Campaign Finance

Illinois: “Ethics Board Dismisses Complaint That Lightfoot Violated Rules for Campaign Emails to City Workers” by Tessa Weinberg for WBEZ

Tennessee: “Six Knox County Commissioners Took $500 Campaign Donations from Ambulance Company” by Tyler Whetstone and Allie Feinberg (Knoxville News Sentinel) for Yahoo News

Elections

Colorado: “Colorado Judge Rules Trump Can Be on Ballot but Says He ‘Engaged’ in Insurrection” by Patrick Marley (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “An Appeals Court Has Struck Down a Key Path for Enforcing the Voting Rights Act” by Hansi Lo Wang for NPR

Ethics

National: “Appeals Court Weighs Reinstating Gag Order on Trump in Landmark DC Election Case” by Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, and Lindsay Whitehurst for Associated Press News

New York: “Not Just the Turks: Feds looking at mayor’s list that allegedly let big developers cut FDNY line” by Greg Smith for The City

Ohio: “FBI Raided a Regulator’s Home. FirstEnergy Said It Bribed Him with Millions. Since Then, Silence” by Jake Zuckerman (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN

Lobbying

California: “Whitburn Pushed to Relax San Diego Cannabis Rules as His Chief of Staff Collected Tens of Thousands from the Industry, Records Show” by Jeff McDonald (San Diego Union Tribune) for MSN