Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. Sunlight Live covers the conventions

   By Joshua Hatch Aug 28, 2012 8:36 a.m.
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2. FCC ruling could exempt 160 markets from posting political ad data

   By Joshua Hatch Apr 26, 2012 6:40 p.m.
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3. Coincidence? Sunlight map shows how Obama fundraising crosses paths with his super PAC

   By Joshua Hatch Apr 26, 2012 noon
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4. Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia see super PAC influx

   By Joshua Hatch Mar 5, 2012 12:15 p.m.

   Of the nearly $10.7 million dollars in super PAC spending dumped on the super Tuesday states over the last two weeks, three — Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia — account for nearly all of the spending and almost half of the available delegates.

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5. Super PACs make Super Tuesday even more... Super

   By Joshua Hatch Mar 2, 2012 2:49 p.m.

   Heading into super Tuesday, when voters in 10 states go to the polls, super PACs supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have dumped nearly $10 million into those races. Following the money reveals that half are key battlegrounds.  

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6. Super PACs fund final push in Michigan

   By Joshua Hatch Feb 28, 2012 2:28 p.m.

   Voting in today's Michigan primary follows a week in which super PACs spent more than $2.7 million to influence the contest. And nearly all of that money was spent either in support of or in opposition to Rick Santorum.

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7. Mapping outside spending

   By Joshua Hatch Feb 22, 2012 4:46 p.m.

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8. Googling the audience

   By Joshua Hatch Sep 22, 2011 3:17 p.m.

   Yesterday, senators quizzed Google's former CEO and current board of directors president Eric Schmidt about the company's size, practices, and potential for anti-competitive behavior. Concerned that the government might try to flex its muscle against the search and mobile giant, Schmidt assured the senators that Google was no Microsoft, and that 2011 was no 1995.

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9. Who's in the super committee audience?

   By 180 degrees, super committee Sep 9, 2011 11:34 a.m.

   Yesterday the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the "super committee," met publicly for the first time to outline its mission and adopt rules to govern its process. We were on hand and turned our cameras 180 degrees to take pictures of the audience.

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10. Help us identify the lobbyists

    By Joshua Hatch Jul 6, 2011 10:48 a.m.

    On May 11, the Senate Judiciary Committee's Antitrust Subcommittee held a hearing on the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Titled "Is Humpty Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?" the hearing was concerned with possible antitrust issues, questions of competition, access to wireless service, rising costs and the loss of jobs.

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11. Republicans Debate in New Hampshire

    By Joshua Hatch Jun 13, 2011 9:53 a.m.

    With just about 18 months until the next presidential election, seven Republican candidates are gathering in New Hampshire tonight to debate each other over whom would the best to take on President Obama in 2012. To keep the debate in perspective and offer context, analysis, insights and real-time fact checking, the Sunlight Foundation will cover it live at http://sunlightlive.com.

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12. Meet the fellows

    By Joshua Hatch May 25, 2011 11:51 a.m.

    Thanks to a generous grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies, Sunlight will be inaugurating on June 1 the John E. Moss Fellowships, an intensive, hands-on training experience designed to better prepare young journalists for the opportunities and demands of the digital news environment.

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13. Checking in on the House Oversight Committee

    By Joshua Hatch May 22, 2011 10:05 p.m.

    This Tuesday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will have a doozy of a doubleheader. In the morning, the full committee will tackle the issue of rising gas prices, asking the question, how are government actions and regulations driving the price at the pump?

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14. Sunlight Live to cover Obama Middle East speech

    By Joshua Hatch May 18, 2011 4:44 p.m.

    On Thursday, May 19, President Obama will give a speech on recent events in the Middle East, from the "Arab Spring" uprisings to the lack of progress on an Israeli-Palestinian peace pact. How he addresses these issues is influenced by U.S. interests in the region, as well as lobbying efforts by foreign governments and organizations such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC.

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Joshua Hatch