Campaign Finance

National: “Digital Currencies Flow to Campaigns, but State Rules Vary” by Andrew Selsky and Steve LeBlanc (Associated Press) for WHYY

Connecticut: “A CT State Senator’s Trial on Charges of Campaign Finance Fraud Is Delayed Indefinitely by Evidence Dispute” by Edmund Mahoney (Hartford Courant) for Yahoo News

New York: “Donors to Pro-Adams’ Political Action Committee Have Sizable Investments in Evolv Technologies, a Gun Detection Company Favored by City Hall” by Micheal Gartland (New York Daily News) for MSN

Elections

Oregon: “Oregon’s Largest Election Debacle Occurred Under Sherry Hall. Years of Mishaps by Her Office Preceded It” by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh (Portland Oregonian) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Jan. 6 Committee Set to Make Its Case Public with Prime-Time Hearings” by Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, and Amy Gardner (Washington Post) for MSN

Missouri: “Pair of Lawsuits Expose a Potentially Massive Hole in Missouri’s Sunshine Law” by Jason Hancock for Missouri Independent

Lobbying

National: “Ex-U.S. Diplomat Pleads Guilty in Qatar Lobbying Plot, Names General” by Spencer Hsu (Washington Post) for MSN

California: “Ex-Alameda Supervisor Nabs Lobbying Gig for Mega-Project He Spearheaded” by Eliyahu Kamisher (Bay Area News Group) for MSN