Lobbying

“The Art of Going Corporate at Political Conventions” by Diane Brady in Bloomberg Business Week.

“K Street preps for Hurricane Isaac” by Dave Levinthal in Politico.

“Lobbyists, businesses pamper New Jersey delegates with food, parties” by Melissa Hayes in The Record.

District of Columbia: “New D.C. Campaign Finance Reform Would Ban Lobbyist Bundling” in the Blog of the Legal Times.

New York: “Lawmaker-lobby guidelines emerge” by Rick Karlin in the Albany Times Union.

Ottawa, Canada: “New lobby registry looks easy as pie” by Joanne Chianello in the Ottawa Citizen.

Campaign Finance

California:  “Unleashing the Campaign Contributions of Corporations” by Eduardo Porter in The New York Times.

Pennsylvania:  “With money to burn, Fitzpatrick won’t limit spending” by Gary Weckselblatt in The Intelligencer.

Washington: “Churches can’t be intermediary for gay-marriage law donations, watchdog says” by Rachel La Corte (Associated Press) in The Olympian.

Ethics

Illinois:  “Emanuel appointees propose more oversight on ethics” by Hal Dardick in the Chicago Tribune.

New York: “NY ethics board hires another Cuomo aide” by The Associated Press in the Utica Observer Dispatch.

New York:  “Silver’s Sexual-Harassment Payout May Get New York Ethics Review” by Freeman Klopott in Bloomberg Business Week.

New York: “New York Can’t Escape Corruption as Senator Huntley Indicted” by Freeman Klopott and David McLaughlin (Bloomberg) in the San Francisco Chronicle.

North Carolina: “Dalton rolls out ethics package, term limits” by Travis Fain in the Greensboro News and Record.

Utah: “Utah cities, counties, guv preparing for new ethics commission law” by Cathy McKitrick in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Redistricting

Arizona:  “Ariz. GOP: Redistricting commission’s existence illegal” by Howard Fischer in East Valley Tribune.

Texas: “Texas redistricting plan ruled illegal” by Gary Martin and Gary Scharrer in the San Antonio Express-News.

Social Media

“Ann Romney Was Most-Searched, Most-Tweeted Tuesday Night Speaker” by Alex Fitzpatrick in Mashable.