March 19, 2025 •
Wednesday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Ethics
National: “Amid ‘DEI’ Purge, Pentagon Removes Webpage on Iwo Jima Flag-Raiser” by Jon Swaine and Alex Horton (Washington Post) for MSN
National: “How Matt Gaetz Poisoned the House Ethics Committee” by Haily Fuchs (Politico) for MSN
National: “Jury Selection Underway in Bribery Trial of Wife of Convicted Ex-New Jersey Senator” by John Russell for Yahoo News
National: “Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex” by Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, Eileen Sullivan, and Ryan Mac (New York Times) for DNyuz
Montana: “Witness Testimony Wraps in Ellsworth Ethics Probe as Business Associate Skirts Subpoena” by Seaborn Larson and Blair Miller (Lee Newspapers) for Bozeman Daily Chronicle
New York: “Adams’s Associates Under Federal Investigation Over Ties to China” by Bianca Pallaro, Jay Root, Michael Forsythe, and William Rashbaum (New York Times) for DNyuz
Tennessee: “No Formal Ethics Commission Training Yet for Lee’s Cabinet After September Pledge” by Vivian Jones (Nashville Tennessean) for Des Moines Register
Lobbying
New Mexico: “Major Lobbyist Transparency Bill Nears Finish Line” by Marjorie Childress for New Mexico In Depth
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