Campaign Finance

Kansas: “Biden Effigy Beaten, Kicked at Kansas County GOP Event, Drawing Outrage” by Annie Gowan (Washington Post) for MSN

New York: “Mayor Adams Campaign Supporters Fined in Straw Donor Scheme” by Molly Crane-Newman (New York Daily News) for MSN

Ethics

California: “Confidentiality Pact Deepens Mystery of How Bakery Clause Got into California Minimum Wage Law” by Adam Beam (Associated Press) for Yahoo News

National: “Congressional Hearing on the Biden Classified Documents Probe Turns into a Proxy Campaign Battle” by Zeke Miller, Colleen Long, and Farnoush Amiri for Associated Press News

Iowa: “Transgender Activist Risks Jail to Challenge Law Targeting Protest” by Molly Hennessey-Fiske (Washington Post) for MSN

Missouri: “Dean Plocher Draws New Scrutiny Over Series of Capitol Meetings with Out-of-State Vendor” by Jason Hancock for Missouri Independent

Legislative Issues

Tennessee: “Republican, Democrat File Bill to Move Sexual Harassment Inquiries Outside the Legislature” by Vivian Jones (Tennessean) for Yahoo News

Lobbying

National: “Former U.S. Official’s Work for Chinese Client Stirs Concern Over Disclosure Loopholes” by Michael Martina (Reuters) for MSN