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Ex-FEC leader starts New Hampshire super PAC
A new super PAC established by a former Federal Election Commission chairman appears poised to enter New Hampshire’s political fray, where three Democratic incumbents in Congress are seeking...
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Montana state senators raise big bucks with secretive nonprofit
A secretive nonprofit connected to a pair of conservative Montana state senators, which spent heavily during the state’s contested 2012 Supreme Court race, raised more than $900,000 in 2012, according...
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Keeping an eye on insurance companies that refuse to pay claims
After writing a couple weeks back that we need to keep an eye on profit-hungry health insurers to make sure they are not refusing to pay for medically necessary care, I got a flood of emails and tweets...
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ICIJ guide to voter restrictions around the world
On Tuesday, a federal judge in Wisconsin struck a blow in one of America’s most contentious legal battles. Finding that Wisconsin’s new law requiring that citizens show government-issued photo IDs in...
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U.S. military describes its mistakes in Afghanistan
When President Obama met top NATO officials in Brussels on March 26, he publicly expressed renewed optimism that America’s estimated $120 billion effort to reconstruct Afghanistan will leave behind “a...
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Abuse in court? Deputy strikes boy in court, boy charged with assault
Usually, it’s the judge who decides how to handle a kid in court who’s accused of an offense. But in eastern Tennessee, a lawsuit filed on April 24 alleges that it was a court bailiff — a sheriff’s...
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Why we have a gift acceptance policy, and what it means for you
Follow the money: that’s what Center for Public Integrity journalists do every day. So when it comes to our own organization’s funding, we want to be as transparent and ethical as possible. But what...
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U.S. Chamber targets Dems in state attorney general races
The ads accuse Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, a candidate for state attorney general, of living a lavish lifestyle at the taxpayers’ expense.Shots of Miller with Mike Tyson and Hugh Hefner’s...
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GOP civil war rages in Senate primary battles
Hard-line conservatives have become Democrats’ unwitting allies in the battle to control Congress.Conservative groups have together spent nearly $3 attacking Republican candidates for every $1 spent...
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What the FEC's Bitcoin ruling means
After months of fits and starts, the Federal Election Commission today unanimously ruled that federal political committees may accept a limited amount of Bitcoin to fuel their election efforts.But the...
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Limited liability companies power West Virginia super PAC
In the final stretch of the seven-way GOP primary in West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, a super PAC called the “Freedom Frontier Action Network” has spent more than $80,000 on mailings touting...
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Juvenile injustice: truants face courts, jailing without legal counsel to aid...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — She was barely 15 and scared at the prospect of being in court. She agreed to plead guilty to truancy. But when Judge Tim Irwin announced what he planned to do with her, the girl...
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Tobacco money fuels gay Republicans, business organizations
The flagship nonprofit of Charles and David Koch’s political network.A group that’s been called “a secretly funded arm” of New Mexico Gov. Susanna Martinez’s re-election campaign.The nation’s largest...
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Insurers following 'the playbook' in opposing California ballot initiative
LOS ANGELES — As I wrote in my book, Deadly Spin, the health insurance industry and other special interest groups use a tried-and-true set of tactics to push back against threats to their...
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Case reopened after Center reveals judge's conflict of interest
A federal court has scrapped a 2010 decision in an employment discrimination appeal and plans to reopen the case after The Center for Public Integrity uncovered a conflict of interest by one of its...
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China, Russia outrank U.S. when it comes to corporate transparency
For journalists and researchers pursuing cross-border and global investigations, access to information on companies is a basic need, but one that is not always easy to fulfill.Unsurprisingly, different...
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Polis adds to campaign stash, bitcoin by bitcoin
The campaign coffer of Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., is steadily filling with invisible money.As of Monday night, Polis had received $1,500 in Bitcoin that 39 donors together contributed to his campaign...
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Groups seek EPA action on toxic air emissions from fracking
Seeking to close what a lawyer called “serious gaps” in regulation, 64 environmental and community groups on Tuesday petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to clamp down on toxic air emissions...
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Oil giant Citgo gets off easy in criminal case
A foreign oil company convicted of polluting a Texas community's air with dangerous chemicals has gotten off easy in a criminal case that could undercut the prosecution of environmental crimes in the...
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Tech super PAC startups could tap billions
A for-profit university bankrolled by prominent tech firms and co-founded by futuristRay Kurzweil is behind four separate super PACs formed this week, according to interviews and documents filed with...
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