Campaign Finance

National: “Facebook’s New Rules Aim to Thwart the Kind of Ads Bought by Russian Trolls During the Election” by Tony Romm for Washington Post

Arizona: “Ducey Signs Bill Overriding Local Laws on Certain Campaign-Finance Disclosures” by Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services) for Arizona Daily Star

Ohio: “Critics Say Rep. Jim Renacci May Have Used ‘Straw Donor’ Scheme to Fund State Campaign Account” by Deirdre Shesgreen (USA Today) for Cincinnati Enquirer

Ethics

National: “Mueller Probe Tracking Down Trump Business Partners, with Cohen a Focus of Queries” by Kevin Hall, Ben Wieder, and Greg Gordon for McClatchy DC

Colorado: “Sexual Harassment, Misconduct Prevalent but Largely Unreported at Colorado Capitol, New Report Finds” by John Frank and Jesse Paul for Denver Post

West Virginia: “WV Ethics Commission Takes Issue with New Public Service Volunteer Law” by Phil Kabler for Charleston Gazette-Mail

Legislative Issues

Hawaii: “What’s Up with All the Gut-And-Replace Trickery at The Legislature This Year?” by Nathan Eagle for Honolulu Civil Beat

Lobbying

National: “Lobbyist Tied to Pruitt’s Condo Had Roster of Clients Facing EPA” by Jennifer Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs for Bloomberg.com

Canada: “Facebook Claims Its Very Busy Man in Ottawa Is Not a Lobbyist” by Murad Hemmadi for Macleans.ca

Campaign Finance

Colorado: “Denver DA Drops Grand Jury Investigation into Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams” by Jesse Paul for Denver Post

New Mexico: “Judge Approves Settlement Over New Mexico Campaign Cash” by Morgan Lee (Associated Press) for Virginian-Pilot

Ethics

National: “‘Fat Leonard’ Affected Pentagon’s Pick to Lead Joint Chiefs” by Craig Whitlock for Washington Post

Kentucky: “Sexual Harassment Case: No ethics charges for three lawmakers” by Adam Beam (Associated Press) for State-Journal

Pennsylvania: “Former Philly Sheriff John Green Beats Every Charge in Federal Bribery-Conspiracy Trial” by Craig McCoy for Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania: “In a First, Pennsylvania Supreme Court OKs Noneconomic Damages for Turnpike Whistleblower” by Peter Hall for Allentown Morning Call

Legislative Issues

Minnesota: “Tony Cornish’s Capitol Visit Might Spark Restraining Order” by Kevin Featherly for Minnesota Lawyer

Lobbying

Kansas: “Second Sunshine Bill Sent to Gov. Colyer to Fix Kansas Transparency Issue” by Hunter Woodall for Kansas City Star

Campaign Finance

Canada: “Facebook Makes It Easy to Run Illegal and ‘Astroturf’ Ads, Say Canadian Digital Political Strategists” by Peter Mazureeuw for Hill Times

Hawaii: “Super PAC’s Attack Reveals Gaps in Hawaii Campaign Finance Law” by Nathan Eagle for Honolulu Civil Beat

Elections

National: “Young Women Help Lead Campaigns to Success at the Polls” by Michael Tackett for New York Times

Ethics

National: “Top Pruitt aide at EPA also shopped for housing on his behalf” by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis for Washington Post

National: “Pruitt Had a $50-a-Day Condo Linked to Lobbyists. Their Client’s Project Got Approved.” by Eric Lipton for New York Times

National: “Elizabeth Esty, Saying She Mishandled Abuse Claim, Won’t Defend House Seat” by Liam Stack for New York Times

National: “The FBI Says Bob Brady and Marjorie Margolies Conspired to Violate Election Laws. Why Weren’t They Charged?” by Andrew Seidman for Philadelphia Inquirer

National: “First Sentence Handed Down in Mueller Probe” by Spencer Hsu for Washington Post

Arizona: “Lawmaker: Prosecutors investigating ‘sexually explicit communications’ tied to House probe” by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez for Arizona Republic

Tech and Social Media

Maryland: “Maryland, ACLU Reach Settlement Over Governor Deleting Critical Comments on His Facebook Page” by Ovetta Wiggins for Washington Post

Campaign Finance

Arizona: “‘Dark Money’ in the States: Arizona GOP Blocks Cities from Implementing Transparent Elections” by Josh Keefe for Newsweek

New York: “Appeal to End ‘LLC Loophole’ Is Rejected” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union

Ethics

National: “Rushed EPA Ethics Ruling on Pruitt Condo Deal ‘Problematic,’ Experts Say” by Stephanie Ebbs, Matthew Mosk, and John Santucci for ABC News

