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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Andrew Perez
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October 24, 2016
Hoping to manage a piece of the $3 trillion state pension fund jackpot, financial firms have found their way around an anti-corruption rule.
Ashleigh McEvoy
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October 21, 2016
California Governor Jerry Brown isn't on the November ballot, but he’s playing a key role in two state initiative campaigns.
Frank Bass
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October 20, 2016
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October 19, 2016 - Across three debates spanning four-and-a-half hours, Clinton and Trump have spent a grand total of one minute and 25 seconds on a subject that an overwhelming number of Americans consider to be a major threat to the nation’s democratic traditions.
Frank Bass
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October 19, 2016
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, whose bid to ban larger sizes of sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks in the nation’s largest city earned him a Bronx cheer from the state’s highest court, has given almost $10 million this year to support a pair of Bay Area initiatives that would increase taxes on the beverages.
Andrew Perez and Lee Fang
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October 18, 2016
The fact that political candidates are closely coordinating with friendly Super PACs – making a mockery of a central tenet of the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision – is one of the biggest open secrets in Washington. Newly disclosed hacked campaign documents published by WikiLeaks and a hacker who calls himself Guccifer 2.0 reveal in stark terms how Hillary Clinton’s staffers made Super PACs an integral part of her presidential campaign.
Jiali Li and Chad Outler
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October 14, 2016
Contributions to California’s 17 ballot measures have topped $379 million -- the most money raised for ballot races in a single election since 2001, according to a MapLight analysis.
Chad Outler and Frank Bass
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October 11, 2016
Typically, large organizations like corporations, unions and political parties are responsible for the largest contributions in political campaigns; individuals generally contribute less. In the 2016 election cycle in California, however, a few individuals are making a huge financial impact.