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Feb 23

As California politicians keep banking opioid donations, taxpayers set to subsidize huge settlements

The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post recently reported that four major opioid makers and distributors are close to finalizing a $2...

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

Jeff Burdick

Feb 23

Fine(d) Bedfellows, Part 2: Where we go from here

This is the second of two articles in a series. Click here for part one. Last issue, a Sacto Politico study detailed the tens of millions...

Fine(d) Befellows, Part 1: Worst U.S. corporations rain donations on California’s House delegation

Jeff Burdick

Feb 5

Fine(d) Befellows, Part 1: Worst U.S. corporations rain donations on California’s House delegation

This article is part one of two, and part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For other articles in the series, ...

Quietly in 2019-20, Sacramento Progressive donors gave $2.3 million to campaigns outside the county

Jeff Burdick

Jan 19

Quietly in 2019-20, Sacramento Progressive donors gave $2.3 million to campaigns outside the county

During the 2019-2020 election cycle, Sacramento County residents donated a surprising $2.3 million at the federal level to Progressive ca...

Jeff Burdick

Nov 5, 2020

The Shame of Our Campaigns, a primer

Editor’s note: The Sacto Politco’s “Shame of Our Campaigns” series was inspired by famed muckraker Lincoln Steffens and his “Shame of the...

As Opioid Crisis raged over last decade, Sacramento US Rep. Matsui took $125K from opioid companies

Jeff Burdick

Nov 5, 2020

As Opioid Crisis raged over last decade, Sacramento US Rep. Matsui took $125K from opioid companies

When speaking of the “shame of our campaigns,” no episode in the last decade should disgust more than the federal response to the Opioid ...

Treasurer: Patterson for Congress to file $300K in undisclosed donations, takes blame for FEC errors

Jeff Burdick

Oct 14, 2020

Treasurer: Patterson for Congress to file $300K in undisclosed donations, takes blame for FEC errors

Sacramento Republican candidate for Congress Buzz Patterson has failed to report any of its campaign fundraising and spending as required by

A Biden presidency could actually produce permanent campaign finance reform

Jeff Burdick

Sep 12, 2020

A Biden presidency could actually produce permanent campaign finance reform

Even though Biden will have raised more than $1 billion, I can still see a scenario in which he takes up campaign finance in earnest.

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