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Continue readingJanuary and February reporting powered by Sunlight tools and data
Throughout the first two months of 2016, Sunlight’s tools were used in stories that ranged from big-money fundraisers to criminal justice data to legislative dataviz.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Rocket Lobby brings Yelp-style accountability to state lawmakers
What if we could add Yelp or Uber-style accountability to our elected officials? With RocketLobby.com, now you can.
Continue readingSeptember reporting powered by Sunlight tools and data
In September, Sunlight tools and data were able to power stories around campaign finance, the pope and super PACs.
Continue readingWhy are states replacing email with flawed web forms for contacting lawmakers?
Providing email addresses to contact state legislators is easy and effective — but more and more states are replacing them with inaccessible, buggy web forms. Help us get back on the right track!
Continue readingBright spots in criminal justice data from Connecticut to Colorado
Through our criminal justice project, we've discovered some great data resources across America.
Continue readingIn Utah, conflict of interest disclosure available with a click
Utah is prominently publishing conflict of interest information online for all state lawmakers.
Continue readingOpenGov Voices: Introducing WeVote, a new civic tech project powered by the Open States API
WeVote, a new civic tech project powered by Sunlight's Open States API, is building a bridge between the public and their elected representatives on the state level.
Continue readingNew reforms illuminate Maryland’s public records
Maryland is about to take a big step toward increasing transparency: Both the state’s House and Senate have passed positive reforms to the state’s Public Information Act (PIA), making its public records more accessible to all.
Continue readingOpening up Indiana’s hard to reach legislative data
Accessing Indiana's legislative documents is hard to do in a consistent way. So, we created a work-around that obtains bill text and makes it available to anyone via our Open States tool.
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