In response to the State Integrity Investigation grades handed out to states in March, some states have introduced and moved forward with ethics reform and corruption prevention legislation, including legislatures in the Midwest.Legislators in Michigan have pushed the Reform Government…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
A new report from Prof. Dick Simpson at the University of Illinois – Chicago puts Chicago at the top of the list of most corrupt cities in the United States. Since the 1970s, four Illinois governors and 31 members of…
A jury in Hamilton County, Indiana has found Secretary of State Charlie White guilty of six felonies, including voter fraud. Indiana law does not permit felons to hold state office, so White was removed, and replaced by Governor Mitch Daniels…
Network partner Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has asked the state’s Judicial Commission to investigate state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to see whether he violated the state’s code of ethics. Gableman received free legal services from the firm that represented him…
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Two events recently hosted by Network partners are available for streaming via WisconsinEye: On May 2, former Louisiana Governor and current presidential candidate Buddy Roemer addressed the crowd at Network…
Network partner Justice at Stake has joined with 29 other national groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Asian American Justice Center, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and others, calling for an end…
Voters in Indiana and Wisconsin headed to the polls on Tuesday for primary elections in their states. Indiana held their regular primary, voting for presidential and U.S. congressional candidates. Wisconsin’s primary, however, was for recall elections, and determining the candidates…
Network partner Common Cause Minnesota is asking the Ramsey County Attorney and the St. Paul Police Department to investigate a group involved in the 2010 gubernatorial recount. Count Them All Properly, Inc., a corporation set up by the Republican Party…
The Federal Communications Commission has issued a ruling that will require television stations to post their station information online, including the records of how much they charge for ad time, and which political committees buy time. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes in…
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