MIDWEST--Civic groups in five Great Lakes states are calling on more than 700 judicial candidates to follow new campaign conduct guidelines that help them steer clear of special interest pressures and political agendas.A nine-page memo, mailed to candidates in Illinois,…
MIDWEST -- New poll gauges Midwest's attitudes on political reform.Citizens rank right to know No. 1 Wisconsin State Journal; July 8, 2008 Survey: Most Ohioans distrust state governmentCincinnati Business Courier; June 23, 2008 Michiganders have…
MIDWEST -- New Guide Brings Redistricting Out into the Open The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, George Mason University, and the Joyce Foundation are pleased to announce the release of 'A Citizen's Guide to Redistricting', authored by…
NEW YORK -- Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Today in the United States, over five million otherwise eligible citizens cannot vote because of a felony conviction. Four million of these people are not in prison -…
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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…
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…
This week, the United States Congress passed a compromise to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending caps and future programmatic cuts, and President Obama signed the measure almost immediately. Many of…
This week’s Beyond the Network takes a look at some of the issues happening outside the Midwest, and provides a national perspective on some of the issues that Midwest Democracy Network covers. Read on, read on!
This morning the National Journal takes a look at corporate political campaign disclosure. In the piece titled “Transparency v. Free Speech,” which takes a look at campaign disclosure from two points of view: one…
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