National: “Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump’s Approval, and Often Hear It” by Kevin Roose and Ali Winston for MSN
National: “Supreme Court Allows Trial on Census Citizenship Question to Go Forward” by Robert Barnes (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune
National: “Next-in-Line Mueller Supervisor Got White House Ethics Waiver in April” by Darren Samuelsohn for Politico
National: “Judge Denies Trump Request to Stay Emoluments Suit, Could Allow Plaintiffs to Seek Details on Hotel’s Foreign Customers” by Jonathan O’Connell, Anne Marimow, and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune
Missouri: “As Sanders Heads to Prison, a Political Rival Files Suit Accusing Him of Dirty Tricks” by Mike Hendricks for Kansas City Star
Legislative Issues
National: “Laws and Disorder” by Paul Kane (Washington Post) and Derek Willis for ProPublica
Lobbying
National: “Lobbyists Hit Campaign Trail to Help Old Bosses, Earn ‘a Little Bit of Currency’” by Theodoric Meyer for Politico
National: “Almost Two Years into Trump Presidency, Pentagon’s Revolving Door Still Spins” by Aaron Gregg for Washington Post
November 5, 2018 •
Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance Federal: “Anyone Can Make a Super PAC – Even Prisoners and Kids Who Can’t Vote” by Kaitlin Washburn for Center for Responsive Politics Elections Federal: “In Email to Trump’s Campaign Strategist, Roger Stone Implied He Knew of WikiLeaks’s […]
Campaign Finance
Federal: “Anyone Can Make a Super PAC – Even Prisoners and Kids Who Can’t Vote” by Kaitlin Washburn for Center for Responsive Politics
Elections
Federal: “In Email to Trump’s Campaign Strategist, Roger Stone Implied He Knew of WikiLeaks’s Plans” by Sharon LaFraniere, Michael Schmidt, Maggie Haberman, and Danny Hakim (New York Times) for MSN
Ethics
Connecticut: “Judge Rules UConn Did Not Violate Ethics Law in Hiring Football Coach Randy Edsall’s Son” by Dave Altimeri for Hartford Courant
Nebraska: “UNL Professor Files Ethics Complaint, Alleging Fortenberry’s Chief of Staff Threatened Him Over Facebook Post” by Joseph Morton for Omaha World-Herald
Lobbying
Canada: “Senators Are Being Lobbied More Than Ever – And Some Are Feeling Overwhelmed” by John Paul Tasker for CBC
New York: “Lobbyist Arrested, Accused of Bribing State Legislator” by Gary Craig for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
November 1, 2018 •
Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance Federal: “Purina Drops Campaign Contributions to Steve King, Citing ‘Recent Statements’” by Michael Burke for The Hill Canada: “Province Moves to Ban Big Money from Recall Campaigns” by Rattan Mall for Voiceonline.com Elections Federal: “Mueller Probes Roger Stone’s […]
Campaign Finance
Federal: “Purina Drops Campaign Contributions to Steve King, Citing ‘Recent Statements’” by Michael Burke for The Hill
Canada: “Province Moves to Ban Big Money from Recall Campaigns” by Rattan Mall for Voiceonline.com
Elections
Federal: “Mueller Probes Roger Stone’s Interactions with Trump Campaign and Timing of WikiLeaks Release of Podesta Emails” by Robert Costa, Carol Leonnig, Rosalind Helderman, and Manuel Roig-Franzia (Washington Post) for Stamford Advocate
Ethics
Federal: “Zinke’s Own Agency Watchdog Just Referred Him to the Justice Department” by Juliet Eilperin and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for Seattle Times
Federal: “Mueller Refers Sex Misconduct Scheme Targeting Him to FBI for Investigation” by Brandy Zadrozny, Ben Collins, and Tom Winter for NBC News
National: “Voters Could Clamp Down on Ethics, Campaign Finance at The Ballot Box” by Peter Overby for National Public Radio
Alaska: “Begich Spent Four Years as a Consultant. As Governor, He Could Sign Bills Affecting Former Clients.” by Nathaniel Herz for KTOO
Florida: “Sex for Speed Bumps: Ethics panel finds probable cause that Florida mayor misused his position” by Antonia Noori Farzan for Washington Post
Maryland: “Question G Would Undercut Independence of Baltimore Ethics Board, Chairwoman Says” by Mark Ruettner for Baltimore Brew
Pennsylvania: “State Rep. Vanessa Brown Guilty on All Counts; Took $4,000 Bribe in Sting” by Craig McCoy for Philadelphia Inquirer
October 31, 2018 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup
Campaign Finance National: “Female Candidates Break Barriers, Except When It Comes to Money” by Kate Zernike (New York Times) for WRAL Oklahoma: “Legislators Act As ‘Super Donors,’ Sending Their Own Donors’ Cash to Other Candidates” by Trevor Brown (Oklahoma Watch) […]
Campaign Finance
National: “Female Candidates Break Barriers, Except When It Comes to Money” by Kate Zernike (New York Times) for WRAL
Oklahoma: “Legislators Act As ‘Super Donors,’ Sending Their Own Donors’ Cash to Other Candidates” by Trevor Brown (Oklahoma Watch) for KGOU
Elections
National: “2 State Ballots with Felons’ Rights, 2 Different Directions” by J. Brian Charles for Governing
National: “Paper Is Big Again, at Least for Elections. These States Don’t Have It” by Gopal Ratnam for Roll Call
Maryland: “Maryland Voters to Decide Whether to Adopt Election Day Registration” by Rachel Chason for Washington Post
Ethics
New Jersey: “Phil Murphy Investigation: NJ lawmakers get subpoena power after sex assault claims” by Nicholas Pugliese for Bergen Record
Lobbying
National: “A Donald Trump Appointee – Also a Saudi Government Lobbyist – Is Reassessing His Roles” by Sarah Kleiner and Lateshia Beachum for Center for Public Integrity
Canada: “Province Tables Amendments to Lobbyist Legislation” by Rattan Mall for Voiceonline.com
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