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Do senators fear the Internet?
Despite millions in potential cost savings to taxpayers, the U.S. Senate has still yet to pass a requirement that it file campaign finance reports electronically.By Friday, presidential candidates,...
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Obama to lament DeVry grad's student debt
President Obama will take a gentle swing tonight at for-profit education companies that sometimes leave students with crippling debt and scant job prospects.During his State of the Union address, Obama...
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Beltway allies powered pro-Cheney super PAC
A super PAC created to aid Liz Cheney, the daughter for former Vice President Dick Cheney, in her quest to become Wyoming’s next U.S. senator raised $38,500 last year, new documents show, and none of...
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U.S. literacy program for Afghan military comes up short
The Defense Department has long maintained that teaching Afghan soldiers and police how to read and write is a steppingstone to their success on the battlefield against the Taliban and other insurgent...
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Exelon amends reports concerning contributions to trade groups
Exelon Corp. gave half as much money to politically active nonprofits in 2012 than what it first disclosed, an error that knocks the nuclear energy giant down to second place among Fortune 300...
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Delay of long-awaited refinery accident report signals divisions at Chemical...
Editor’s note, Jan. 30: This story has been updated to include a summary of a draft report on the Tesoro accident by the Chemical Safety Board, and a statement by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.In the...
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EPA to regulate coal ash amid court settlement
For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency is agreeing to regulate the disposal of coal ash as part of a settlement in a lawsuit filed against the agency by environmental groups.In a...
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Two Center projects named finalists for Goldsmith investigative reporting prize
Two Center for Public Integrity projects were among the six finalists announced Thursday for the prestigious Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.The Center is the only news organization with...
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GOP governors group dwarfs Democrats in fundraising
With 36 gubernatorial seats up for election this year, a key Republican political organization reported a significant fundraising advantage over its Democratic counterpart.The Republican Governors...
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Corporate subsidy deals don’t always deliver
The 50 states and the District of Columbia award $12 billion a year in subsidies to businesses each year, but fewer than a quarter of 246 incentive programs disclose how many jobs were created or how...
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New California data show drop in overall school suspensions, expulsions
Just as a federal effort to reform school discipline gets underway, the country’s most populous state — California — has released new data showing a significant one-year drop in suspensions and...
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Pop-up pro-Clinton group fades after scrutiny
A purportedly pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC known as Time for Hillary — which was launched in August by individuals with long histories of financial woes— appears to be partway through a vanishing...
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Pro-gay marriage Republican group boosted by Karl Rove’s super PAC
American Crossroads, one of the most high-profile conservative groups in the country, donated $53,000 last year to a political group that backs Republicans who support same-sex marriage, records...
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Pro-Vitter super PAC fueled by energy interests
Republican Sen. David Vitter, who announced last week he’ll be running for governor of Louisiana in 2015, joins the race with powerful energy interests at his side.A super PAC that supports his...
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Democrats easily outpace Republicans in super PAC fundraising race
Democrats are embracing super PACs — the independent political money groups they once derided — and are easily outpacing Republicans in the race for cash, according to the most recent campaign finance...
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Billionaires boost Republican governors group past Democrats in fundraising
The Republican Governors Association heads into a crucial election year having outraised its Democratic counterpart $50.3 million to $28 million in 2013, thanks largely to donations from corporations...
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Massachusetts tackles next phase of health care reform: controlling costs
While lawmakers in Washington and state capitals continue to obsess about Obamacare — either how to make sure it is being implemented as Congress intended, or how to make sure it isn’t — Massachusetts...
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Two Center projects are finalists for esteemed Goldsmith Prize
Investigative reporting, done right, is an exacting and exhaustive form of specialized reporting. A single project can consume a year or more of intensive work, encompassing millions of pages of...
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Billionaires use super PACs to advance pet causes
The first generation of super PACs operated as shadow party committees, embodied in American Crossroads, the pro-Republican behemoth co-founded in 2010 by Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie.Next came...
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Dems introduce plan for public financing of campaigns
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation to create a voluntary public financing system for House candidates Wednesday in an attempt to “combat the influence of big-money...
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