Sunshine Week 2022:
Shining a light on money in politics across the nation
"Follow the money."
It's a simple enough notion but one that's difficult to do well in these complicated, hyper-connected times — especially during election season, when the public is bombarded by politicians' endless posturing and candidates asking for just one more donation or the sky will fall.
Where does one start? OpenSecrets — the outgrowth of two preeminent transparency organizations — is working to provide answers.
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Sunshine Week Stories As part of Sunshine Week, an annual celebration aimed at promoting transparency, OpenSecrets has published a series of special reports to help you "follow the money."
A behind-the-scenes look at collecting state campaign finance data in 2022
The 2022 election cycle is already on track to set records, state and federal level campaign finance data show.
US lobbyists made millions from Russian clients with Kremlin links (Financial Times) Anna Massoglia, investigations manager at OpenSecrets, which tracks spending on lobbying in the US, said: “Foreign agents and lobbyists took millions of dollars from Russian clients before trying to distance themselves after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine despite mounting accusations of human rights abuses.”
