From Vermont, another take: “Campaign finance reform bill moving quickly through Legislature”
From Louisianna, an opinion: ”Jindal Ethics Flap Demands Louisiana Campaign Finance Reform”
From Minnesota, an explanation: ”The state reimburses some political donations.” Here, it is explained that citizens can get reimbursements for contributions made to candidates and parties (including the DFL – the Democratic-Farmer-Labour party).
The money comes [...]

The NZ Herald reports:
The Electoral Finance Act has claimed its first scalp after a 21-year-old was obliged to take down his website when the Electoral Commission said it breached election rules by not including his name and address.
Andrew Moore, 21, set up the anti-Labour Party dontvotelabour.org.nz website this month but the commission contacted him soon [...]

Another Labour MP and cabinet secretary, Alan Johnson, is being examined for undeclared donations. These apparently from his brother-in-law for a contest for Labour’s deputy leadership contest, reports the BBC.  

Gordon Brown’s Work and Pensions Secretary, Peter Hain, is being reviewed by the Electoral Commission as the legality of his taking and failing to register donations from a ‘think tank’ that may not deserve the name – it has never published anything.

CQ reports on the political stalemate that has left the FEC without enough of commissioners to have a quorum.

El Universal (spanish) reports that political parties’ operating expenses cost in the neighborhood of US$2B over the past 11 years and rose faster than inflation over the period.

In discussions about casino licenses, proposals have been made to ban political donations from casinos and their management, reports EMOL (spanish).