Lobbying

Illinois: “In Illinois Capitol, Lobbying Is a Growing Business” by Kurt Erickson for Quad City Times

Nevada: “Bill Imposes Cooling-Off Period for Ex-Lawmakers” by Sandra Chereb for Las Vegas Review-Journal

Vermont: “House Oks Bill Limiting Lobbyist Contributions during Session” by Erin Mansfield for VTDigger.org

Campaign Finance

“Hillary Clinton Embraces a ‘Super PAC,’ Trying to Erode a Republican Edge” by Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Confessore for New York Times

“The FEC’s ‘Non-Partisan’ Whistleblower” by Tarini Parti for Politico

Ethics

Florida: “Politicians Send Millions to Charity of Lobbyist’s Daughter” by Francisco Alvarado (BrowardBulldog.org) for Miami Herald

Indiana: “Expanded Disclosure, Ethics Rules Now Law” by Olivia Covington for WFYI

Massachusetts: “Brian Joyce Thrives at the Edge of a Fuzzy Boundary” by Andrea Estes for Boston Globe

New York: “Scarborough Pleads Guilty Twice” by Brendan Lyons for Albany Times Union

Texas: “Government Contract Disclosure Bill Advances” by Jay Root for Texas Tribune

West Virginia: “‘Trinkets’ Defined as Ethics Commission Prepares for New WV Law” by Joel Ebert for Charleston Daily Mail

Legislative Issues

Hawaii: “Hawaii Lawmakers Quietly Dole Out Millions of Dollars in Grants” by Nathan Eagle for Honolulu Civil Beat

Lobbying

“Lobbying World” in The Hill.

“Lobbying is booming under Obama. Here’s why.” by Jeremy Slevin on MSNBC.

“Who Says There Are No Second Acts in Politics?” by Jordan Michael Smith in Politico.

“Lobbyist drafts bill to ban gays from NFL” by Rebecca Shabad in The Hill.

“Firm disowns lobbyist selling anti-gay bill” by Mike Lillis and Rebecca Shabad in The Hill.

“More downsizing at Patton Boggs” by Megan R. Wilson in The Hill.

Virginia: “Report: Va commerce secretary broke lobbying rule” by The Associated Press in The Washington Post.

Campaign Finance

“Worse Than it Looks? How to Depict Big Money in Politics.” by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy in the Brennan Center for Justice Blog.

Louisiana: “Louisiana politicians who owe $908,000 in fines for campaign finance violations: List” in The Times-Picayune.

Pennsylvania: “New Website Design Aims to Make Campaign Finance Reports Easier to Find” by Deanna Garcia in WESA/NPR News.

Utah: “Bill would impose fine for late campaign finance reporting” by Dennis Romboy in Deseret News.

Political Advertising

Rhode Island: “R.I. panel proposes repealing law banning anonymous, negative campaign literature” by Philip Marcelo in the Providence Journal.

Ethics

Missouri: “Missouri lawmakers divided on ethics law process” by Jordan Shapiro (Associated Press) in the Connecticut Post.

Missouri: “Ethics bills draw little praise from Missouri lawmakers they would regulate” by Virginia Young in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Lobbying

Georgia: “House makes ethics changes; Deal urges action” by Greg Bluestein, Aaron Gould Sheinin and Kristina Torres in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Ex-lawmakers go to lobbying-related jobs” by Fredreka Schouten in USA Today.

“Facebook’s Zuckerberg to launch lobby group with Washington consultants” by Jennifer Martinez in The Hill.

Campaign Finance

Florida: “Friend of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan evades prison time for illegal fundraising” by Susan Taylor Martin in the Tampa Bay Times.

Montana: “Bill to overhaul campaign finance law passes” by Charles S. Johnson in the Billings Gazette.

Ethics

“Michele Bachmann under investigation for campaign finance violations” by John Bresnahan and Byron Tau in Politico.

Connecticut: “Today’s lesson: Politicians dislike being called corrupt” by Mark Pazniokas in the Connecticut Mirror.

Texas: “Donations to Judicial Campaigns Spur Ethics Worries” by Maurice Chammah in the Texas Tribune.

Elections

Alabama: “Election runoffs targeted; legislation would allow candidates to win nominations with just 35 percent to win in a primary vote” by Brian Lyman in the Montgomery Advertiser.

Maine: “Bill would bar secretary of state, attorney general and treasurer from running for office” by Christopher Cousins in the Bangor Daily News.

From the State Legislatures

Idaho: “House targets Friday adjournment – barring mishaps” by The Associated Press in the Idaho State Journal.

South Dakota: “SD Legislature ends annual legislative session” in the Rapid City Journal.

Utah: “Utah Legislature passed record number of bills” by Lee Davidson in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Government Tech

“San Francisco Tells New York: Our Data Is Bigger Than Your Data” by Sarah Lai Stirland in TechPresident.