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States consider requiring shareholder approval for political gifts
Lawmakers in at least four states are considering a back-door way to dampen corporate political spending: Require shareholders to approve it.State legislators in Maine, Maryland, New York and New...
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Holder starts 90-day clock on potential prosecution of bankers
Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department will determine within the next 90 days whether to charge individual Wall Street executives with crimes related to the 2008 financial...
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Prison banker eliminates fees for money-order deposits in Kansas
JPay Inc., the biggest provider of money transfers to prisoners, has stopped charging fees to families sending money orders to inmates in Kansas, after a Center for Public Integrity report on the...
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HSBC raided as officials launch money-laundering probe
Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation against HSBC Private Bank, and raided the bank’s Geneva offices for evidence as it probes allegations of “aggravated money-laundering.”Citing...
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The state of city-run Internet
Freda Jones knows how much fast Internet is worth –tens of thousands of dollars.Jones owns a real estate company in Manchester, Tennessee, a small town nestled against the Appalachian Mountains about...
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Humana facing new federal scrutiny over private Medicare plans
Giant health insurer Humana, Inc. faces new scrutiny from the Justice Department over allegations it has overcharged the government by claiming some elderly patients enrolled in its popular Medicare...
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HSBC's political committee goes dark in days before Swiss Leaks scandal
HSBC North America's political action committee stopped donating money to U.S. politicians in the weeks before scandal rocked its worldwide operations, a new financial filing indicates.The lack of...
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PR giant, oil industry group split
Breakups are hard — especially when they mean losing contracts worth tens of millions of dollars a year.Just ask Edelman.Despite its status as the world’s largest public relations firm, Edelman and the...
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'Socialized' or not, Britain's health care system is superior
America is the home of the brave, they say, but a lot of us brave folks are terrified of the way the British do health care.We’re even afraid of other Americans who aren’t afraid of it, like Dr. Donald...
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Feds announce changes in nursing home rating system
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes Friday to its often-critiqued five-star rating system for nursing home quality —- changes that are likely to negatively affect the...
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Center hires audience development, programming experts
The Center for Public Integrity has appointed two new digital journalists to work on audience development and interactive news applications.John Ketchum joins the Center today as its new Engagement...
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LA superbug outbreak calls new attention to dirty surgical instruments
An outbreak of infections and deaths apparently linked to poorly cleaned medical scopes at a Los Angeles hospital is bringing renewed attention to the broader problem of dirty surgical instruments —...
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Mitt Romney, Rand Paul and a porno spoof
Not long ago, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised his administration would battle online smut by strictly enforcing obscenity laws and compelling businesses to install...
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FCC approves net neutrality
The U.S.’s top Internet overseer today voted to bar Internet providers from charging some companies more than others for faster delivery of movies, music and other web content.The Federal...
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Obamacare opponents should be careful what they wish for
“Obamacare is a train wreck, and that’s actually not fair to train wrecks.”So said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. It was a line that drew...
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City-run Internet services still in limbo after FCC vote
After the nation’s top Internet regulator moved to allow two cities to offer broadband service to their residents, don’t expect a lot of other cities to follow. Expect lawsuits.The Federal...
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Top senators, lobbyists to help Ed Gillespie recoup lost money
If you're going to lose a U.S. Senate election and find yourself nearly $1 million in debt after the bruising campaign, it helps to be Ed Gillespie.Some of the nation's top Republicans and corporate...
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Special issue of journal looks at fracking's effects on people, animals
On February 18, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group, announced that natural gas production from hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania had broken another record, exceeding 4 trillion cubic...
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Liberal ‘dark money’ group scrutinized in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA — State election regulators will soon investigate whether Pennsylvanians for Accountability, a liberal nonprofit that repeatedly criticized former Pennsylvania GOP Gov. Tom Corbett and...
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