After serving in Congress, half of all retiring senators and 42 percent of retiring representatives become lobbyists. We need new rules to keep corruption -- or even the appearance of it -- at bay.

Find out how the National Institute on Money in State Politics organizes and distributes millions of political finance records -- and how you can use that data to track the money in your state.

Publicly financed elections -- and a return to trust busting -- are key to ending political corruption in the United States.

Fighting the corruption of money in politics one state -- and even one city -- at a time may be the most effective path to reform.

Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. It’s an arrangement that’s raising eyebrows.

Read an excerpt from a 1906 Cosmopolitan exposé condemning rich donors who foot the bills for political parties and “manipulate the prosperity produced by all, so that it heaps up riches for the few.” Sound familiar?

A NY Times investigation finds political donations have been siphoned off for personal use.

The Republican leader’s office is attempting to attach a policy rider to an omnibus bill that would effectively end limits imposed on coordinated spending by federal candidates and political party committees.

Over the past few years, the United States has been resegregated — politically. You might recognize some of the brands and corporations behind this GOP effort.

The sagas of Dinesh D’Souza and Bob McDonnell laid bare some of the most basic dynamics of money in politics.