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ISIS and fumbling control of nuclear materials: Center's investigations into...
With high profile terrorist attacks in Paris, San Bernardino and elsewhere, 2015 was the year the world turned its attention more fully to the self-styled Islamic State. It was also the year that...
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National liberal groups to push 'record' number of 2016 ballot measures
Paul Spencer, a teacher and part-time pecan farmer in Arkansas, drafted a ballot measure for 2016 to reform the state’s campaign finance laws so his fellow voters could know who paid for election ads...
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Report says Virginia should require school police training and alter laws to...
Legislators should rewrite state codes to reduce Virginia’s high rate of arresting young students, child legal-rights advocates argue in a new report.Staff at the Virginia Legal Aid Justice Center...
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Federal Election Commission may vacate headquarters
The nation’s federal campaign and election regulator could soon have a new address — and it wouldn’t necessarily be in Washington, D.C.Federal Election Commission officials confirmed to the Center for...
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Report underlines recent worker hazards at old weapons plants
The toxic morass that was America’s nuclear weapons complex is no secret. Hazardous conditions in places like the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio moved Congress in 2000 to create a...
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Pro-Rubio super PAC causing Chris Christie problems
Just as fast as Chris Christie rose in New Hampshire presidential polls, one Republican opponent’s super PAC cavalry is attempting to knock the New Jersey governor’s popularity back down.A pair of...
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How to use our State Integrity interactive to find solutions, ‘best practices’
It’s early January, when New Year’s resolutions seem attainable, extra pounds from the holidays losable, and sound policy from new state legislative sessions at least possible. By now, 14 state...
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Ethics reform placed on November ballot in South Dakota
A sweeping anti-corruption measure that was inspired by a Center for Public Integrity report will appear on the ballot this year in South Dakota. The proposal, initiated by a bi-partisan group of...
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Does Bernie Sanders have a Jeb Bush problem?
A high-profile presidential candidate has seen a massive advertising blitz, yet his standing in the polls has barely budged.No, it's not Republican Jeb Bush. Rather, it’s Bernie Sanders, who’s...
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Groups decrying 'dark money' use shadowy money themselves
Groups that complain about “dark money” in politics may need to look into the darkness that shrouds their own pots of money.A number of groups that advocate against anonymous donations in politics are...
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NY Gov. Cuomo proposes changes to ethics, campaign finance laws
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo called Wednesday for major changes to the state’s ethics and campaign finance laws, following months of scandal that punctuated deep-seated problems in Albany’s political...
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New pro-Cruz ad blitz bankrolled by mysterious super PAC
A new super PAC promoting Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential candidacy on Wednesday launched a multi-million dollar ad blitz — the first major TV push by outside groups supporting the ascendant...
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Center for Public Integrity hires state politics reporter
Veteran political reporter Michael J. Mishak is joining the Center for Public Integrity’s state politics team to cover the influence of special interests on state government.Mishak joins the Center for...
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Experts warn that nuclear risks may be increasing
U.S. efforts to keep nuclear explosive materials out of the hands of terrorists are losing steam and will be undermined without a concerted new diplomatic push, an independent nonprofit group in...
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Virginia officials offer auto title loan firms a chance to keep information...
The nation’s three major auto-title lenders are pressing Virginia officials to keep a wide range of their business records secret, including details about how often they get in trouble with regulators...
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Super PACs get free pass to hide donors
On Tuesday, a pro-Hillary Clintonsuper PAC sent campaign regulators a seemingly perfunctory letter, all of 30 words long.“This letter serves to officially notify the Federal Election Commission that...
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What is political 'dark money' — and is it bad?
By now, you've probably heard the phrase "dark money."Activists use it. Politicians use it. And journalists use it, including here at the Center for Public Integrity.For some people, it's just another...
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Meet the GOP congressman who wants to overturn ‘Citizens United’
First elected to Congress in 1994 as part of Newt Gingrich’s Republican revolution, Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina now proudly marches to his own beat.To wit: The staunch Christian conservative...
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How to track presidential race TV ads
Another TV commercial flashes across your television.Instantly, you recognize it as a presidential attack ad: ominous music, unflattering photographs and, in all likelihood, a sponsor with some...
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Tracking TV ads in the 2016 presidential race
Chris Zubak-Skeeshttp://www.publicintegrity.org/authors/chris-zubak-skeeshttp://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/01/21/19164/tracking-tv-ads-2016-presidential-race
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