“Accountability journalism” strives to hold individuals – usually the powerful – accountable for activities that, while legal, may...

The 2022 primary season has quickly turned into a losing referendum on the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board. Two weeks ago, three major GOP...

Maintaining a healthy democracy is like maintaining a healthy body. Regular attention and checkups are required. Fortunately, each...

This article is part of SactoPolitico.com’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. For past pieces in the series, click here. Nothing...

Every election provides sort of an MRI snapshot of the health of the democratic process. Take California’s recent recall election. This...

At the federal level, the term “campaign fundraising” is a partial misnomer. That’s because the majority of such funds does little to run...

The standard official portrait poses members of Congress like patriots in front of a U.S. flag. But with four House members from...

Last week, The New Republic published the results of my four-month investigation into widespread use of a previously obscure campaign...

On July 15, the U.S. Justice Department announced the latest in a long string of indictments against the giant dialysis company DaVita...

While sitting on board of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from 2013 to 2017 – including one stint as chair – native Californian Ann...

Sunday afternoon, the drive to collect 1.5 million verified signatures and trigger a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom reached a...

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

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...

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,...

This story is part of Sacto Politico’s ongoing “Shame of Our Campaigns” series. Maine’s unsuccessful Senate candidate Sara Gideon made...

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

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

Most California election cycles find the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) in the news opposing another statewide ballot effort...

U.S. Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) has spent more than $1.1 million this cycle but without facing any major opposition. So what did he spend it on?

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