Open Cities analyst Noel Isama traveled to North Carolina to participate in Civic Spark Day, one of the ways Durham is incorporating community members’ feedback into its ongoing work opening data. This is what he learned.
Continue readingAfter Keith Lamont Scott's tragic death in North Carolina, it demonstrated that we need better policies for releasing body camera video.
Continue readingHow can a smaller city with fewer resources possibly achieve the open data success of major urban areas? Asheville and Hartford can show you.
Continue readingA lawyer for Rand Paul's presidential campaign told TV stations that they could lose their broadcasting licenses if they continued airing the "false and misleading" advertisements.
Continue readingA recent beltway fundraiser produced big bucks for Mitch McConnell. Hosted by the lobby shop of Haley Barbour and featuring 18 Republican senators, more than $80,000 was pumped into McConnell's campaign coffers by PACs and lobbyists.
Continue readingThe story of outside money in this year's contest for control of the Senate, told in handy, embeddable charts.
Continue readingA review of reported spending by dark money outfits finds Republican candidates are getting a bigger boost from anonymous donors.
Continue readingThe North Carolina Senate race has drawn the most outside spending in the nation, totaling a massive $37.5 million.
Continue readingNew FEC documents from Women Vote!, a Super PAC affiliated with Emily's List, show the former Mayor gave the group a $2 million cash infusion in July.
Continue readingFreedom Partners, a political nonprofit affiliated with Charles and David Koch, is transferring TV air time to a veterans' group also associated with the conservative activists.
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