Grading the nation: How accountable is your state?

By Caitlin Ginley

Our State Integrity Investigation reveals corruption risks in all 50 states

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Top 10 lobby firms take financial reform to the bank

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Five lobbyists for each member of Congress on financial reforms

By M.B. Pell and Joe Eaton

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Excerpts from this story referencing "Tim Potts":

"… ws lack one key feature: teeth. “It’s a terrible problem,” said Tim Potts, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Democracy Rising PA, w …"

Policing the politicians; state ethics commissions lack muscle

By Caitlin Ginley

Underfunded, politically crippled commissions frequently do little more than slap wrists

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Watchdogs on short leashes

By Kenneth Vogel and Leah Rush

Oklahoma

By The Center for Public Integrity

IMPACT: New ethics effort in Maine

By Naomi Schalit and John Christie

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "Tim Potts":

"… ittee.“[The legislature] didn’t want anything to do with this,” said Tim Potts, president of the good government organization Democracy Rising PA , who n …"