News & World Report Ethics Illinois: “Independent Contractor Exemption Suffers Surprise Council Defeat” by Fran Spielman for Chicago Sun-Times New Jersey: “Ex-Passaic Mayor Alex Blanco Gets 27 Months in Prison” by Richard Cowan and Kaitlin Kanzler for Bergen Record Texas: “TABC Chief Will Resign after Agency Used Your Tax Dollars to Travel to Booze Industry Conferences” by Dagney Pruner for Dallas News Elections Georgia: “Jon Ossoff, a Democrat,… [read post]

Thousands of Candidates Reinventing Politics on the Fly for the Age of Pandemic MSN – Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 4/26/2020 There is a new reality for political professionals across the country as the social distancing clampdown has transformed the art and logistics of politicking. [read post]

“People who want to make change in policy are looking increasingly at state and local politics, and there is an increased capacity of these national organizations to raise money and distribute it,” said Campaign Finance Institute Executive Director Michael Malbin. [read post]