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Transparency in Texas: Dallas suburbs lead in attempts to deny public...
Among the state’s biggest cities, several sprawling Dallas-area suburbs tallied the highest rate of requests to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott last year to keep government information secret,...
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Christian college asks for refund of donation to super PAC
A nonprofit college says it has asked for a refund of a $5,000 donation to a conservative super PAC after an inquiry by the Center for Public Integrity.Colorado Christian University gave the money...
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Daily Disclosure: Tea party PAC turns Democratic attack on its head
“It’s time to put the adults back in charge,” says the narrator of a new attack ad from a conservative political action committee.“Sometimes Barack Obama seems to confuse being president with being on...
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Pennsylvania governor benefited from untraceable $1.5 million donation
At a campaign stop near Philadelphia early in his 2010 bid for governor, Republican Tom Corbett announced “we’ve got to raise money,” that it was the “number-one” priority. In an answer to his...
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D.C.-based governors' associations provide back door for corporate donors
It was no secret in the 2010 race for governor of Pennsylvania that Republican Tom Corbett, the state’s attorney general, was the favorite of the burgeoning natural gas industry.Corbett collected...
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Daily Disclosure: Koch-funded groups attack Obama for 'war on coal'
Secretive nonprofits affiliated with oil and coal companies, including Koch Industries, are hitting Obama hard for what they call his “war on coal.”Yesterday, for example, the nonprofit American...
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Center environmental investigations honored nationally
Three Center for Public Integrity investigations examining environmental and health hazards have been honored in recent weeks with four national reporting prizes.The investigative reports ranged from...
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The ‘Citizens United’ decision and why it matters
By now most folks know that the U.S. Supreme Court did something that changed how money can be spent in elections and by whom, but what happened and why should you care?The Citizens United ruling,...
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Stealth spending on the rise as 2012 election approaches
If there was a silver lining for open-government advocates in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling that unleashed corporate and union spending on elections, it was that the identity of those who pay...
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Separated by law: Families torn apart by 1996 immigration measure
In a nation built by immigrants, they thought they could pursue their American Dream — with loved ones at their side. Instead, they're living an American nightmare that's tearing families apart and...
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A dizzying series of legal twists and turns
Given the white-hot politics of immigration, it’s perhaps not surprising that President Obama instantly drew fire with a proposal in January to help undocumented spouses of American citizens obtain...
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Daily Disclosure: Mystery group spends $1 million opposing Obama
Less than three weeks before Election Day, a new mystery group dropped nearly $1 million on an anti-Obama expenditure, according to records.Citizen Awareness Project appears to be a nonprofit...
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Aspen Dental faces class action suit
A class-action lawsuit accuses Aspen Dental, one of the nation’s largest corporate-dental chains, of illegally owning dental practices and of deceiving patients.A joint report by the Center for Public...
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Elite fundraisers bring in more than $180 million for Obama
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign added 120 new fundraising “bundlers” during the third quarter who have brought in at least $17.5 million, including a former secretary of state and a...
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Obscure nonprofit threatens campaign finance limits beyond Montana
Voters haven’t had a clue who is behind American Tradition Partnership — the Colorado-based group pushing to rewrite Montana’s campaign finance laws — and that’s just the way the secretive nonprofit...
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OPINION: Voices of the uninsured
When people find out I used to work for an insurance company, many of them ask if I can help find them a decent policy that won’t bust their family budgets. Many others ask if I would consider going...
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Furniture king a celebrity in Colorado
Jacob "Jake" Jabs is not quite a national figure, but he is a celebrity in Colorado — so much so that he was featured in the animated comedy series “South Park,” which is set in the state.A cartoon...
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Daily Disclosure: Pro-Obama super PAC outpaces GOP counterpart
Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney’s candidacy, doubled its fundraising total in September taking in $14.8 million, but was still outraised by the pro-President Barack Obama...
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FACT CHECK: Missteps in final presidential debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night...
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Public betrayal in the Bay State
Deep flaws in Massachusetts laws constructed to keep government honest have sustained a recurring parade of criminal and ethical misconduct charges involving public servants in the past five years, a...
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