Campaign Finance

National: “Ronny Jackson, Wesley Hunt Face Campaign Ethics Probes Over Private Club Membership” by Matthew Choi (Texas Tribune) for MSN

New Jersey: “Radio Host Bill Spadea Attacks ‘Extralegal’ Push to Review Campaign Benefit of His Show” by Nikita Biryukov for New Jersey Monitor

Oregon: “Portland Weighs Tweaking Public Campaign Finance Program to Allow Larger Donations” by Alex Zielinski for Oregon Public Broadcasting

Vermont: “To Fund Lawsuit Over Education Secretary, Senators Sought Donations” by Ethan Weinstein for VTDigger.org

Ethics

National: “Judge Skeptical About Request to Limit Trump Statements on F.B.I.” by Alan Feuer and Eileen Sullivan (New York Times) for DNyuz

National: “Masks Are Going from Mandated to Criminalized in Some States” by Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) for MSN

Legislative Issues

Colorado: “Capitol’s Alcohol Culture Under Scrutiny in Sen. Faith Winter’s Ethics Investigation” by Marissa Ventrelli for Colorado Politics

Lobbying

Illinois: “Former Illinois Lawmaker Gets a Year in Prison for Cheating on Her Taxes” by Jon Seidel for Chicago Sun-Times