Despite candidates' signatures on the so-called "People's Pledge" to keep outside big money groups out of a special Massachusetts Senate election, the Democratic primary has attracted nearly $1.3 million in outside spending so far.
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the guest blogger and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not reflect the... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Information is the currency of democracy”
The Salt Lake Tribune covered a University of Utah honors class project: developing a set of five guiding principles to help... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “…transparency and accountability is still about actions, not words…”
Last week, due to Veterans Day we were unable to publish the weekly roundup. Here is what you missed in... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: “Transparency with conditions is not transparency”
The Austin Independent School District agreed to release a report that deals with the closing, repurposing, and consolidation of nine... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United: Massachusetts’ 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 ...
Continue readingInterim Kennedy Replacement Has Deep Corporate Connections
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is set to name former Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk, 71, the interim senator to... View Article
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Boston’s Web Portal has been receiving more traffic and it is mainly due to the site managers allowing city employees... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingState Ethics Reforms
Several states are starting to get pressured to strengthen ethics laws after several incidents of corruption. Major ethics changes are... View Article
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