Maine one of 16 states to push ethics reform, one year after getting an “F”

Much has happened since the State Integrity Investigation, a first-ever analysis of transparency and accountability in all 50 states, was published a year ago.
Exterior of the Maine State House during the winter with trees missing all their leaves.
The Maine State House in Augusta.

A lot has happened since the State Integrity Investigation, a first-ever analysis of transparency and accountability in all 50 states, was published a year ago. (The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting provided the research that went into Maine’s grade.) Here’s a report from the Center for Public Integrity, which spearheaded the investigation:

“The project — a collaboration of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International, with cooperation from the Investigative News Network — has been quoted, praised, assailed or otherwise cited by hundreds of news outlets, good-government groups and legislators. The project was also a finalist for the prestigious Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting awarded by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Clearly, the idea of measuring accountability and transparency in state government has touched a reformist nerve — and our package is continuing to resonate across the country.”

To read the rest of the story, ‘State Integrity Investigation’ has blockbuster first year,” click here.

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