Reports & Research in Minnesota

May 13 2011 at 03:27 PM

Report shows heavy partisan gerrymander in proposed Minnesota maps

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Report shows heavy partisan gerrymander in proposed Minnesota maps.

Minnesota has been right in the thick of their redistricting process, with both the state house and senate introducing their proposed redistricting maps. However, the maps were drawn with little public input and appear to show a heavily partisan gerrymander,…

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May 11 2011 at 10:42 AM

LA Times report on corporate disclosure practices

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The Los Angeles Times has compiled a report on the disclosure practices of major corporations. Some corporations already disclose donations to candidates, trade associations, and issue advocacy groups, but a heavy majority of the…

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April 18 2011 at 02:46 PM

Nonprofit VOTE: America Goes to the Polls

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Nonprofit VOTE released America Goes to the Polls 2010 last week, a report on midterm election turnout, and growth from the last midterm in 2006. The report will use that data to look at voting trends such as youth turnout,…

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April 01 2011 at 02:30 PM

DRI releases judicial independence report

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DRI, the Voice of the Defense Bar, released a report this week called “Without Fear or Favor 2011 – A New Decade of Challenges to Judicial Independence and Accountability.”The report looks at the negative ramifications of the Citizens…

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March 16 2011 at 07:38 AM

PIRG releases state website transparency report

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This morning, the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) released their Following the Money 2011 report on state website user accessibility and contents.The PIRG website says: “State governments across the country have been moving toward making their checkbooks…

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Reports & Research for Minnesota in Campaign Finance Reform

July 23 2009 at 12:40 PM

Minnesota’s public contribution refund comes to end

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The Campaign Finance Institute released a report about Minnesota’s unique “Public Contribution Refund.” Under the PCR, individuals got rebates of up to $50 per year for political contributions to a…

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February 25 2009 at 12:23 PM

Nonprofit political spending triples in 2008

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Campaign Finance Institute issued a report that found “soft money political spending by 501(c) nonprofits tripled in the 2008 election.” CFI’s findings also included: 527 political group spending declined,…

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February 25 2009 at 12:19 PM

Politico article addresses threatened open government laws

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU asked “Will courts allow more transparency?” in a story about legal threats to transparency and disclosure laws that appeared in Politico.

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March 02 2007 at 12:01 PM

Brennan Center for Justice Campaign Finance Reports

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MIDWEST —These reports examines campaign finance laws and the ways they’ve worked – or haven’t worked – to limit the influence of money on politics in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.State Reports Illinois report Michigan…

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