Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance

Texas: “Majority of Harris County Commissioners’ Campaign Dollars Come from People Whose Contracts They Approve” by John Lomax V and Matt Zdun (Houston Chronicle) for Yahoo News

Ethics

Washington DC: “The Trump-Epstein Statue Is Back on the National Mall, Days After Its Abrupt Removal” by Rachel Treisman for NPR

National: “Democrats’ Defiance on Shutdown Shows a New, Tougher Approach to Trump” by Naftali Bendavid and Yasmeen Abutaleb (Washington Post) for MSN

Illinois: “Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Will Pay $30,000 to Settle Ethics Cases” by Gregory Royal Pratt (Chicago Tribune) for Yahoo News

Indiana: “Undisclosed Conflicts, Contracts with Donors, Lavish Travel: What the IEDC audit found” by Kayla Dwyer and Hayleigh Colombo (Indianapolis Star) for Yahoo News

National: “Bari Weiss to Be Named Top Editor at CBS News” by Will Oremus, Caroline O’Donovan, and Jeremy Barr (Washington Post) for MSN

Oregon: “Judge Deals Trump New Setback in Plans to Deploy Troops to Portland” by Holly Bailey, Praveena Somasundaram, Joseph Menn, and Aaron Schaffer (Washington Post) for MSN

Lobbying

Hawaii: “Senator Voted for Bills Backed by Lobbyists He’s Going to Work For” by Chad Blair and Blaze Lovell for Honolulu Civil Beat