Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

1. Sens. Ayotte, Menendez continue raising money for their defense funds

   By Kathryn Lucero Dec 14, 2012 12:26 p.m.

   Sens. Kelly Ayotte , R-N.H., and Robert Menendez, D-N.J.

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2. Watch dog groups call for Congress, President to fill ethics posts

   By Kathryn Lucero Dec 13, 2012 6:16 p.m.

   Government watchdog organizations went to Capitol Hill yesterday to remind the White House and congressional leadership--currently deadlocked in negotiations over avoiding the flscal cliff--that there's a void in some of the critical institutions that police ethics in Washington.

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3. Tech companies flex influence abroad at UN Internet conference

   By Kathryn Lucero Dec 3, 2012 10:30 a.m.

   Does management of the Internet need an upgrade? That's the question before representatives of governments, corporations and civil society groups at a two-week conference that opened today in the Persian Gulf city of Dubai.

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4. Follow the money from big Dem donors to super PACs to races

   By Kathryn Lucero Nov 20, 2012 10:11 a.m.
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5. Outside spending group defends Republican outsiders

   By Kathryn Lucero Nov 1, 2012 2:33 p.m.
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6. Web of union giving

   By Kathryn Lucero Oct 29, 2012 8 a.m.
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7. Political big bucks in paradise: Hawaii Senate race draws outside donors

   By Kathryn Lucero Oct 15, 2012 4:22 p.m.

   Hawaii's first open Senate seat in more than three decades has attracted two high-profile women candidates and lots of outside money.

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8. Conservatives hail Mitt, each other in Denver

   By Kathryn Lucero Oct 4, 2012 5:26 p.m.

   Our Denver-based colleague, Nancy Watzman, caught some of the big speakers at Wednesday's Conservative Political Action Conference in Denver.

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9. Party crash fail: No Sunlight at Mitt's fundraiser

   By Kathryn Lucero Sep 28, 2012 5:29 p.m.

   We at Sunlight Foundation are fond of writing about fundraisers and gatherings, especially the quirky or high-priced local ones that we come across on our Political Party Time website. But, once in a while, we get a chance to check out the parties in person. Or at least, experience the novelty of attending and meeting the folks who donate and coordinate these expensive affairs while we hang around outside closed doors. 

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10. Todd Akin on the November ballot: Will he have any serious money?

    By Kathryn Lucero Sep 25, 2012 6:15 p.m.
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11. House passage of Cravaack land swap bill boosts freshman's profile, fundraising

    By Kathryn Lucero Sep 12, 2012 4:24 p.m.

    The Minnesota Education Investment and Employment Act would order the federal government to take 86,000 acres of state land inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), part of the federally protected Superior National Forest, and give Minnesota a similar amount of federal-owned land just outside the wilderness--and its limits on develepment.

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12. Kennedy heir's bid for Congress attracts campaign contributing veterans

    By Kathryn Lucero Sep 7, 2012 2:26 p.m.
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13. Twoops! Romney-Ryan ticket has some lawmakers violating congressional Twitter rules

    By Kathryn Lucero Aug 15, 2012 6:11 p.m.

    When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate over the weekend, it set off a flurry of activity on some official congressional Twitter accounts.

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14. UN agency releases controversial draft on treaty revising Internet regulation

    By Kathryn Lucero Jul 24, 2012 5:05 p.m.

    The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations agency charged with information and communications policy, last Friday released a batch of proposals--some quite controversial--submitted by member organizations and states in an attempt, the organization says, to become more transparent as it demands a bigger role in governing the Internet.

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Investigations by Sunlight Foundation reporter Kathryn Lucero