Campaign Finance

Tennessee: “New Audit Raises More Questions About Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron’s Campaign Spending” by Jennifer Kraus for WTVF

Washington: “Eyman Fined $2.6 Million, Barred from Campaign Control” by Gene Johnson for Associated Press News

Ethics

National: “Trump Left Behind a Clemency Mess. The Clock’s Ticking for Biden to Solve It.” by Anita Kumar for Politico

National: “Trump Acquitted on Impeachment Charge of Inciting Deadly Attack on the Capitol” by Amy Gardner, Mike DeBonis, Seung Min Kim, and Karoun Demirjian (Washington Post) for MSN

California: “San Francisco Contractor Gets 1 Year in Prison for Bribery” by Nicholas Iovino for Courthouse News Service

Indiana: “More Vinyl Villages? Lawmaker Who Builds Homes Pushes Bill to Eliminate Housing Standards” by Kaitlin Lange (Indianapolis Star) for South Bend Tribune

Ohio: “Cincinnati City Hall Corruption: Voters will get a say on two charter amendments this May” by Sharon Coolidge and Hannah Sparling (Cincinnati Enquirer) for MSN

Legislative Issues

National: “Loneliest Class in Congress Wonders How to Make Friends” by Jim Saska (Roll Call) for MSN

Lobbying

Virginia: “Special Prosecutor Looking into Virginia Beach’s Former Lobbyist Who Lined Up a Job to Work for City Contractor” by Alyssa Skelton (The Virginian-Pilot) for MSN