Senate committee delays vote on FEC nominees
President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Election Commission must wait a little longer for the Senate Rules and Administration Committee to vote on their nominations.Only Sen. Chuck...
View ArticleInside a coal company exam
GRUNDY, Va. — The digital clock on the sign for the Buchanan General Hospital read 7:57 a.m. when Dr. Gregory Fino pulled into the parking lot in a red Porsche Cayenne. He walked past muddy trucks and...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins suspends black lung program after Center-ABC investigation
Johns Hopkins Medicine has suspended its black lung program pending a review in response to a Center for Public Integrity-ABC News investigation revealing how medical opinions from doctors at the...
View ArticleWhat Congress didn't say: Obamacare outlaws policies that are essentially...
As I watched Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius being grilled by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week, it was immediately clear to me just how many of them...
View ArticleKoch-backed governors group gives big to Cuccinelli in Virginia
Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has raked in millions from out-of-state donors while at the same time hammering Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe for doing the same,...
View ArticleDays after investigation, coal miners' safety net scrutinized
Sometimes the impact of a Center for Public Integrity investigation is both immediate and substantial. That’s been the case for our latest black lung series published last week, "Breathless and...
View ArticleSenators push reform of black lung program that 'failed' sick miners
U.S. senators are crafting legislation to reform the black lung benefits program, using a series of reports by the Center for Public Integrity and ABC News as a guide, Sen. Robert Casey said...
View ArticleFEC: Prison is no excuse for campaign filing failures
Incarceration is apparently no excuse for not disclosing your political campaign committee activity.The Federal Election Commission is demanding former Democratic Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. (Ill.) and...
View ArticleHow shipping unions sunk food aid reform
As members of the U.S. House and Senate meet this week to hammer out a farm bill, they are likely to consider changes to the way the United States delivers food aid to hungry and impoverished nations....
View ArticleSoap opera producer tapped for top diplomatic post
President Barack Obama has nominated one of his top fundraisers in Hollywood to be the next U.S. ambassador to Hungary, the White House announced Wednesday night.Obama's new choice for the job? Colleen...
View ArticleCenter, NPR win top science reporting award
The Center for Public Integrity and NPR have won a Kavli Science Journalism Award for a 2012 project documenting the resurgence of black lung disease, the American Association for the Advancement of...
View ArticleCongressmen call for federal investigation of black lung benefits program,...
Two U.S. congressmen have called on the Labor Department’s inspector general to investigate whether doctors and lawyers, working on behalf of coal companies, have helped improperly deprive hundreds of...
View ArticleLibertarians declare 'mission accomplished' in Virginia — after super PAC help
Two days after Virginia voters narrowly elected Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe over Republican Ken Cuccinelli, Libertarian National Committee Executive Director Wes Benedict...
View ArticleSeparating myth from reality on Obamacare
My heart sank when I got an email late last month from my friend Robert, who has been battling multiple sclerosis for the past decade. He wrote to tell me that he was among the many Americans who in...
View ArticleALEC gets gift from Nuclear Energy Institute
The American Legislative Exchange Council, known for churning out industry-friendly legislation, received $10,000 from the Nuclear Energy Institute last year, according to a new tax filing obtained by...
View Article'Citizens United' ruling helped unions win state elections
Coming out of the primaries in last year’s gubernatorial election, New Hampshire Republican Ovide Lamontagne enjoyed a huge cash advantage over Democrat Maggie Hassan.Polls predicted a tight race for...
View ArticleMethodology
The Center analyzed independent expenditure data obtained by the National Institute on Money in State Politics (NIMSP) for 29 states. The Center augmented NIMSP’s data by identifying independent...
View ArticleWas the glut of outside spending in 2012 state races just the start?
The Consider the Source project is the Center for Public Integrity’s vehicle for focusing on transparency and accountability and the tracking of money in politics.“So Damn Much Money,” to quote the...
View ArticleKoch-backed nonprofit spent record cash in 2012
Americans for Prosperity— the main political arm of billionaire industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch — spent a staggering $122 million last year as it unsuccessfully attempted to defeat...
View ArticleFormer congressman — a practicing lawyer — may be breaking campaign reporting...
Just because you want to terminate your all-but-defunct congressional committee doesn't mean you can ignore federal regulators — particularly when you're still sitting on a truckload of debt.So the...
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