campaign finance

With one week out before the 2022 midterms, WSKG Government and Politics Reporter Vaughn Golden discusses the recent U.S. Senate debate and some of the last campaign finance filings.

Super PACs and other groups have spent over $10 million in NY19 race to date.

With three weeks out before the 2022 midterms, WSKG Government and Politics Reporter Vaughn Golden discusses NY19 financial disclosures and recently obtained documents shedding light on how state lawmakers prepared for redistricting turmoil.

Outside groups continue to spend heavily on competitive House race.

Hundreds of local races across Pennsylvania are on today's ballot, but determining who is bankrolling the candidates can be onerous.

“The charge of this commission is to set up a system of public financing to reduce the undue influence of big money in our politics. These contribution limits will allow big money to continue flowing, and it’s just completely unacceptable.”

“War chests are in, high contribution limits are in. We are designing a system that is not going to incentivize viable candidates to participate.”

“When there’s a sudden reversals based on zero evidence, it seems, it makes you wonder whether other people are pulling the strings here."

Republican leaders in the New York Legislature are speaking out against a commission that is creating a public campaign financing system for state elected offices, saying the panel is fatally flawed.

Recent reports and studies suggest that the outsized political power of hospitals is a big reason why American health care is so expensive.