Hidden agendas

By The Center for Public Integrity

How state legislators keep conflicts of interest under wraps

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… es received grades of satisfactory to excellent. In these states (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, New York, North Carolina, Orego …"

"… state rankings from that report.STATERANKPOINT TOTALWashington198Alabama296Alaska395Hawaii491.5Arizona591Texas688Wisconsin688Virginia885.5New York985North C …"

States with senate races fuel money pipeline

By Derek Willis

National parties ship millions to Alaska, Florida and California

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… Federal Election Commission data.Three state parties – the Democrats in Alaska and Republicans in Florida and California – have received the most money …"

"… fers. The top state party recipient of national party money in 2004 is the Alaska State Democratic Party, where GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski faces a challenge fr …"

"… using and Urban Development in the current Bush administration. But unlike Alaska, Florida is also a key presidential state, which may explain why the state …"

State parties adjust to McCain-Feingold

By Derek Willis

Fundraising ahead of 2001 pace as new law provides opportunities and challenges

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… states—including New Hampshire, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Alaska—could see their parties use federal accounts to benefit state candidates …"

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The old soft money

By Derek Willis and Aron Pilhofer

National parties transferred millions of dollars to state party committees

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… lings with the Federal Election Commission. A handful of states, including Alaska, Michigan, New York and South Carolina have separate accounts for state pa …"

"… ancies came in a handful of states, many with administrative accounts. The Alaska Republican Party's filings do not reflect $584,000 sent by the national pa …"

Operating accounts

By Robert Moore

Alaska, Michigan, Ohio and South Carolina all have unlimited donation limits

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… xpenditures go unreported each year by state political party organizations.Alaska, Michigan, Ohio and South Carolina state election regulations make explici …"

"… not exist.Courts also have limited disclosure.Until a 1999 decision by the Alaska Supreme Court, political parties there had to report virtually everything. …"

The dispersion of disclosure

By MaryJo Sylwester and Katy Lewis

States have inconsistant disclosure laws, incomplete records and barriers to easily obtaining financial records

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… be supplemented with additional paper reports. For example, states such as Alaska, California and Pennsylvania had data from calendar year 2000 in a databas …"

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State bans on soft money

By Eric Marx

Conn. is only state with campaign finance law similar to Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… non-federal accounts, money will still be able to move across state lines.Alaska is a case in point.A group called Campaign Finance Reform Now! gathered si …"

"… led Campaign Finance Reform Now! gathered signatures from more than 32,000 Alaska voters for a ballot initiative that threatened to cut politicians off from …"

"… aign cash sources. Unless the legislature passed a similar reform measure, Alaskans would have decided the issue for themselves in the voting booth.In 1996â …"

"… ng booth.In 1996—two years before the Connecticut bill was enacted—the Alaska state legislature passed a campaign finance reform measure that was the st …"

State lobbying becomes billion-dollar business

By Sarah Laskow

At least a dozen states revise laws in 2006

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… s.These are some 2006 disclosure change highlights from around the country:AlaskaVoters changed the definition of a lobbyist in an August primary ballot mea …"

Statehouse revolvers

By Kevin Bogardus

Study finds more than 1,300 ex-legislators among 2005 state lobbying ranks

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… f ex-lawmakers acting as lobbyists tend to have small populations, such as Alaska (10), Hawaii and Wyoming (12 each). But Virginia, which according to July …"

State lobbyists near the $1 billion mark

By Neil Gordon

Laws in flux for 19 states

Excerpts from this story referencing "Alaska":

"… ting agency was not able to include lobbyists' salaries in the 2003 figure.Alaska significantly relaxed lobbyist registration requirements in 2003. The Cent …"

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