Campaign Finance

California: “L.A. Police Union Spent Big in Local Elections. Some Politicians Now Shun the Money” by Emily Alpert Reyes for Los Angeles Times

Missouri: “Democratic Club in North St. Louis County Fined $2,500 for Cash Withdrawal, Reporting Failures” by Jack Suntrup for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tennessee: “Campaign Finance Officials Uphold $465,000 Fine Against Ex-Lawmaker Jeremy Durham” by Joel Ebert (The Tennessean) for MSN

Elections

National: “Beyond Georgia: A warning for November as states scramble to expand vote-by-mail” by Nick Corasaniti and Michael Wines for New York Times

Florida: “GOP Expects to Move Its Convention to Jacksonville After Dispute with North Carolina Over Pandemic Safeguards” by Annie Linskey and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) for MSN

Ethics

National: “How the Black Lives Matter Movement Went Mainstream” by Jose Del Real, Robert Samuels and Tim Craig (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “Outsider Tapped in Flynn Case Calls Justice Dept. Reversal a ‘Gross Abuse’ of Power” by Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman for New York Times

Maryland: “Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh Expected to Plead Guilty to Perjury in State Case” by Tim Prudente for Baltimore Sun

Ohio: “Councilman Matt Zone, Chair of Police Oversight Committee, Acknowledges Son Is a Cleveland Officer” by Robert Higgs for Cleveland Plain Dealer

Lobbying

National: “Ex-Sen. Trent Lott: Squire Patton Boggs took ‘low road’ in split” by Kate Ackley for Roll Call