Daily News Roundup: Tight Ga. House Race Resurrects Komen-Planned Parenthood Flap

2012 Komen Controversy Flares in Bellwether Congressional Race: Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate in today’s hotly contested special election for a Georgia House seat, has spotlighted Republican rival and former Susan G. Komen vice president Karen Handel’s role in the breast-cancer charity’s quickly rescinded move five years ago to stop grants to Planned Parenthood for breast exams, The Dallas Morning News writes.

Opinion: Rise of Megadonors Shifts Playing Field for Democracy: Echoing his recent book, The Givers, David Callahan argues in The New York Times that in an era of government retrenchment, billionaire donors are moving “into the driver’s seat of public life,” giving record sums to steer policies and practices in favored causes with little accountability. Read a Chronicle column by Mr. Callahan on the implications of megaphilanthropy.

Opinion: 5 Things Jeff Bezos Should Know About Donating Billions: Giving consultant and author Kris Putnam-Walkerly outlines in Forbes the ”five rules of philanthropy” she suggests should guide the Amazon mogul as he embarks on a public path of deciding how and where to direct his largess. Submit your ideas for how Mr. Bezos should shape his giving and see what advice nonprofit leaders are offering.

Leading Lawyer for Christian Groups Joins Trump Defense: Bloomberg Businessweek looks at the nonprofit network headed by Jay Sekulow, who has taken an increasingly public role with the president’s legal team. Mr. Sekulow leads the American Center for Law and Justice and a related organization that raise tens of millions of dollars a year and have represented conservative Christians in high-profile religious-liberty cases.

$20 Million Insurance Policy Could Cover U. of Louisville Foundation Mismanagement: The university could recoup millions spent by its nonprofit affiliate on what a recent audit of the foundation termed unwise investments and excessive compensation, the Courier-Journal reports. Such policies, routinely purchased by nonprofits, cover mismanagement and dereliction of duty by officers and board members.

Funding Deal Aims to Put Boston’s Greenway on Firmer Footing: With state support for the charity-run downtown park shrinking, a proposal engineered by nonprofit business group A Better City seeks to raise $1 million a year through a tax on properties abutting the green ribbon built on a former elevated highway, public-radio station WBUR reports.