Today's competitive GOP primary in the Tampa Bay area will pick the GOP candidate in what is certain to be one of the most-watched special congressional elections in the country.
Continue readingTo the donors go the spoils: Obama renominates bundlers to cushy overseas posts
President Barack Obama has renominated some of his most generous supporters to some of the plushest ambassadorships.
Continue readingNew Year’s resolution for nonprofits and organizations: use more data
Ten opengov resolutions to help jump start 2014! Expand your work horizons with a healthy diet of data and mental exercise using new or overlooked tools.
Continue readingLobby-a-palooza! New year brings new turn of the revolving door
It's a happy and potentially lucrative New Year for many former Capitol Hill denizens, as the turn of the calendar also brings a turn of Washington's revolving door.
Continue readingObama calls for tech support
Many of the tech executives that President Obama met with today have been generous donors to his campaigns.
Continue readingOne year since Sandy Hook, has the NRA made any progress on its plans to curb gun violence?
After Sandy Hook, the NRA heaped blamed on violent video games and a failing mental health system, while proposing that schools arm more personnel. A Sunlight review finds little progress on any of the gun rights group's agenda.
Continue readingFollow the gun money with Sunlight tools
How we did this guns series, and how you can follow the money too using Sunlight's tools.
Continue readingDid guns beat money in Colorado recalls?
Pro-gun advocates appear to have defeated better-funded gun control supporters in this year's Colorado recall races, but loopholes in the reporting laws make it hard to determine exactly who spent how much.
Continue readingExplore gun influence state by state
Use Sunlight's interactive table to get a state by state breakdown how much groups on either side of the gun debate gave candidates for state and federal office.
Continue readingBarrage of political campaign spending follows shootings at Sandy Hook
Even in an "off" election year, groups on both sides of the gun debate spent millions to influence public opinion, and some have stockpiled big warchests for 2014.
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