Elections

National: “Trump Associate Roger Stone Reveals New Contact with Russian National during 2016 Campaign” by Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) for Chicago Tribune

Ethics

National: “Facebook’s New Political Algorithms Increase Tension with Publishers” by Ben Sisario (New York Times) for WRAL

National: “For Pruitt Aides, the Boss’s Personal Life Was Part of the Job” by Eric Lipton, Steve Eder, Lisa Friedman, and Hiroko Tabuchi (New York Times) for WRAL

California: “ACLU Suit Targets Law That Bars Horn Honking at Protests” by Teri Figueroa for San Diego Union Tribune

New York: “SUNY Poly Chief’s Corruption Trial Will Shine Harsh Light on Cuomo Upstate Development Efforts” by Stephen Rex Brown for New York Daily News

South Carolina: “An Unintentional Facebook ‘Like’ Shakes the South Carolina Governor’s Race” by Andy Shain for Charleston Post and Courier

Lobbying

National: “Pence Turns VP’s Office into Gateway for Lobbyists to Influence the Trump Administration” by Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, and Anu Narayanswami (Washington Post) for San Francisco Chronicle

Arkansas: “Legislator-Graft Case Spotlights Arkansas Ethics-Law Flaws” by Doug Thompson for Arkansas Online

Florida: “Skybox Hopping, Connections with Adam Corey Draw Elected Officials into Ethics Report” by Jeffrey Schweers for Tallahassee Democrat

Texas: “Council Approves Changes to Anti-Lobbying Ordinance” by Jack Craver for Austin Monitor

Redistricting

National: “Supreme Court Punts on Two Cases Regarding Partisan Election Districts” by Richard Wolf for USA Today