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When Corporations Play Politics With Ballot Measures

When corporations give money to get a ballot issue passed, the issue often affects their bottom lines.A gambling company gives millions to allow the opening of a new casino; an agricultural giant spends huge sums...

By Center for Public Integrity / Liz Essley Whyte

'Deez Nuts' Copycats Are Giving Election Officials a Headache

Rash of bogus presidential candidates taxing government resources

By Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity

Alcohol Distributors Ply Statehouses to Keep Profits Flowing

Rhinegeist Brewery invested $250,000 in trucks and employees to bring its beers into Kentucky, just a few miles from its fledgling brewery in downtown Cincinnati.Sales boomed in the “thirsty” Kentucky market, said brewery co-founder Bryant...

By Liz Essley Whyte / Center for Public Integrity

Defense Contractors Spend Millions to Overturn Limits on Military Spending

The Pentagon’s top contractors sent an army of more than 400 lobbyists to Capitol Hill this spring to press their case for increasing the nation’s spending on military hardware, in a massive effort costing tens...

By Center for Public Integrity / Alexander Cohen

Capture of U.S.-Trained Fighters Sets Back ISIS Fight

Lieutenant Farhan al-Jassem spoke to the Center for Public Integrity before he was taken

By Center for Public Integrity / Julia Harte and Isabel Hunter

Presidential Super PACs Top $266 Million

That's 17 times as much as they did in 2012

By Center for Public Integrity/Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal, Carrie Levine and Ben Wieder

Major Donors Hedge Their Bets in 2016 Race

One donor gave to Hillary Clinton as well as Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham

By Center for Public Integrity/Carrie Levine, Michael Beckel, Ben Weider, Dave Levinthal, Alexander Cohen

Why a Plan to Give You More Cell Phone Options May Backfire

It could make AT&T and Verizon even stronger.

By Center for Public Integrity/Allan Holmes

How a Federal Lab Lobbied With Taxpayer Dollars

The Energy Department’s Inspector General said this was a violation of federal law.

By Center for Public Integrity/Patrick Malone and R. Jeffrey Smith

Supreme Court Justices Earn Free Trips and More

Six of the court’s nine members received paid trips to Europe in 2014

By Center for Public Integrity/Rachel Baye, Reity O'Brien

Ohio Strikes Back Against Pot Legalization

A campaign to legalize marijuana in Ohio took a step closer to making November’s ballot Tuesday, after its promoters turned in more than twice the required number of signatures.But the measure will face competition at...

By Center for Public Integrity/Liz Essley Whyte

Gridlock Is Hurting Campaign Finance Oversight

The Federal Election Commission, a bipartisan agency charged with enforcing and administering the nation’s campaign laws, will next month zoom past a fairly preposterous milestone given its mission: two years without anyone leading its nonpartisan...

By Center for Public Integrity/Dave Levinthal

Ohio Ballot Measure Could Create a Marijuana Monopoly

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thousands of hastily scribbled signatures fill boxes in the basement of Ian James’ 7,800-square-foot restored Victorian home in the historic Franklin Park neighborhood. James needs these names to win a place on...

By Center for Public Integrity / Liz Essley Whyte

Florida Politicians Back Jeb Bush's Super PAC

A sneak peek at his fundraising haul

By Center for Public Integrity / Michael Beckel

2016 Race Sparks $1 Million in Negative Ads

Nearly all of it was spent against Hillary Clinton

By Center for Public Integrity / Michael Beckel

The Secret Group That Decides 'Natural' Flavors

Ingredients created by food companies flavor what Americans eat each day—everything from juice drinks and potato chips to ice cream and canned soups. They give Cheetos their addictive cheesy taste and help distinguish Jolly Ranchers...

By Erin Quinn and Chris Young / Center for Public Integrity

The FCC Wants to Give Smart Phones to Poor Americans

The Federal Communications Commission, concerned about the high cost of broadband, wants to put cell phones that can access the Internet in the hands of America’s poor in hopes of reducing the digital divide.FCC Chairman...

By Allan Holmes / Center for Public Integrity

Bill Would Limit Lobbyists' Campaign Fundraising

Sen. Michael Bennet, former leader of the Democratic Party’s Senate campaign arm, is sponsoring a bill that would make his successor’s job even harder.Under Bennet’s leadership, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee accumulated nearly three times...

By Carrie Levine and Michael Beckel / Center for Public Integrity

Politicians on All Sides Love Taking Uber Rides

Sen. Al Franken has “serious concerns” about Uber’s commitment to riders’ privacy, for which company executives have, in his estimation, shown “troubling disregard.”The on-demand car booking service, Franken further asserted in a letter to the...

By Center for Public Integrity / Dave Levinthal

How Does Your State Rank on Sending Students to Police?

Virginia was ranked the highest in a Center for Public Integrity analysis.

By Center for Public Integrity / Susan Ferriss
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