The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico uphold the city’s transparency law.

A newly-created Hawaii LLC appears to have illegally laundered $150,000 in funds from unknown sources to a Maine super PAC supporting Sen. Susan Collins

The Federal Election Commission has long held that an intangible item like information or opposition research can constitute a “contribution” for purposes of campaign finance law.

On the 10-year anniversary of Citizens United v. FEC, we reflect on the decision that has led to an explosion in secret spending in our elections, and rigged politics in favor of special interests. 

To stop the explosion of secret election spending by wealthy special interests, the FEC must have a quorum to protect the integrity of our elections.

The more we learned about our broken political system over the years, the more determined we became to take it back.

In the 2018 elections, 35 of the 57 county election candidates chose to participate in the matching funds program, and of the 35 candidates that participated, 24 candidates qualified for matching funds. 

In a recent article published in The New York Times, CLC President Trevor Potter describes the high stakes of protecting our elections from foreign interference.

North Dakota legislators are studying the implementation of a new constitutional mandate that could make their state a leader in election spending transparency.

The New York State attorney general issued a subpoena for documents related to the NRA's illegal coordination scheme, which CLC documented in complaints filed with the FEC.  

The Baltimore City Council gave final approval to an ordinance that would create a new public financing program for candidates seeking local office.

President Trump was ordered by a New York court to personally pay $2 million in damages for improperly using the Trump Foundation to support his 2016 presidential run.

The first stage of the impeachment inquiry has revealed how career diplomats were troubled by the ability of Fruman, Parnas, and Giuliani to help engineer a corrupt shadow foreign policy in Ukraine.

A majority of American voters - across party lines - rate corruption in our political system as the most serious problem facing the country. 

CLC and ECU filed a complaint with the FEC on October 25, 2019, alleging that during the 2018 election, AFA made up to $6.6 million in illegally coordinated expenditures.

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen appears to have used campaign funds for a family trip and for luxury hotels in New York and Miami.