The taxi cab industry has donated at least $3,500 to the political war-chests of state legislators for every $1 that Uber, Lyft and Sidecar gave.
Continue readingSnap Shot U.S.: It takes a scandal
Overview of the history of campaign finance reform and disclosure in U.S.
Continue readingLive from Chicago! Campaign finance data in real time
With election season heating up, knowing who’s spending money on political campaigns has never been more critical. In Illinois, this kind of data is challenging to get, especially in bulk. Until now.
Continue readingLast chance training on Aug. 13 to help you follow the money in 2014 elections
Sunlight and the Asian American Journalists Association is offering one of the last chances to get hands-on, in-person training on a whole host of new and improved money-in-politics tracking tools before the 2014 elections.
Continue readingMoney, Politics and Transparency: What we learned at OKFest
Many of us in the global anti-corruption and transparency communities were lucky enough to convene at the Open Knowledge Festival in Berlin last week - here's what we learned.
Continue readingNo, less disclosure will not reduce dark money
I’ve seen some odd arguments for limited disclosure over the years, but this may be just about the strangest and most divorced from reality.
Continue readingFollowing the influence at today’s AT&T-DirecTV merger hearings
Some of the lawmakers who are grilling AT&T and DirecTV today about a proposed merger got campaign money from ... guess who?
Continue readingIRS to issue new rules on dark money spending by nonprofits
In an important development, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced that the agency will take steps to ensure it curbs the proliferation of dark money in federal elections.
Continue readingFive takeaways from a new campaign finance report
The campaign finance legal landscape has changed a lot in the last few years. But how? A new report from Daniel Tokaji and Renata Strause at The Ohio State University’s Election Law @ Moritz provides an excellent overview.
Continue readingFive charts on food industry influence
With the House set to battle First Lady Michelle Obama over school lunch nutrition regulations, as Peter Olsen-Phillips reports today,... View Article
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