PRI, The Center for Public Integrity, and Global partnered on an investigation to find out your state’s corruption risk. Follow the latest in news and reform right here. We exposed the risk for corruption based on 14 categories of state government most at risk. Email Your State’s Corruptions Risk Report Card to your legislators: www.stateintegrity.org/your_stateTumblr (3.0; @stateintegrity)http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/Bill would force Louisiana political candidates to take ethics training: Any candidate running for...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/23292540683http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/23292540683Fri, 18 May 2012 10:22:59 -0500louisianaethicstransparencystuart bishopstate governmentcorruptionriskcorruptionpoliticspublicradiointernationalLobbying data goes online, searchable in Washington: The Washington State Public Disclosure...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/23292512078http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/23292512078Fri, 18 May 2012 10:22:08 -0500washington state2012politicsus politicspublic disclosujrelobbyingtransparencycorruptionriskpublicradiointernationalPublic Information Board a step in the right direction for Iowa: Before a bill signing ceremony...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/22588254379http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/22588254379Mon, 07 May 2012 09:48:20 -0500progressiowa2012politicsus politicspublic informationpublic integritycorruption riskpublicradiointernationalU.S. Attorney opens tips hotline to report corruption in West Virginia: United States Attorney...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21647105762http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21647105762Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:37:35 -0500us attorneystate governmentcorruptionpublicwest virginiachangeprogresstransparencycorruptionriskpublicradiointernationalIllinois lottery contact went to generous supporters of Gov. Quinn's campaign: Northstar Lottery...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444732120http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444732120Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:43:06 -0500irregularitycorruptiontransparencyillinoisstate lotterymoney$$$politicspublicradiointernationalWisconsin Gov. Walker gives back $170,000 of improper campaign donations: The Republican governor...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444226357http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444226357Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:30:00 -0500wisconsinprogressscott walker2012election yearwisconsin politicscampaign financepoliticsstate corruptioncorruptionriskscandalmadisonmilwaukeemilwaukee journal sentinelpublicradiointernationalFloridians kept in dark about secret taxpayer-funded projects: As Michael Bender reported for the...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444128809http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21444128809Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:27:22 -0500state integritycorruptionfloridawtfprogresschangesecretdarktransparencyelectedelectionofficialspublicradiointernationalState integrity news for Idaho, from the Idaho Statesman: Idaho expects, and allows, its 105 citizen...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21381408432http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21381408432Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:48:53 -0500idahostatesmanlesgislationpoliticstake thatfix their wagon2012progresspublicradiointernationalState integrity news for Georgia, from the Athens Banner-Herald: Gov. Nathan Deal on Tuesday signed...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21328276333http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21328276333Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:22:23 -0500georgiagovernordealnathan dealathenschangeprogressreformcorruptionriskpublic radio internationalcenter for public integrityfinallyopen records rulesreduce costtransparencystate governmentpublicradiointernationalhttp://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21269606251http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21269606251Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:17:16 -0500changeprogress2012libertarianrepublicantea partydemocrattransparencycorruptionriskpoliticselection yearnewspripublic radio internationalcenter for public integrity50 statesusaamerican politicsmillennialreformideasthoughtsmusingsquestionq&amp;apublicradiointernational<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno6_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno7_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno8_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno9_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2mqd6Q4If1qhs2rno10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Next year marks the 200th birthday of the term “gerrymander.” The word, which refers to the redrawing of a congressional district to one party’s advantage, was named for Maryland Governor Eldbridge Gerry. Gerry (pictured, right) has since been forgotten, but gerrymandering is alive and well.</p> <p>With the findings of the 2010 U.S. Census now in the hands of the states, the various legislatures, judicial boards and commissions tasked with redistricting are still in the process of redrawing the next American congressional map.  Despite some states’ attempts at fairness and transparency, the practice is not without controversy.</p> <p>Last week, a U.S. District Court Judge rejected a redistricting map proposed by the Texas state legislature. The judge’s ruling leaves the Texas congressional elections of 2012 in a state of flux.</p> <p>According to a <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67859.html" target="_blank">report from Politico</a>, Texas’ new map will either be drawn by a federal court in San Antonio, or by the Texas legislature, which can take another crack at redistricting when it reconvenes next year.</p> <p>If you’re wondering how districts look when they’re designed through the gerrymandering process, here are 10 strangely-shaped districts throughout the country that are currently represented in the 112th Congress.</p> <p>There is hardly a normal, natural shape in the bunch: Consider Florida’s Third District, snaking its way up to wrap around Jacksonville; or Illinois’ 17th District, which clings to the state’s west side like moss, and sneaks so far toward the center it encircles the city of Decatur.</p> <p>When districts are gerrymandered without oversight and public input, it often leaves the map, and the resulting congress, in a strange shape that serves political parties at the expense of the voting public.</p> <p>These images are courtesy of the <a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html">National Atlas page</a>, which has depictions of all 435 districts.</p>http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21269546046http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21269546046Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:15:06 -0500gerrymanderingwtfredistrictingcaliforniafloridaillinoismarylandnorth carolinawest virginiavirginiatexaspennsylvaniaintegritycorruptiontransparencyadvantagepoliticswhyweirdstrangeatlasmapcartographypublicradiointernationalE-Mail your state report card to your officials: If you want to enact change in your community,...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268912380http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268912380Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:53:42 -0500pripublic radio internationalreport cardtransparencyrepresentativesdemocracy2012progresselection yearlibertarianchangepublicradiointernationalIn late 2009 I was catching up at a Starbucks with Bill Buzenberg, the Executive Director at the...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/20854967591http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/20854967591Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:35:29 -0500corruptionreformlegislationopen governmentTransparencyglobal integrityiWatchcenter for public integritypublic radio internationalpripublicradiointernationalState integrity news for New Jersey, from the Newark Star-Ledger: A State Police trooper pulls over...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268777934http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268777934Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500state integritynew jerseystate policetransparencywhat have we come topublicradiointernationalState integrity news for Iowa, from the Sioux City Journal: The Iowa House plans to again stream...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268748545http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268748545Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500debateshowdownthrowdowniowasioux citycorruptionriskintegritypublic radio internationalpristreamingthe futurepublicradiointernationalState integrity news for Arizona, from the Arizona Capitol Times: The Arizona Senate is rejecting a...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21040108517http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21040108517Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:42:10 -0500arizonacapitol timesfiesta bowlscandalpoliticslobbyistslegislatorscorruptionriskstate integrity investigationpublic radio internationalpublicradiointernationalEvery year Paul Spencer teaches the U.S. Constitution to the students in his government and politics...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21267957110http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21267957110Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500ethicsreformcorruptionriskcorruptionpoliticselection yearpaul spencerregnat populusgrassrootsmovementlibertypublic integritypublicradiointernationalBy Naomi Schalit and John Christie, ©Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting The state has paid...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268363243http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268363243Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500state corruptionethicsgovernmentelectionpoliticswatchdogcorruptionriskcorruptionintegritydisclosuretransparencypublicradiointernationalState integrity news for Washington, from SII partner KUOW: A recent public radio investigation...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268835661http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268835661Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500corruptionintegritytransparencygradereport cardrepublicandemocratpublicradiointernationalState integrity news for North Carolina from SII partner WFAE: Judicial elections are non-partisan,...http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268813705http://stateintegrity.tumblr.com/post/21268813705Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500nonpartisannorth carolinastate integritywfaecharlottenewspublicradiointernational