Campaign Finance

New York: “DeBlasio Fundraising Exposed Grey Area for Ethics Board” by Ethan Gehringer-Sameth for Gotham Gazette

Washington: “‘Gray Money’: New Washington law to lift the cloak on PAC funders” by Joseph O’Sullivan for Seattle Times

Ethics

National: “Judge Orders Public Release of What Michael Flynn Said in Call to Russian Ambassador” by Carol Leonnig and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) for MSN

National: “Deutsche Bank Staff Saw Suspicious Activity in Trump and Kushner Accounts” by David Enrich (New York Times) for MSN

National: “EPA Watchdog Suggests Agency Recover $124,000 in Pruitt’s ‘Excessive’ Travel Expenses” by Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis (Washington Post) for San Jose Mercury News

Illinois: “Contractor Convicted of Paying Off Then-Markham Mayor David Webb Jr.” by Jason Meisner for Chicago Tribune

Pennsylvania: “Former Nutter Aide Desiree Peterkin Bell Fined by Ethics Board for Spending $20,000 on Personal Expenses” by Claudia Vargas for Philadelphia Inquirer

Texas: “Businessman Involved in School Bus Bribery Scheme in Dallas Sentenced” by Nichole Manna for Fort Worth Star-Telegram