Wednesday's LobbyComply News Roundup - State and Federal Communications

January 19, 2022  •  

Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance

National: “How More Than $404 Million in Taxpayer Money Got Locked Away in a Forgotten Government Fund – and Lawmakers Won’t Spend It or Return It” by Dave Levinthal (Business Insider) for Yahoo News

Massachusetts: “Lyft Makes Largest One-Time Political Donation in Massachusetts History, Fueling Gig Worker Ballot Fight” by Matt Stout (Boston Globe) for MSN

Elections

Florida: “Florida Governor Proposes Special Police Agency to Monitor Elections” by Lori Rozsa and Beth Reinhard (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

National: “ExxonMobil Aims to Use a Radical Texas Law to Silence Its Critics – in California” by Chris McGreal for Mother Jones

National: “Lawmakers Coming Under Increased Threats – Sometimes from One Another” by Rebecca Beitsch (The Hill) for Yahoo News

California: “Fired OC District Attorney’s Investigator Who Accused Todd Spitzer of Bribery Gets Job Back in Arbitration” by Tony Saavedra for Orange County Register

Ohio: “FirstEnergy Collected $460 Million from Customers; Auditor Unsure If It Was Spent on Bribes” by Jake Zuckerman for Ohio Capital Journal

South Carolina: “Will 2022 Be the Year for Ethics Reform in South Carolina?” by Avery Wilks for Charleston Post and Courier

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