Campaign Finance

California: “San Francisco’s New Ethics Watchdog Hates This Election Loophole” by Josh Koehn for San Francisco Standard

Elections

National: “AI Companies Agree to Limit Election ‘Deepfakes’ but Fall Short of Ban” by Gerrit De Vynck (Washington Post) for MSN

New York: “Suozzi Wins New York Special Election, Replacing George Santos” by Hannah Knowles and Julie Zauzmer Weil (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

Alabama: “Rep. Simpson on New Ethics Bill: We want you to know where the line is” by Mary Sell for Alabama Daily News

Florida: “Jacksonville Ethics Commission: Florida House amendments would ‘handcuff local watchdogs'” by Hanna Holthaus (Florida Times-Union) for Yahoo News

Illinois: “Ex-Lawmaker Convicted of Cheating on Taxes, in a Case Tied to Corruption Probe That Led to Madigan Indictment” by Jon Seidel for Chicago Sun-Times

Legislative Issues

National: “House Republicans Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas by a Single Vote” by Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) for MSN

Lobbying

Pennsylvania: “Josh Shapiro Accepted $1,650 in ‘Event Tickets’ from Powerful Pa. Lobbyist” by Stephen Caruso for Spotlight PA