National: “Top Government Ethics Chief Walter Shaub and Staff Used Headspace Meditation App to Deal with Stress of Working Under Trump” by Dan Mangan for CNBC

National: “From Mueller to Stormy to ‘Emoluments,’ Trump’s Business Is Under Siege” by Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold (Washington Post) for MSN

Alabama: “State Rep, Former AL GOP Chairman Arrested on Bribery Charges” by Melissa Brown for Montgomery Advertiser

Maryland: “Nathaniel Oaks Is the Latest Maryland Politician to Be Convicted. Is Enough Being Done to Prevent Corruption?” by Luke Broadwater for Baltimore Sun

Oregon: “The Oregonian Places Lien on Home of Kitzhaber Fiancée” by Gary Warner for Bend Bulletin

Lobbying

National: “Congressman Files Papers Clarifying Lobby Registration Dates” by Julie Carr Smyth (Associated Press) for WRAL

Campaign Finance

New York: “Cuomo, in Writing, Reinterprets Fund-Raising Ban on Appointees” by Shane Goldmacher and Brian Rosenthal for New York Times

Elections

Wisconsin: “Gov. Scott Walker Calls Special Elections; Senate Chief Drops Bill to Sidestep Court Order” by Jason Stein for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ethics

National: “Conn. Congresswoman Kept Aide on Staff for 3 Months After She Learned of Threat Allegation” by Elise Viebeck for Washington Post

National: “EPA Chief Pruitt Joined by Family in Condo Tied to Lobbyist ‘Power Couple’” by John Santucci, Matthew Mosk, and Stephanie Ebbs for ABC News

Oregon: “Commission Approves Kitzhaber Ethics Settlement” by Paris Achen for Portland Tribune

Legislative Issues

South Carolina: “Is Vote-Trading by South Carolina Lawmakers Illegal? Question Arises from Allegation” by Tim Smith for Greenville News

Lobbying

National: “Inside the Lobbying Campaign That Caught Mueller’s Attention” by Theodoric Meyer and Marianne Levine for Politico

Alabama: “Controversial Economic Developer Bill Goes to Gov. Kay Ivey” by Brian Lyman for Montgomery Advertiser

Elections

National: “Manafort Associate Had Russian Intelligence Ties During 2016 Campaign, Prosecutors Say” by Spencer Hsu and Rosalind Helderman for Washington Post

Ethics

National: “D.C., Maryland May Proceed with Lawsuit Alleging Trump Violated Emoluments Clauses” by David Fahrenthold and Jonathan O’Connell for Washington Post

National: “Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In” by Michael Schmidt, Jo Becker, Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, and Adam Goldman for New York Times

Canada: “Canadian MPs Accepted $620K Worth of Free Travel from Third Parties, Foreign Entities in 2017” by John Paul Tasker for CBC News

West Virginia: “Justice Signs Bill Expanding State Ethics Act” by Jake Zuckerman for Charleston Gazette-Mail

Wyoming: “Casper Leaders Plan to Repeal and Replace Ethical Code for Public Servants” by Katie King for Casper Star-Tribune

Lobbying

National: “Rep. Didn’t Report $50K in Donations as Registered Lobbyist” by Julie Carr Smyth (Associated Press) for Cleveland Plain Dealer

South Carolina: “Emails: Santee Cooper lobbyists tried to thwart governor’s plans to sell utility” by Avery Wilks for The State

Redistricting

National: “Supreme Court Again Weighs Voting Maps Warped by Politics” by Adam Liptak for New York Times

Campaign Finance

National: “Wyden Presses NRA to Divulge Foreign Donations and How They Were Spent” by Peter Stone and Greg Gordon for McClatchy DC

Elections

National: “California Sues Trump Administration Over Addition of Citizenship Question to Census” by Samantha Schmidt for Washington Post

Ethics

Canada: “Trudeau Breaks His Silence on Exchange of Gifts with Aga Khan” by Elizabeth Thompson and Katie Simpson for CBC News

Louisiana: “In a Legal No-No, New Orleans RTA Board Member Solicited Business from Firm Under Contract with the Agency” by Jessica Williams for New Orleans Advocate

Lobbying

National: “Political Lobbyists Are the New Hot Thing in Pop Culture” by Tom Teodorczuk for MarketWatch

National: “Watchdog Group Files Ethics Complaints Against Lobbyists Who Joined Trump Administration” by Ali Dukakis for ABC News

