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Physicians Against Drug Shortages Get a Pass from 16 Media Outlets in Our Survey

2018-11-16

If they had asked, they may have learned that Physicians Against Drug Shortages Executive Director Philip Zweig has been employed by and has direct financial ties to medical device manufacturing companies.

Financial Disclosure Guidelines Aren’t Offered by Media that Publish Op-Eds by Physicians Group

2018-11-9

Doctors and others affiliated with Physicians Against Drug Shortages certainly have a right to present their point of view. But are media outlets doing enough to allow readers to evaluate the veracity of op-eds, guest columnists, media pundits and quoted “experts”?

Checks and Balances Project Hires Ohio First Amendment Attorney Jack Greiner to Enforce Citizen Access to Public Records

2018-05-23

Jack Greiner will explore a lawsuit enforcing public access to a Special Counsel Report on Sexual Harassment in the Ohio House of Representatives. The watchdog group is also seeking documents revealing the scope of the investigation, as well as who served in the role of Special Counsel, how they were hired, who decided to hire them and how much the work cost taxpayers.

Did Ohio House Leadership Set Up a Secret Sexual Harassment Tip Line?

2018-04-19

The Ohio House Administrative Office’s Jason Parsons told us, “I’m not sure that’s a public record.” We asked for a call back when he found out, but that never happened.

Checks and Balances Project Seeks State Probe of Ridgecrest CA Mayor’s Potential Financial Conflicts

2017-11-20

Our complaint to Calif. Fair Political Practices Commission Asks for Investigation of Mayor Peggy Breeden After City Attorney Ignores Questions

Will the Visalia City Council Follow Kern County and Bakersfield on PACE?

2017-07-27

Based on another reader tip, Checks and Balances Project has learned the national Realtor lobby is now bringing its misinformation campaign to residents and elected officials in Visalia, California, ahead of an official request to determine the future of PACE for area homeowners.

Why Did California Realtors Do an About Face on PACE?

2017-07-11

Checks and Balances Project received a reader tip in May alleging the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.) has subjected Bakersfield, California, among other localities, to an intense anti-PACE campaign. PACE or Property Assessed Clean Energy programs provide homeowners in California, Missouri and Florida with upfront financing for energy efficient and renewable energy improvements to their… Read more »

New Tip Raises Questions About Penn State V.P. Neil Sharkey

2017-05-25

A Cover-Up of Play-to-Play Academic Research? We received an anonymous tip from a concerned member of Penn State community that raises a new question about how the relationship between Vice President Neil Sharkey, College of Health and Human Services Dean Ann C. “Nan” Crouter and School of Hospitality Management (SHM) Professor John W. O’Neill may… Read more »

Did Dean Crouter Ignore Penn State Hiring Policy to Anoint Professor O’Neill?

2017-02-28

Following up on an anonymous tip we received last December, Checks and Balances Project took a harder look at the role that Dr. Ann C. Crouter, dean of Penn State’s College of Health and Human Services, may have played in Professor John O’Neill’s ascension to director of the School of Hospitality Management (SHM).

Coast Guard Claims “Lack of Corporate Memory” About Critical Offshore Wind Energy Study

2017-02-17

Strange response to our repeated attempts to obtain public records that could help answer basic questions about the role of the shipping lobby in spurring the study and guiding its conclusions.

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