While bettors will be spending big on the thoroughbreds racing to win Saturday's 139th Kentucky Derby, many of the horses' owners have been making their own high-stakes bets — the kind that could pay off in much more than roses.
Continue readingObama phones go by another name in Congress
Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty's intriguing story today about the coining of a term and its political impact got us to wondering just how far the term "Obama phone" had embedded itself into the political culture. We've written before about how compounds of President Barack Obama's name have become politically charged.
We took a look via Capitol Words, Sunlight's tool that scans the Congressional Record and allows users to analyze speech patterns.
So far, no recorded mentions of "Obamaphone" or "Obama phone" on the floor of the House or Senate.
However, we did find a number ...
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: New open government law makes “great strides towards increasing transparency”
This week, a comprehensive overhaul of the Georgia’s open government laws unanimously passed the Senate. House Bill 397 will now... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “So much for government transparency”
The Arizona Public Interest Research Group awarded Arizona an A-minus on how it helps taxpayers find information online pertaining to government spending.... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “The right of the people to know what their government is doing is fundamental to democracy”
California Councilwoman Teresa Barth recently wrote an open letter publicizing her support for increased government transparency. In the letter, Barth... View Article
Continue readingI guess we need a refresher course on transparency in Kentucky. Maybe an introductory course?
Today, the Kentucky House State Government Committee will (if it hasn’t already) be hearing HB 496 — a bill we... View Article
Continue readingGoverment contractors to be excluded from Kentucky sunshine laws
Less than a week away to Sunshine Week , a surprise attack on transparency in Kentucky is threatening to change... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Money in politics has made “corruption institutional by allowing monied interests to have so much influence in campaigning …”
Michigan House democrats just proposed a series of bills to increase transparency and take on money in politics. The bills... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “…budget issues and open government go hand in hand”
Despite the state’s spotty history with transparency, The Sunshine Review has just increased the Kansas state website’s grade from a... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United: Kentucky’s response
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case has rendered 24 states' election laws unconstitutional. The 5-4 ruling in favor of Citizens United reversed a provision of the McCain-Feingold act that prohibited any electioneering communication—defined as advertising via broadcast, cable or satellite that is paid for by corporations or labor unions. Many states have acted fast to counter corporations’ ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections by passing laws that force disclosure of all independent expenditures in near real time. The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has decided to report what each of ...
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