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 <title>Kentucky Mulls Reform</title>
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 <description>Ryan Alessi at Kentucky&amp;#39;s &lt;em&gt;Lexington Herald-Leader &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/16364470.htm&quot;&gt;writes about efforts &lt;/a&gt;underway in the state to improve campaign finance disclosure regulations after Kentucky fell in the rankings of the Campaign Disclosure Project from 10th to 13th.  Officials are looking to take advantage of new electronic filing capabilities to make campaign finance filings more readily available.  Other reforms are being suggested - including public financing.&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2007/01/02/kentucky-mulls-reform&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog-tags/campaign-finance-laws">campaign finance laws</category>
 <category domain="http://www.publicampaign.org/taxonomy/term/249">Clean Elections</category>
 <category domain="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog-tags/kentucky">Kentucky</category>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Katie Schlieper</dc:creator>
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 <title>New York&#039;s Dubious Distinction</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Brennan Center for Justice has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--campaignfinance0720jul20,0,6872257.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork&quot;&gt;declared&lt;/a&gt; New York&amp;#39;s campaign finance laws among the worst in the country, riddled with loopholes, choked with unregulated &amp;quot;soft money&amp;quot; and geared towards sky-high incumbency protection.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;br class=&quot;clear&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.publicampaign.org/blog/2006/07/21/new-yorks-dubious-distinction&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog-tags/campaign-finance-laws">campaign finance laws</category>
 <category domain="http://www.publicampaign.org/blog-tags/new-york">New York</category>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Katie Schlieper</dc:creator>
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