Television broadcast stations around the country are opening their political files for the first time, and Sunlight's tracking the most notable happenings across the country.
Continue readingDark money in North Carolina’s Hagan-Tillis Senate race: 4,086 ad spots at WBTV
Outside groups bought virtually all the ads one Charlotte TV station has aired in North Carolina's hotly contested Senate race, and nearly half the dollars they spent haven't been reported to the Federal Election Commission.
Continue readingNew FCC online political ad disclosure rule exposes dark money TV buys
Beginning Tuesday, every broadcast television station in the country will have to post online copies of contracts and other information about the political advertisements they are airing.
Continue readingClean energy group didn’t report NC ‘electioneering’ ad
A nonprofit clean energy group that ran electioneering ads urging voters to "thank Senator Hagan" 23 days before the North Caroline senator faced a primary election failed to report its spending to the Federal Election Commission.
Continue readingDenver TV station pulls its biggest political ad order from public site
A TV ad-buying company with close ties to Republican Party leaders pulled a $740,070 contract from a Denver TV station when a reporter tried to learn who was footing the bill.
Continue readingHedge fund millionaires fuel New York super PAC
Politically active hedge fund managers are the financial engine behind a new super PAC that's making a splash in a Republican primary in rural New York.
Continue readingThe money behind the Keystone XL pipeline
Lots of campaign and lobbying spending preceded today's vote in which Mary Landrieu, a vulnerable southern Democrat and chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, looked to silence critics who say she hasn't done enough to advance a vote on Keystone XL.
Continue readingConservative pro-Israel group “ready for Hillary” with ad buy
The Emergency Committee for Israel will run an attack ad against likely 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton during her exclusive interview with ABC.
Continue readingCantor allies buying October airtime
A nonprofit group allied with House Majority leader Eric Cantor is locking down airtime in Phoenix, Denver and Boston for two weeks in October, according to ad disclosure documents.
Continue readingBattleground Louisville: Pro-McConnell outside groups help fuel $2.1 million ad blitz
An analysis of TV ad buys shows that Louisville has been a mecca for political advertising and that Sen. Mitch McConnell has benefitted from spending by some undeclared friends.
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