National: “Facebook Goes on a Hiring Spree for Washington Lobbyists” by Naomi Nix, Billy House, and Bill Allison for Bloomberg.com

Pennsylvania: “Lobbyist, Lawmakers Entwined in Complex Relationship: Is it influence peddling, or essential?” by Susan Phillips for StateImpact Pennsylvania

Campaign Finance

England: “Using Digital Firm, Brexit Campaigners Skirted Spending Laws, Ex-Employee Says” by David Kirkpatrick for New York Times

Colorado: “Denver Grand Jury Investigates Colorado Secretary of State for Handling of Campaign Finance Complaints” by Jon Murray for Denver Post

Elections

National: “Former Cambridge Analytica Workers Say Firm Sent Foreigners to Advise U.S. Campaigns” by Craig Timberg and Tom Hamburger for Washington Post

National: “Attorney Says Roy Moore Supporters Offered Him $10,000 to Drop Client Who Accused the Senate Candidate of Sexual Impropriety” by Shawn Boburg and Dalton Bennett (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune

Wisconsin: “Wisconsin GOP Will Aim to Block Judge’s Order to Gov. Scott Walker to Call Special Election” by Jason Stein for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Lobbying

National: “Fund-Raiser Held Out Access to Trump as a Prize for Prospective Clients” by Kenneth Vogel and David Kirkpatrick for New York Times

Arizona: “Lawyer Seeks to Block Testimony from Wife of Indicted Ex-Arizona Utilities Regulator” by Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Services) for Arizona Daily Star

New York: “Corruption Trial Bruises Powerful Law Firm” by Robert Gavin for Albany Times Union

Campaign Finance

National: “Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data” by Matthew Rosenberg for New York Times

New York: “De Blasio Donor Says He Steered Thousands in Bribes to Mayor’s Campaigns” by Brian Rosenthal for New York Times

Washington: “Bill Aims to Curb the Filing of Campaign Finance Complaints” by Jerry Cornfield for Everett Herald

Elections

National: “Beyond Gun Control, Student Marchers Aim to Upend Elections” by Alexander Burns and Julie Turkewitz for New York Times

National: “‘You Should Do It’: Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos’s foreign outreach, documents show” by Rosalind Helderman and Tom Hamburger for Washington Post

Ethics

California: “L.A. County Has Repeatedly Violated State Open Records Laws, L.A. Times Lawsuit alleges” by Jack Dolan for Los Angeles Times

Florida: “Commission Adopts New Public Records Policies Resulting from Democrat Lawsuit” by Jeffrey Schweers for Tallahassee Democrat

Missouri: “An Affair, a Photo and a Felony Charge: Missouri’s governor is waging a campaign for political survival” by Sean Sullivan for Washington Post

Campaign Finance

National: “Federal Election Officials Failed to Enforce Campaign Finance Requirements on Outside Group in 2010, Judge Rules” by Michelle Ye Hee Lee for Washington Post

National: “Controversy Swirls as Lawmakers Eye Campaign Finance Changes” by Kate Ackley for Roll Call

Washington: “Wash. Gov Signs Universal Voter Registration Law” by Reid Wilson for The Hill

Elections

Illinois: “Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary” by Liam Stack for New York Times

Mississippi: “Mississippi Governor Defies White House with His G.O.P. Appointee to Senate” by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns for New York Times

Ethics

National: “Judge Rules Defamation Case Against Trump May Proceed” by Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers for Washington Post

National: “White House Job Requirement: Signing a nondisclosure agreement” by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Maggie Haberman, Michael Shear, and Katie Rogers for New York Times

Hawaii: “Former Hawaii House Speaker Forced Out Over Sexual Harassment” by Anita Hofschneider for Honolulu Civil Beat

Lobbying

New Mexico: “Avenue for Lobbyist Harassment Complaints Unclear” by Marie Baca and Dan Boyd for Albuquerque Journal

Campaign Finance

California: “Californians Appointed to State Posts Could Soon Be Barred from Writing Checks to Lawmakers Who Vote on Their Nomination” by Patrick McGreevy for Los Angeles Times

Nevada: “Lack of Transparency Questioned in Campaign Theft by DA’s Aide” by Jeff German and David Ferrara for Las Vegas Review-Journal

Ohio: “Ohio’s Campaign-Finance Laws for Judges Debated at Sixth Circuit” by Kevin Koeninger for Courthouse News Service

Elections

National: “There’s Never Been a Native American Congresswoman. That Could Change in 2018.” by Julie Turkewitz for New York Times

Kansas: “Kansas Voting Trial Over. One More Court Day, a Contempt Hearing, Ahead for Kobach” by Bryan Lowry for Kansas City Star

