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February 18, 2019

Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

Categories: campaign finance, ethics, lobbying

Written by: Jim Sedor

Campaign Finance

National: Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Increasingly See Small-Dollar Donations as a Sign of Viability by Michelle Ye Hee Lee (Washington Post) for San Francisco Chronicle

Alabama: Few Disclosure Requirements for Money Raised After an Election by Brian Lyman for Montgomery Advertiser

Louisiana: Campaign Funds Can Be Used for Child Care, Louisiana Ethics Board Rules in Reversal by Julia O’Donoghue for New Orleans Times-Picayune

Rhode Island: Political Donations by Strip-Club Industry Made in Lobbying Firm’s Name by Brian Amaral for Providence Journal

Ethics

National: Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Administration’s Plan to Ask About Citizenship in Census by Robert Barnes (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune

New Mexico: Senator Wants Ethics Panel’s Work Mostly Secret by Andrew Oxford (Santa Fe New Mexican) for New Mexico Political Report

Virginia: Richmond’s Donor Class and the VMI Brotherhood Stand Behind Embattled Virginia Governor by Gregory Schneider for Washington Post

Lobbying

National: Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven’t. by Derek Kravitz for ProPublica

Recent News

February 15, 2019

Wisconsin Announces Special Election to Fill Assembly District 64

By Jonathan Spontarelli

A special election will take place on April 30 to fill a vacancy in Assembly District 64. Rep. Peter Barca Continued on Next Page

February 14, 2019

NM Bill Setting Out New Ethics Commission’s Duties Introduced

By Adrienne Borgstahl, Esq.

In November, New Mexico voters approved a constitutional amendment to Article 5 of the state’s constitution. Constitutional Amendment 2 creates Continued on Next Page

February 14, 2019

Thursday’s LobbyComply News Roundup

By Jim Sedor

Campaign Finance National: “Court Ruling Doesn’t Stop Untraceable Election Spending” by Brian Slodysko (Associated Press) for apnews.org Tennessee: “Tennessee Lawmakers Continued on Next Page

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