Campaign Finance

National: “GOP Agrees to Pay Up to $1.6 Million of Trump’s Legal Bills in N.Y. Probes” by David Fahrenthold and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN

Ohio: “Ex-Ohio Legislative Candidate Fined $50,000 for Failing to Report Campaign-Finance Expenses” by Andrew Tobias (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN

Elections

National: “Judge Rejects Fox News Request to Dismiss Dominion Voting’s Defamation Lawsuit Over Election Claims” by Timothy Bella (Washington Post) for MSN

Wisconsin: “‘A Real Conflagration’: Wisconsin emerges as front line in war over the 2020 vote” by Rosalind Helderman and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

California: “LA Commissioner Lobbied CAO to Support His Company’s $3 Million COVID-19 Testing Contract” by Scott Schwebke for Los Angeles Daily News

Michigan: “FBI Arrests Retired Detroit Cop Amid Corruption Crackdown” by Robert Snell for Detroit News

New York: “Attorney General Cites Problems with Ethics Panel’s Order to Cuomo” by Brendan Lyons for Albany Times Union

Lobbying

Missouri: “Former Missouri Lawmaker Goes to Court to Overturn Ban on Lobbying” by Kurt Erickson for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Redistricting

Oregon: “How Much Did Interest Groups Shape Oregon’s New Legislative Districts? Here’s Why It’s Tough to Say” by Hillary Borrud (Portland Oregonian) for MSN