Illinois Sunshine is a new tool that allows anyone to clearly see where political money is being raised and spent in Illinois.
Continue readingTexas bill the latest revolving door measure to flounder
Revolving door safeguards are meant to ensure that policymakers are acting in their constituents' best interests — not their future employers'. But legislation to support this idea has floundered recently.
Continue readingSunshine and shadows: Statehouses tackle open records laws in 2015
The 2016 state legislative sessions have already witnessed a host of important actions, with legislators across the country considering measures to increase and decrease governmental transparency.
Continue readingRarer than a day in June? FEC goes after congressional campaign for failure to disclose
It isn't every day that the federal campaign watchdogs actually bite.
Continue readingLiberals still top list of largest super PAC donors
With control of the Senate in doubt and Republicans likely to hold on to their majority in the House, liberal power brokers are ramping up their electoral giving.
Continue readingPrimary post-mortem: Intraparty squabbles still a conservative game
The dust has settled on primary season. What we've learned? The fight for the soul of the GOP is as alive as ever.
Continue readingSee who’s financing Illinois elections — thanks to local open data group
Until now, Illinois residents who wanted to follow the money would have to input the names of all candidates, download separate datasets and merge them into a single file. Suffer no longer — Election Money has come to your rescue.
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 readingHeavyweight public employee unions take a shot from Supreme Court
A strongly-worded Supreme Court opinion Monday could blow a hole in one of the Democratic Party's biggest treasure chests.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: CandidateVerification – transparency in political background checks
Candidateverification.org is providing background checks for political candidates running for public office and bringing transparency into the electoral system.
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