National: “Prosecutors Scrutinize Political Nonprofit Groups for Fund-Raising Fraud” by David Fahrenthold, William Rashbaum, and Tiff Fehr (New York Times) for DNyuz

Elections

Georgia: “Georgia Probe of Trump Broadens to Activities in Other States” by Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

Florida: “How a Developer Pushing a Luxury Coral Gables High Rise Became a Tenant of the Mayor” by Tess Riski (Miami Herald) for MSN

New Mexico: “Candidate Charged with Shooting at Democrats’ Homes After Election Loss” by Ben Brasch and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff (Washington Post) for MSN

New York: “Cuomo Seeks to Upend Ethics Commission and Keep $5M Book Payment” by Joshua Solomon for Albany Times Union

Ohio: “A Former Ohio House Speaker Says He’s the Victim of His Corrupt Successor” by Jake Zuckerman and Jeremy Pelzer (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for MSN

Legislative Issues

Texas: “How Angela Paxton Could Help Decide the Fate of Her Embattled Husband, Ken” by J. David Goodman (New York Times) for DNyuz

Lobbying

Kentucky: “Group Pushing to Expand Service Boundary Won’t Release Donors. They Don’t Have to in Lexington” by Beth Musgrave (Lexington Herald-Leader) for Yahoo News