Campaign Finance

National: “Just 12 Megadonors Accounted for 7.5% of Political Giving Over Past Decade, Says Report” by Soo Rin Kim (ABC News) for MSN

National: “A Government Ethics Office Refused to Approve Kanye West’s Financial Disclosures from His Failed Presidential Campaign” by Grace Panetta (Business Insider) for MSN

Ethics

National: “How the G.O.P. Is Creating Harsher Penalties for Protesters” by Reid Epstein and Patricia Mazzei (New York Times) for Yahoo News

Louisiana: “Proposal to Shield Industry’s Groundwater Board Members from Ethics Charges Advances” by Sam Karlin for New Orleans Advocate

Massachusetts: “Wunderkind Ex-Mayor to Face Jurors in Fraud, Bribery Case” by Alanna Durkin Richer for Associated Press News

Michigan: “Michigan House Unveils Plan to Overhaul Ethics Policies Ranked Last in Country” by Craig Mauger for Detroit News

Missouri: “Missouri House Expels Lawmaker Accused by His Children of Sexual and Physical Abuse” by Jack Suntrup for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ohio: “Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young Charged with Felony in ‘Gang of 5’ Texting Case” by Sharon Coolidge and Kevin Grasha (Cincinnati Enquirer) for MSN

Lobbying

Louisiana: “State Senator Casts Tie-Breaking Vote for Slidell Casino. His Wife Is One of the Lobbyists” by Tyler Bridges (New Orleans Advocate) for Louisiana Daily News

Pennsylvania: “Confined to Zoom No More, Activists Return to State Capitol to Hold Lawmakers to Account” by Stephen Caruso and Elizabeth Hardison for Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Procurement

Michigan: “Whitmer: Michigan will vet labor, environmental compliance of firms bidding on state jobs” by Paul Egan (Detroit Free Press) for MSN