Category: Politics

If writing checks to politicians and political causes is any indicator of how well a team will do in a Super Bowl, the Seahawks should start dusting off this year’s Vince Lombardi trophy —but it’s not going to be a blowout.

Documents obtained by ACLU reveal vast expansion of DEA’s license plate reader database. Andrea Germanos reports.

Beloved City Council Icon Nick Licata bows out after sixteen years on the Council. R.V. Murphy reports.

A handful of deep-pocketed donors gets to determine who runs for office, what issues make it onto the agenda, and too frequently, who wins. Deirdre Fulton reports.

New report finds ‘fundamentally unfair’ tax system in nearly every state. Not surprisingly, Washington tops the list. Andrea Germanos writes.

The Internal Revenue Service says it won’t come out with new proposed rules for so-called dark money groups until late spring at the earliest, increasing the likelihood that no changes will take effect before the 2016 elections.

YES! Magazine’s Sarah van Gelder shows how cities lead the way in governance.

Do off-term elections matter? They do to policy makers. Theodoric Meyer follows a story of Super PACs and dark money.