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Lawmakers passed House Bill 2120 by veto override. The bill makes significant changes to the requirements lobbyists must satisfy in both registration and reporting. Lobbyists will be required to file an additional report a year on March 15, covering activity […]

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National/Federal Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Is Canceled by CBS and Will End in May 2026 MSN – Alicia Rancilio and Andrew Dalton (Associated Press) | Published: 7/18/2025 CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a […]

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July 24, 2025  •  

Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance Connecticut: “Audit: Elections watchdog more than a year late with some campaign reports” by Viktoria Sundqvist for CT News Junkie Ohio: “Ohio Aims to Reinstate Ban on Political Donations from Foreign Nationals” by Kevin Koeninger for Courthouse News […]

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July 22, 2025  •  

Tuesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Elections Texas: “Divorce, Adultery Allegations Against Paxton Jolt Senate Race in Texas” by Patrick Svitek and Molly Hennessy-Fiske (Washington Post) for MSN Ethics National: “Trump’s DOJ Has Fired Dozens of Prosecutors, Upending Decades-Old Norm” by Patrick Marley, Jeremy Roebuck, and […]

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National/Federal Texts, Emails Bolster Whistleblower Account of DOJ Defying Court Order MSN – Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck (Washington Post) | Published: 7/10/2025 A fired Justice Department employee has given Congress a cache of internal communications supporting his claim that […]

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July 14, 2025  •  

Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance New York: “Mayor Adams’ Lawsuit Over $3.4M Campaign Funds Withheld Tossed — but Here’s Why It Could Help His Re-Election Bid” by Craig McCarthy (New York Post) for Yahoo News Ethics National: “Texts, Emails Bolster Whistleblower Account of […]

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National/Federal Trump Appointees Have Ties to Companies That Stand to Benefit from Privatizing Weather Forecasts MSN – Michael Biesecker and Brian Slodysko (Associated Press) | Published: 7/9/2025 Deadly flooding in Texas has drawn a spotlight to budget cuts and staff […]

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July 10, 2025  •  

Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance Oregon: “Portland’s Campaign Finance Program Met Expectations in Unusual 2024 Election, Report Finds” by Alex Zielinski for Oregon Public Broadcasting Ethics National: “Trump Appointees Have Ties to Companies That Stand to Benefit from Privatizing Weather Forecasts” by Michael […]

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National/Federal The First Rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write anything down MSN – Hannah Natanson (Washington Post) | Published: 6/29/2025 Across the Trump administration, a culture of secrecy is overtaking personnel and budget decisions, casual social interactions, and everything in […]

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July 2, 2025  •  

Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Campaign Finance Kansas: “Judge Allows Kansas Law Barring Foreign Contributions to Constitutional Amendment Campaigns” by Anna Kaminski (Kansas Reflector) for Yahoo News Massachusetts: “MCAS Ballot Question Supporters Pay $4K Penalty to Resolve Late Reporting Accusations” by Chris Van Buskirk (Boston […]

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The Oklahoma Ethics Commission has delayed the launch of Guardian 2.0, the state’s next-generation online campaign finance and lobbyist reporting system. The original launch date has been pushed from July 1 to early September. The timeline shift allows for final […]

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Representatives from the Michigan Department of State (MDOS), Tyler Technologies, and the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) testified at a joint committee hearing regarding issues with the Michigan Transparency Network (MiTN) platform. MiTN is the state’s new […]

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The Commission on Lobbying and Ethics in Government (COELIG) released their report of preliminary lobbying data from 2024. Lobbying spending was up over 4.5% from 2023, with a preliminary total of $377 million spent in 2024. The number of lobbying […]

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Q. My company is running ads in several states asking the public to contact their legislators in favor of pending legislation, so-called grassroots lobbying. My team member insists we do not need to worry about disclosing this activity. Is that […]

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