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projects.publicintegrity.org - 12/10/2008
State Disclosure - The Center for Public Integrity
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States of Disclosure Illinois Governors' Disclosure Report Card WASHINGTON, July 19, 2007 — This table shows results of the Center's methodical evaluation of financial-disclosure laws that apply as of 2007 to governors in this state. The survey — focused on basic disclosure components and access ...
Broken Government - A Center for Public Integrity Investigation
publicintegrity.org - 12/10/2008
Broken Government - A Center for Public Integrity Investigation
— publicintegrity.org — An assessment of 1 2 8 executive branch failures since 2000... (more) Broken Government - A Center for Public Integrity ...
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projects.publicintegrity.org - 12/5/2008
Iraq: The War Card - The Center for Public Integrity
— projects.publicintegrity.org — Search The 380,000-plus-word database presented here allows, for the first time, the Iraq-related public pronouncements of top... Bush administration officials to be tracked on a day-by-day basis against their private assessments and the actual “ground ... (more) Iraq: The War Card - The Center ...

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Palin files late disclosure for free 2007 trips (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 12/4/2008
Palin files late disclosure for free 2007 trips (AP)
— news.yahoo.com — AP - Gov. Sarah Palin has added to her financial disclosure forms two free trips that she... took nearly two years ago but failed to report. Palin, who was Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, made the disclosures last month, ... (more) Palin files late disclosure for free 2007 trips (AP)

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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  How Obama Fought Through The Illinois Ethics Swamp

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How Obama Fought Through The Illinois Ethics Swamp
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Of course, Canary and others readily admit that Illinois remains at the bottom of the ethics heap. The state, according to the 2007 rankings by the Center for Public Integrity received an "F" (37th out of 50) for its disclosure laws. State candidates, meanwhile, are allowed to take unlimited amounts of contributions from whomever offers up the cash -- making Illinois one of only a handful of states in the country to have no such restrictions. And it was only a decade ago that state officials passed legislation that banned a candidate from using political funds for personal use. ...

How Obama Fought Through The Illinois Ethics Swamp
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Of course, Canary and others readily admit that Illinois remains at the bottom of the ethics heap. The state, according to the 2007 rankings by the Center for Public Integrity received an "F" (37th out of 50) for its disclosure laws. State candidates, meanwhile, are allowed to take unlimited amounts of contributions from whomever offers up the cash -- making Illinois one of only a handful of states in the country to have no such restrictions. And it was only a decade ago that state officials passed legislation that banned a candidate from using political funds for personal use. ...

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