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New York lawmakers pass ethics legislation, but critics say the measure falls...
After yet another public corruption scandal splashed across front pages in January, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted the state government would pass ethics reform, and said he would force lawmakers...
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Menendez's million-dollar defense
When news broke last month on the Department of Justice’s plans to indict Sen. Robert Menendez on criminal corruption charges, the New Jersey Democrat signaled he would fight.“I’m not going anywhere,”...
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A super PAC for journalists?
Aligning with a political committee: most news reporters consider it a cardinal sin.But dogma isn't dogging Michael J. Hollis, a freelance writer and adjunct journalism professor from Texas who on...
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Symposium on South Africa's nuclear program to be held April 6
South Africa, the only nation ever to build a nuclear arsenal and voluntarily dismantle it, proudly regards itself as a champion of disarmament and nonproliferation. But for almost two decades, the...
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Warren Buffett's mobile home empire preys on the poor
Denise Pitts walked into the pawn shop not far from where she bought her mobile home in Knoxville, Tennessee, and offered up her wedding rings for $100. Her marriage wasn’t over, but her husband was...
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Alabama OB-GYN whose patient died, pushed for 'drive-through deliveries'
During his campaign for the Alabama Legislature last year, now-state Sen. Larry Stutts, a Sheffield Republican and OB-GYN, vowed to get the government out of the middle of the patient-physician...
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Wisconsin's other court battle
Wisconsin voters will make two major choices on Tuesday that will affect the state’s highest court. One will fill a seat on the seven-person Wisconsin Supreme Court. The other will determine how the...
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Center's work cited in review of retracted Rolling Stone story
The Center for Public Integrity’s groundbreaking investigation into campus sexual assault is being cited as a model for responsible journalistic practice by a report dissecting the now-infamous Rolling...
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A look at Berkshire Hathaway's response to 'mobile home trap' investigation
After The Seattle Times and The Center for Public Integrity published their investigation of Berkshire Hathaway’s mobile-home business, Berkshire sent a statement to a newspaper it owns, calling the...
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12 things to know about Rand Paul
It's all but official: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., will todayannounce he's running for president.On the 2016 campaign trail, Paul, an ophthalmologist and son of the libertarian-leaning former GOP...
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Congressman to colleagues: Surrender surplus campaign cash
Serve in Congress. Leave office. Sit on a mountain of surplus campaign cash.Such miserliness is surprisingly commonplace for lawmakers of all political stripes, some of whom have hoarded leftover...
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Health care, business and broadband stories win Excellence in Financial...
Four investigations from the Center for Public Integrity have won awards from the New York State Society of CPAs 2015 Excellence in Journalism Awards.The Medicare Advantage Money Grab series won Best...
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Virginia tops nation in sending students to cops, courts: Where does your...
Kayleb Moon-Robinson was 11 years old last fall when charges — criminal charges — began piling up at school.Diagnosed as autistic, Kayleb was being scolded for misbehavior one day and kicked a trash...
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A nuclear weapons courier threatens his colleagues
A key job requirement for federal agents ferrying nuclear weapons around the United States —no surprise here— is that they shouldn’t have “anger management” issues.Incidents of “hostility or...
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12 things to know about Hillary Clinton
Ready or not, here comes Hillary.Clinton will today makeofficial what for months — even years — has seemed inevitable: that she'll again run for president. All the while, a small political industry...
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12 things to know about Marco Rubio
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., today is expectedto become the third big-name Republican to enter the 2016 race for the White House.Florida’s junior senator faces plenty of challenges during the Republican...
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Energy firms, health insurers deftly use others to spread propaganda
I usually don’t pay a lot of attention to the songs on a restaurant’s playlist, but when “The Old Rugged Cross” came on at the Manassas, Virginia, Cracker Barrel as I was traveling to Tennessee...
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Rapper Pras Michel hit with campaign finance complaint
Campaign finance watchdogs have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against hip-hop musician Pras Michel — one of the founders of the Fugees — and a politically active company under...
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Much room for improvement in flawed black lung benefits program, audit finds
An audit prompted by a Center for Public Integrity/ABC News investigation of the federal black lung benefits system has found “many opportunities” to improve the claims process for sick coal miners.The...
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'Big Oil, Bad Air' collaboration wins energy writing award
A joint investigation by the Center for Public Integrity, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel examining the rise of toxic air emissions in Texas shale fields has won the National Press...
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