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Continue readingWays and Means, Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce are top House fundraising committees
The analysis was conducted at the request of and in collaboration with This American Life and Planet Money public radio... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 4/2/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Court hits FEC on disclosure requirements: A federal judge decided that the FEC went too far... View Article
Continue readingWhen it’s a lottery contract, the odds of winning are pretty good
While masses of people are flocking to liquor stores to play today’s record setting Mega Millions lottery, those behind the... View Article
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 reading2Day in #OpenGov 3/30/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Wealthy benefactors for Romney? Yesterday, billionaire political donor Sheldon Adelson suggested that he was done propping up... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Sell Tickets at the Door with Eventbrite
The Sunlight Foundation uses Eventbrite to manage ticket sales for all our events, like the upcoming TransparencyCamp 2012, simplifying the... View Article
Continue readingPoliticians Flip Flop on Transparency
Public Campaign had a great blog post this morning that looked at political hypocrisy toward disclosure of money in politics.... View Article
Continue readingExpanded Analysis Finds 15 States Sharing “Stand Your Ground” Language
An expansion of our recent analysis of Stand Your Ground laws confirms that an additional five states, and perhaps more,... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 3/29/2012
NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Undergrads for unlimited donations: A group of Duke University undergraduate students started their own super PAC... View Article
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