Ethics

Florida: “Voters Could Get Say on Government Ethics” by News Service of Florida for Orlando Sentinel

Maryland: “Md. House Approves Overhaul of Anti-Harassment Policy; Fate in Senate Unclear” by Ovetta Wiggins and Rachel Carson for Washington Post

Redistricting

Pennsylvania: “Supreme Court Refuses to Stop New Congressional Maps in Pennsylvania” by Robert Barnes for Washington Post

Campaign Finance

Illinois: “15 Got Promotions from Court Clerk Dorothy Brown Within 6 Months of Donations” by Robert Herguth and Tanveer Ali for Chicago Sun-Times

New York: “JCOPE Continues Long-Running Probe of de Blasio Donors” by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union

South Dakota: “‘Pay to Play’ Questions Emerge in South Dakota Governor’s Race” by John Hult for Sioux Falls Argus Leader

Elections

National: “Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse Sets Off Storms on Two Continents” by Matthew Rosenberg and Sheera Frenkel for New York Times

Ethics

North Carolina: “Cooper Names 8 to North Carolina Elections and Ethics Board” by Gary Robertson (Associated Press) for Durham Herald-Sun

Lobbying

National: “Bye-Bye Box Seats? Tax Law May Curb Corporate Cash at Games” by Marcy Gordon (Associated Press) for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Arkansas: “Former Arkansas Legislator’s Name Surfaces in Graft Case” by Doug Thompson for Arkansas Online

Procurement

Florida: “In Miami, MCM Thrives on Big County Contracts. Now It Faces the FIU Bridge Catastrophe” by Douglas Hanks for Miami Herald

Campaign Finance

National: FEC Considers Expanding Political Ad Disclaimers to Mobile Apps by Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Tony Romm for Washington Post

Elections

National: Teachers Aren’t Just Striking, They’re Running for Office by Alan Greenblatt for Governing

Ethics

National: Trump Cabinet Members Accused of Living Large at Taxpayer Expense by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis for Washington Post

National: Trump Company Lawyer Involved in Effort to Keep Stormy Daniels Silent, Document Shows by Emma Brown, Beth Reinhard, and Frances Stead Sellers for Washington Post

Alabama: Etowah Sheriff Pockets $750k in Jail Food Funds, Buys $740k Beach House by Connor Sheets for AL.com

California: Imperial County Is a Web of Friends and Family. Is It Too Small to Investigate Itself? by Sammy Roth for Palm Springs Desert Sun

New York: Trial Raises Questions About Many Cuomo Practices by Chris Bragg for Albany Times Union

Lobbying

Missouri: Ex-Greitens’ Adviser Now Registered to Lobby in Missouri by Kurt Erickson for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Campaign Finance

National: “Despite Pledge to ‘Drain the Swamp,’ Trump Has Shown Little Interest in Beefing Up the Federal Election Commission” by Michelle Ye Hee Lee for Washington Post

District of Columbia: “D.C. Mayor, Reversing Course, Signs Law Creating Publicly Financed Campaigns” by Peter Jamison for Washington Post

Illinois: “Assessor Berrios Loses Court Fight to Overturn Cook County’s Limits on Campaign Donations” by Ray Long and Hal Dardick for Chicago Tribune

Missouri: “Heavyweight D.C. Law Firm Represented Hawley for Free in 2016” by Jason Hancock (Kansas City Star) and Lindsey Wise for McClatchy DC

Wyoming: “An Effort to Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ in Wyoming Quietly Died at the Legislature. Nobody Is Quite Sure Why.” by Arno Rosenfeld for Casper Star-Tribune

Elections

National: “Strong Performance by Democrat Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania Shakes Trump and G.O.P.” by Peter Baker and Michael Shear for New York Times

Ethics

National: “Feds: Ex-aide to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady Targeted in Murder-for-Hire Plot” by Jeremy Roebuck for Philadelphia Inquirer

National: “Trump Jr. and Texas Donor Have Longtime Undisclosed Ties” by Jake Pearson (Associated Press) for Chicago Tribune

Missouri: “‘Potential for Corruption Here Is Unbelievable’: Who’s paying Greitens’ legal bills?” by Lindsey Wise (McClatchy DC) and Jason Hancock for Kansas City Star

North Carolina: “Duke Energy Threatens Advocacy Group with Legal Action Over Financial Claims” by John Murawski for Raleigh News and Observer

Legislative Issues

North Carolina: “Cooper Sues Again While Court Rejects Elections Board Motion” by Gary Robertson (Associated Press) for Raleigh News and Observer