Lobbying

“K Street Files: FTI Consulting Snaps Up C2 Group” by Kate Ackley in Roll Call.

California: “California cities, counties find funds to hire Capitol lobbyists” by Anthony York in the Los Angeles Times.

Georgia: “Ga. senators to debate House plan to limit lobbyist spending; end-of-session drawing near” by The Associated Press in The Republic.

New York: “Artists Against Fracking May Not Be Registered As New York Lobbying Group, AP Reports” by Michael Gormley in the Huffington Post.

Campaign Finance

Connecticut: “The ‘Ernie Newton’ campaign finance ban moves forward” by Ken Dixon in the Connecticut Post.

Las Cruces, New Mexico: “Las Cruces council refines proposed campaign finance ordinance” by Steve Ramirez in the Las Cruces Sun-News.

Vermont: “Vermont Senate’s campaign finance bill: many find something to like” by Nancy Remsen in the Burlington Free Press.

Ethics

“Reps. Andrews, Young to be investigated by House Ethics panel” by Jordy Yager in The Hill.

Florida: “Coalition calls for ethics improvements” by Bill Cotterell in the Florida Current.

Kentucky: “Richie Farmer could be fined $210,000 over 42 ethics violations” by Tom Loftus in the Courier-Journal.

Rhode Island: “Common Cause web site counts days, hours since ethics vote quashed” by Katherine Gregg in the Providence Journal.

From the State Legislatures

“2012 Election Legislation: National Summary” on NCSL.org.

Social Media

New Mexico: “Social media plays a bigger role in leg session” by Julie Ann Grimm in the Santa Fe New Mexican.