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Being a reader and a supporter of the Center for Public Integrity, you see the headlines from us every week about the effects of money’s influence on government power.Just last week, for example, the...
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Center invests in finance, money-in-politics coverage
The Center for Public Integrity is investing in the coverage of finance and money-in- politics issues with four new hires.Alison Fitzgerald, a 2009 Polk Award winner, author and longtime Bloomberg...
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Air show lobbyists to buzz Capitol Hill
A trade group for air shows — stung in recently weeks by sequestration's grounding of military aircraft demonstrations— is launching a government affairs offensive.Lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates...
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Hagel warns Pentagon officials that change is coming
If anyone thought Chuck Hagel wants to be a caretaker defense secretary, he worked hard to disabuse them of the idea in an April 3 speech to a roomful of generals and other senior officers at...
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Corruption case further sullies Albany's reputation
A New York state senator and five other political officials have been named in a sweeping federal corruption case — the latest in a series of scandals that helped earn the Empire State a D grade from...
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Inside the global offshore money maze
A cache of 2.5 million files has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts, exposing hidden dealings of politicians, con men and the mega-rich the world over.The...
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IRS ‘outs’ handful of donors to Republican group
A handful of donors to the nonprofit Republican Governors Association Public Policy Committee got a rude surprise when the Internal Revenue Service mistakenly outed them by making available part of a...
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Governors’ groups rely increasingly on 'dark money' affiliates
The Democratic and Republican governors’ associations are increasingly relying on nonprofit affiliates to get their candidates elected and influence ballot initiatives, a move that allows them to avoid...
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U.S. asbestos imports condemned by health experts, activists
More than 50 countries have banned asbestos, a toxic mineral used in building materials, insulation, automobile brakes and other products.The United States isn’t one of them. Last year, according to...
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Competition in Pentagon contracting declines
Promoting competition among military contractors is the “single most powerful tool available” to the Pentagon to improve productivity and drive down costs, the U.S. government’s chief weapons buyer...
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Criminologists' critique questions NRA task force school safety strategy
Just as a National Rifle Association task force unveiled its “National School Shield” report this week, a detailed critique from three criminologists termed the gun lobby’s push for enhanced school...
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Caribbean go-between provided shelter for far-away frauds
The tangled trail of the Magnitsky Affair, a case that’s strained U.S.-Russian relations and blocked American adoptions of Russian orphans, snakes through an offshore haven in the Caribbean. The death...
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Ron Paul using campaign cash to aid his nonprofit
Texan Ron Paul's congressional career is over, but he's still helping himself from his well-stocked campaign account.On March 11, the Committee to Re-Elect Ron Paul donated $150,000 to the Foundation...
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Secret documents expose offshore’s global impact
The Center for Public Integrity’s international team has just launched the largest investigative reporting project in its 15 year history.Drawing on a leaked cache of 2.5 million files, ICIJ has...
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How governors' associations keep donations secrets
The two most prolific outside spending groups in state elections have found a new method for influencing elections and ballot initiatives — nonprofit groups.As reported by the Center for Public...
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OPINION: Obamacare's help for small business
With April 15 approaching, some small business owners who provide health coverage to their workers are not going to be as indebted to Uncle Sam as they have in years past, thanks to Obamacare. That’s...
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Faux corporate directors stand in for fraudsters, despots and spies
On November 14, 2006, a man going by the name Paul William Hampel was arrested at a Canadian airport on charges of being a Russian spy.Hampel’s carefully constructed identity portrayed him as a...
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NCAA spent $1.6 million on lobbying in past decade
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's "March Madness" will come to an end tonight as the University of Louisville's Division I men's basketball team faces off against the University of...
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New report highlights disproportionate school discipline for minorities
Researchers analyzing a trove of national school discipline data have found that as black, disabled and English-as-a-second language students enter middle and high schools, their school suspension...
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Highlights of offshore leaks so far
This month marks the beginning of one of the biggest financial leaks in history.The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has just released the first stories from a global collaborative...
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