Campaign Finance

Illinois: “Federal Judge Blocks Two Campaign Finance Reforms in Illinois” by Dave Byrnes for Courthouse News Service

Ethics

National: “Newspapers with a Partisan Aim Filling the Void of Traditional Media” by Michael Scherer (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “Judge Bucks Trump, Orders Pence Aide to Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury” by Spencer Hsu, Josh Dawsey, and Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “DOJ Asks Appeals Court to End Outside Review of Trump Mar-a-Lago Documents” by Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney (Politico) for MSN

California: “Watchdog Investigating 2019 China Trip Made by Top Milpitas Mayor Candidate” by Gabriel Greschler (Bay Area News Group) for MSN

Florida: “Top DeSantis Advisers Played Hands-On Role in Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard” by Jeffrey Schweers (Orlando Sentinel) for MSN

Lobbying

Canada: “How a Controversy Over GMOs Exposed Holes in Canada’s Lobbying Laws” by Marc Fawcett-Atkinsion for National Observer

Illinois: “AT&T Illinois Fined for Effort to Illegally Influence Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan as New Charges Against Him Revealed” by Jason Meisner and Ray Long (Chicago Tribune) for MSN