The Carrboro Citizen editorializes on the need for more campaign financing reforms in North Carolina.

Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley's (D) lack of responses to questions regarding his campaign finance spending have to led to calls for public financing of elections.

The Washington Post exposes the House Ethics Committee's investigation into over 30 lawmakers about defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling.

Kelly Williams and Andrew Stengel of the Brennan Center for shooting down ethics bills that could address major areas of concern for New York Voters. The pair chides state legislators for watering down recent ethics bills and encourages a number of reforms including full public financing of campaigns, like the Clean Elections program enjoying success in neighboring Connecticut.

A group of Republican legislators in Utah are putting ethics reform at the top of their list for this year with the goal of revising the guidelines on lobbyist gifts to lawmakers, the transfer of funds from one legislator's campaign account to another, and the "personal expenses" that a lawmaker may legally cover using campaign funds. It's not a Clean Elections proposal, but it's a step towards greater transparency and accountability in the legislature.

Candidates in New Jersey's 14th District, which is participating in the state's Clean Elections pilot program, have found campaign finance and ethics prominent topics of debate on the campaign trail, and in this article several share their opinions on what needs to be done to clean up government and restore voter faith in government and in elections.