Mayor London Breed signed off on changes to San Francisco’s public financing system, which were passed by the Board of Supervisors last month. Under the strengthened system, small-dollar contributions will…
Gaby Nair, Nnamdi Lumumba, and Owen Silverman Andrews – leaders from several Baltimore political groups – authored an op-ed encouraging action on legislation in the City Council that would establish…
A Baltimore City Council committee is considering legislation to create a voluntary small donor public financing system on Tuesday, fulfilling the wish of voters who passed a ballot measure to…
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved legislation to triple the public financing program’s match rate to $6-to-$1 and lower the individual contribution limit to $150. The legislation would…
The Maryland Public Interest Research Group Foundation has published its findings on the first election cycle of Montgomery County’s public financing program. The research shows that candidates for county council…
San Francisco’s public financing program, once a national model, has become one of the weakest such programs in the country. The city’s Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal this…
Malini Guha, a freelance journalist and candidate for a New Jersey Assembly seat, pens an op-ed calling for an expansion of small donor public financing in her state. Noting that…
Out of 193 countries, the United States ranks 76th when it comes to women’s representation in government. Even with 127 women serving in Congress this year, the highest number in…
Candidates launching bids for D.C.’s 2020 City Council elections are already applauding the city’s new public financing system, available to the District’s candidates for the first time this election cycle. …
Steven Greenhouse writes on the decrease in workers’ power in recent decades, as wealthy interests and corporations have come to heavily influence U.S. politics. He notes that one proposal to…