Campaign Finance

North Carolina: “Is Dan Forest Owed $80,000 in Damages Over a 2012 Political Ad?” by Will Doran for Raleigh News and Observer

Tennessee: “Judge Orders State Officials to Reduce Jeremy Durham’s Record-Setting Campaign Finance Penalty to $110,000” by Joel Ebert for The Tennessean

Ethics

National: “A Conspiracy of Hunches: Roger Stone trial set to start this week” by Devlin Barrett, Spencer Hsu, and Manuel Roig-Franzia (Washington Post) for San Francisco Chronicle

Maine: “Vacancy on State Ethics Panel Poses Election-Year Risks” by Scott Thistle for Portland Press Herald

New York: “Trump Taxes: Appeals court rules president must turn over 8 years of tax returns” by Benjamin Weiser (New York Times) for MSN

Texas: “Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen Won’t Face Criminal Prosecution, Brazoria County DA Says” by Cassandra Pollock for Texas Tribune

Lobbying

National: “Advocacy Groups Fear Impact of Twitter Political Ad Ban” by Alex Gangitano for The Hill

Missouri: “Federal Appeals Court Says Missouri Lobbying Rules Don’t Apply to Activist” by Erin Heffernan for St. Louis Post-Dispatch