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Tea party operative likely behind mysterious web blitz
An anonymous online campaign that criticizes a government crackdown on fraudulent Web-based businesses appears to have been developed by the same company that built websites for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of...
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'Close your doors and go away:' readers react to fracking investigation
Reader reaction to “Big Oil, Bad Air,” a project jointly unveiled this week by the Center for Public Integrity's Jim Morris, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel about the South Texas oil boom...
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Next up: 'Citizens United v. IRS'?
Four years ago, the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision remade the rules for how political campaigns are waged.Could a Citizens United v. Internal Revenue Service...
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Long-awaited EPA pesticide protections a 'mixed bag' for farmworkers
Ushering in what it called “milestone” changes to better protect the nation’s farmworkers from pesticides, the Environmental Protection Agency this week proposed a slate of updates to its agricultural...
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New Fed study says health reform can reduce financial stress
One of the great hopes of health care reform is that it will reduce the number of Americans who file for bankruptcy because of medical debt. A new study in Massachusetts is providing evidence that the...
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Labor Department unveils changes to aid miners in black lung benefits cases
Coal miners sick with black lung disease should receive higher-quality medical reports and have a better chance to win benefits cases following a series of reforms announced Monday by the U.S....
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What makes a good U.S. ambassador?
Update, Feb. 25, 2014, 2:23 p.m.: This story has been updated to include a comment from White House spokesman Eric Schultz.Under the direction of the American Foreign Service Association, a group of...
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Credit union overseer cozies up to industry execs
A credit union regulator whose close ties to industry lobbyists sparked an internal agency probe said Tuesday that his job is “very similar” to serving on the board of a credit union and that...
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ICIJ denounces brutal attack on Ming Pao editor
On Wednesday Kevin Lau, the former chief editor of the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, was stabbed three times by an unknown assailant. Lau is reportedly in critical condition. Ming Pao was one of ICIJ’s...
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Nonprofits spend money on campaigns despite benefactors' warnings
Two of the tightest races for U.S. Senate in 2012 were in Nevada and Arizona. Republican candidates eked out wins in both states with help from four so-called “dark money” nonprofits.Then-Rep. Jeff...
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Transfers allow nonprofits to spend more money on campaigns, experts say
Political nonprofits, also known as “dark money” groups, often transfer funds to other political nonprofits, which then transfer funds to other nonprofits, and so on — largely to further obscure where...
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Nonprofits' failure to report political activity to IRS raises questions
A Center for Public Integrity analysis of dozens of Internal Revenue Service and Federal Election Commission documents found three social welfare nonprofits that spent money on politics and did not...
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Natural gas boom advances with little study of public health effects, report...
A new study has underscored just how little is known about the health consequences of the natural gas boom that began a decade ago, when advances in high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and...
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Zombie super PACs face termination
A legion of zombie super PACs — they exist on paper but barely engage in politics, if at all — face "administrative termination" by federal regulators for failing to file mandatory financial...
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Obama announces foundation-funded project to help black, Latino youth
President Obama launched a new initiative Thursday called My Brother’s Keeper, a privately funded effort to address the high rates at which black and Latino males drop out of school, come into contact...
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Breathless and Burdened wins business investigative reporting honor
A Center for Public Integrity series exploring how sick and dying coal miners encounter steep hurdles in winning health benefits claims has won a top investigative reporting prize from a business...
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Dizzying array of options in Obamacare can lead to expensive mistakes
With fewer than 30 shopping days left before Obamacare open enrollment ends on March 31, if you want to get coverage through the health insurance marketplace and avoid having to pay a penalty, you...
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Obama budget no windfall for beleaguered FEC
President Barack Obama's new budget proposal is no windfall for the nation's elections watchdog.The Federal Election Commission, throttled of late by Chinese hackers and staffing shortages, would...
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Nuclear Waste: Energy Department proposes to kill multi-billion dollar...
A new multi-billion dollar plant being constructed by the Energy Department in South Carolina to transform Cold War-era plutonium into electricity will not be operated as planned, the department...
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Super PACs, nonprofits fueling GOP strife
As the Republican Party marches toward a tea party vs. establishment brawl, or even hurtles toward political civil war, conservative super PACs and nonprofits are helping bankroll the journey.One in...
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