The Hill  Social media giants Facebook, Twitter and Google have been struggling to develop policies regarding political ads. Facebook has taken the position that it will not fact check political ads. However, it recently announced that it is considering increasing the minimum number of people who can be targeted by specific political ads from a hundred to a few thousand. Twitter has decided not only to end political ads, but also to impose restrictions on cause-related advertising. Google has determined to stop allowing highly targeted political advertising, but to continue to fact check such ads, as part of a general policy forbidding misleading advertising.

NPR  The holidays are approaching. The Salvation Army's red kettles are jingling. Canvassers are canvassing. Public radio hosts are pleading. "Giving Season" is upon us, and it benefits a lot from the charitable tax deduction. But the reality is, only a sliver of taxpayers will receive this tax benefit.

AJC.com  The state ethics commission’s director told the panel Wednesday that a voting advocacy nonprofit connected to Stacey Abrams acted as a political committee during the 2018 elections and should have both registered with the state and reported how much it raised and spent.

Crain's Chicago Business  For more than a century, Illinois court decisions — including a state Supreme Court ruling last year — have held that nonprofit hospitals should receive property tax exemption when they provide valuable charitable and community services. Additionally, a bipartisan law enacted by the General Assembly in 2012 sets clear state standards — that are actually more stringent than federal standards — specifying what counts and how much is needed for a hospital to earn property tax exemption.