Sunlight went state by state analyzing how well each one discloses the influence of lobbyists. How did your state do?
Continue readingDatathons and open data portals: Virginia’s new civic tech initiatives
Virginia is getting its citizens involved with opengov in multiple ways, including the 2015 Datathon Challenge and a new open data portal in Richmond.
Continue readingPennsylvania Supreme Court candidates spent $1.1 million on ads in two weeks
A Sunlight Foundation analysis reveals that Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidates bought over $1.1 million worth of television advertisements in just the two weeks leading up to the primary.
Continue readingCongress to President Obama: Make government contractors disclose political spending
Members of the Senate and the House wrote to President Obama urging him to draft and enact an executive order forcing all government contractors to disclose any political spending.
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