Campaign Finance

Florida: “Former State Senator Artiles Found Guilty of Campaign Finance and Registration Violations” by Charles Rabin (Miami Herald) for Yahoo News

Elections

National: “Russia-Paid Influencers, Trolls Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Election” by Joseph Menn (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “They’ve Made Hats for McCain and Trump. And Obama and Harris.” by Charles McFarlane (New York Times) for DNyuz

National: “Vance, Walz Square Off in What Could Be Final Meeting of Presidential Campaigns” by Tyler Pager, Michael Scherer, and Cleve Wootson Jr. (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

Louisiana: “Randy Farrell Indicted on Federal Charges That Directly Implicate Mayor Cantrell in a Criminal Conspiracy” by David Hammer for WWL

Massachusetts: “‘Hamilton’ Tickets Donated to Boston Public School Students Went to Admins’ Sons” by Will Katcher for MLive

New Hampshire: “New Hampshire Will Start the New Year with a New Ethics Law. Here’s What’s Inside.” by Ethan DeWitt for New Hampshire Bulletin

Lobbying

Ohio: “FirstEnergy Didn’t Charge Customers to Fund Bribery Scheme, State Audit Finds” by Jake Zuckerman (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN