A U.S. District Court judge in Montana, just weeks before Election Day, tossed the state’s campaign contribution limits saying only... View Article
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Continue readingConservative stars gather for apres-debate confab in Denver
This post has been updated.
DENVER -- On the morning after the first presidential debate, a host of political stars from the conservative firmament -- perhaps including GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney himself -- will be here for a gathering of Colorado members of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Update October 4, 11:58 a.m.: Romney made a surprise appearance at CPAC, emphasizing a Republican victory in in Colorado, one of the eight states that the non-partisan Cook Political Report considers as tossup in this year's presidential race.
CPAC Colorado, whose slogan is "Mobilizing the Mountain West," is a project of ...
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Continue readingFCC database misses huge chunk of ads
In key battleground states, huge numbers of presidential ads are airing on TV stations that are not required to post to the Federal Communications Commission's online political ad database, new data released by the Wesleyan Media Project shows.
Continue readingSeptember outside spending breaks record
In September, outside spending crushed all past months on record, at over $200 million, according to Sunlight’s Follow the Unlimited Money tracker, and prior years' independent expenditure filings with the Center for Responsive Politics.
To put the September figure in perspective, the $207 million is more than double what was spent in August. It represents 38 percent of all of the $548 million in independent expenditures in the 2012 election and about two thirds of the total outside spending in the entire 2008 election, according to totals compiled by CRP. That year also featured a presidential race -- the last ...
Continue readingSomething fishy in proposed rule changes?
A proposed rule change from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service would restrict the public’s access to data about... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP: Government Failed FOIA leads to lawsuit: The group Cause of Action filed a federal lawsuit after a Freedom of Information... View Article
Continue readingColorado: Team Romney keeping a low profile in a swing state?
The campaign activity that's visible so far calls into question how much the Republican nominee and his backers plan to invest in a state where recent polling shows Obama ahead of Romney, and public records show the president outspending his rival in major television markets.
Continue readingSurvey: How Many States Publish Rules and Regulations Online?
Earlier this year, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (D) signed a bill that would require that all state regulations be posted... View Article
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