Updates

The FEC approved an interim final rule that removes regulations that previously restricted the repayment of personal loans candidates made to their campaigns. In May, the Supreme Court ruled that [...]

Anaheim City Council members voted unanimously to support an updated ordinance tightening lobbyist regulations. Acting as a lobbyist but failing to register with the city, not filing disclosure [...]

The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) will consider new regulations more clearly defining coordination among affiliated campaign committees after the agency rejected a complaint against [...]

A judge has ruled that an Arizona initiative expanding voting access and rolling back a host of restrictions enacted by the Republican-controlled Arizona legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey will be [...]

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 [...]