Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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Key senator ‘outraged’ by poor legal aid oversight

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Audit says legal aid boss charged taxpayers for club, car

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DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

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Kuwait contractor could be banned for security lapses

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ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

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ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

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Analysis – Insurers’ cynical calculations on the cost of doing business

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ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

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527s - Frequently Asked Questions

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A primer on the fundraising groups created through a legal loophole

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Impending ban hasn't stopped soft money rush by presidential hopefuls

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527s attract new donors as others abandon system in wake of BCRA

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Undisclosed

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Drug lobby gave $9.4 million to nonprofits that spent big on 2010 election

By Michael Beckel

Pharmaceutical lobby gave $9.4 million to five different politically active nonprofits in 2010

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Drug lobby second to none

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Surrogates for their agenda

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PhRMA's envoys

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Spending on lobbying thrives

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Donors to conservative super PAC masked by nonprofit

By Daniel Stone, Michael Beckel and Rachael Marcus

FreedomWorks, a conservative super PAC, received half its funds from nonprofit sister group

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Crossroads political machine funded mostly by secret donors

By Michael Beckel

Obama pep talk to donors

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$5,000 buys companies access to GOP attorneys general

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Conservative donor Bob Perry gives big to Pawlenty, Romney — and Rick Perry

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Pro-Romney super PAC returns donation from charity

By Rachael Marcus

New FEC filings show pro-Romney PAC returned a $100,000 donation from a tax-exempt nonprofit to avoid IRS entanglement

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Top fundraiser for Romney super PAC gets a $1.9 million payday

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Democratic operatives seeking million-dollar checks for super PACs

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Another Bain exec revealed as man behind corporate donor to pro-Romney super PAC

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Restore Our Future raises funds in lap of luxury

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Illinois Authorities Probe Rich Groups

By Josh Israel and Jim Morris

Secretary of State’s office investigating whether interlocking organizations have been operating illegally

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Organization That Bankrolled ‘Takings’ Initiatives Forced Out Of Illinois By Attorney General

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Wyoming

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Driving Without A License

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The state of open records laws: Access denied

By Caitlin Ginley

State statutes promise access to information, but are riddled with exemptions.

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Filing a FOIA — How to get records out of the government

By Andrew Green

SEC hurries to clarify new FOIA exemption amid uproar

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Government transparency under Obama misses the mark

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FOIA, meet POIA: Advocates will push for it again in 2011

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Nonprofits outspent super PACs in 2010, trend may continue

By Michael Beckel

Increasingly active nonprofit groups act just like super PACs but don't reveal donors.

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Shays-Meehan opens soft money loophole in the States

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Big bucks flood 2012 election — What the courts said and why we should care

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527s - Frequently Asked Questions

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GOP super PAC men seek to overturn donation limits

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Excerpts from this story referencing "Center for Competitive Politics":

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ALEC faces new challenge to tax-exempt status

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A group of clergy is challenging the tax status of the American Legislative Exchange Council.

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ALEC exempted from lobbyist status in three separate states

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Advocacy group files IRS complaint against ALEC

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Who funds independent expenditure ads?

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Hidden agendas

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