Updates

A federal lawsuit challenges the restrictions on campaign contributions to judicial candidates in Illinois on First Amendment grounds. Democrats in the Legislature passed a bill last year that [...]

Missouri regulators are preparing for a change in state law designed to allow some businesses that are formed as LLCs to give directly to candidates. Missouri prohibits corporate contributions, [...]

The California Fair Political Practices Commission approved a new rule allowing campaign donations of digital currencies such as bitcoin.  The new rule repeals the existing regulation prohibiting [...]

The Chicago City Council approved an ethics reform measure aimed at combating  corruption that has led to the conviction of 37 members of city council since 1969.  The updated ethics ordinances [...]

The Long Beach Ethics Commission discussed potentially tightening the city’s lobbying ordinance by requiring elected officials to report their contacts with lobbyists, changing who has to [...]

A commission to enhance government transparency in Hawaii is weighing a handful of measures aimed at tightening campaign finance laws and reducing the influence of money in politics in a year [...]

A federal judge struck down a Florida law limiting contributions to people or political committees championing ballot initiatives, ruling it violates the First Amendment. U.S. District Court [...]

A New York appellate court upheld key aspects of a lower court opinion that ruled New York’s regulations governing state lobbyists were legal. In 2019, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics [...]

Lawmakers and judges who leave office and lobby the Florida Legislature or executive branch within six years could face a fine of up to $10,000 and other penalties after Governor Ron DeSantis [...]

Utah Governor Spencer Cox recently signed HB 90, which, most notably, expands covered lobbying activity to local and education actions and officials.  Additionally, the law created a requirement [...]