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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins and Andrew Perez
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October 24, 2017
A dark money organization that spent $7 million to block former President Obama’s Supreme Court pick received just three donations between 2015 and 2016, but one transaction really counted: A single $17.9 million contribution from a mystery donor.
Alec Saslow
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October 18, 2017
Following revelations exposing online advertising surrounding the 2016 election linked to a Russian propaganda company, MapLight and the Voters’ Right to Know project propose recommendations to improve transparency.
Andrew Perez
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October 12, 2017
Top Republican donors have been pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to move its regional headquarters from San Francisco to Phoenix.
Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
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October 09, 2017
One of the nation’s most powerful political lobbying organizations is taking on the country’s most popular professional sport.
Frank Bass and Laura Curlin
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October 06, 2017
About 75 cents of every $1 in federal campaign contributions from NFL owners during the last decade has gone to Republican candidates, according to a MapLight analysis.
Andrew Perez
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October 04, 2017
Equifax, which allowed financial records of more than 145 million Americans to be exposed to hackers, was blasted at congressional hearings this week -- even as lawmakers continue to consider anti-consumer legislation that would benefit the credit reporting giant.
Andrew Perez
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September 22, 2017
Sen. Tom Udall called for federal regulators to begin applying an anti-corruption rule to outside political groups in the wake of an International Business Times/MapLight investigation revealing hundreds of millions of investment dollars flowed to firms whose executives donated to organizations supporting Republican Gov. Susana Martinez.