Campaign Finance

Hawaii: “Hawai’i Lawmakers Kill Pay-to-Play Bill – Again” by Blaze Lovell for Honolulu Civil Beat

New York: “Andrew Cuomo Is Whispering to His Super PAC” by Jeff Coltin (Politico) for MSN

Elections

National: “Grants Tie Trump’s Anti-DEI Order to Election Security Money” by Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Patrick Marley (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

National: “Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The rise of Trump’s crypto firm” by Eric Lipton, David Yaffee-Bellany, and Ben Protess (New York Times) for DNyuz

National: “Civil Rights Lawyers Leave En Masse as Justice Dept. Mission Shifts” by Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck (Washington Post) for MSN

Kentucky: “Former Kentucky Secretary of State Wins Ethics Case” by Jack Brammer (Kentucky Lantern) for Yahoo News

Oregon: “Two Former OLCC Employees Settle Ethics Investigation in Rare Bourbon Scandal” by Dianne Lugo for Salem Statesman Journal

Lobbying

Washington: “Spending on Lobbying in Washington State Has Doubled in a Decade. What’s It Buying?” by Scott Greenstone for KUOW