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By Liz Essley Whyte

Of the most expensive ballot races, top spenders won over voters in 21 of 25 contests.

By Chris Hamby

After more than nine years of fighting, coal miner Steve Day was posthumously awarded federal black lung benefits.

By Leslie Wayne, Kelly Carr, Marina Walker Guevara, Mar Cabra and Michael Hudson

Leaked documents show how Luxembourg is a “magical fairyland” for global corporations seeking to slash their tax bills.

Ad war winners take governors' mansions

By Ben Wieder, Reity O'Brien and Rachel Baye

GOP rides cavalry to U.S. Senate majority

By Michael Beckel, Dave Levinthal and Carrie Levine

Election 2014 by the numbers

By Michael Beckel

The meanest U.S. Senate races of all

By Chris Kirk and Dave Levinthal

Surprise! No. 1 super PAC backs Democrats

By Carrie Levine and Dave Levinthal

More scrutiny coming for Medicare Advantage, Obamacare

By Fred Schulte

Primary Source

Primary Source keeps you up-to-date on developments in the post-Citizens United world of money in politics.

Big Oil, Bad Air

Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas.

By Jim Morris, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer

In partnership with InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel, Center examines oil industry exploitation of Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Industry has transformed the state, but at what cost?

By Jim Morris and Lisa Song

No one at the Environmental Protection Agency has been willing to talk on the record about air pollution associated with fracking in Texas.

Medicare Advantage Money Grab

Billing errors cost taxpayers billions

By Fred Schulte, David Donald and Erin Durkin

Critics warned of billing abuse in Medicare Advantage health plans, but oversight is lagging.

By Fred Schulte

Billions in Medicare Advantage overpayments likely gone for good.

By Fred Schulte

Medicare Advantage home visits may not improve health, but boost risk scores and cost taxpayers billions.

Finance

The latest investigations about U.S. financial reform, corporate accountability and consumer finance.

Juvenile Justice

Scrutinizing controversial policies affecting young people at risk.

Breathless and Burdened

Dying from black lung, buried by law and medicine.

Broadband

Investigating the political power of the information technology industry.

By Allan Holmes

Municipal broadband boosts business, but often stops at city limits thanks to lobbying muscle of telecom giants.

By Allan Holmes and Amirah Al Idrus

Industry-backed law prohibits expansion of cities' Internet service

By Allan Holmes

Tennessee city seeks to expand municipal broadband service, pre-empting industry-backed state ban.

By Allan Holmes

Sprint, T-Mobile fought to maintain competition, merger talks show they're giving in.

Consider the Source

Seeking to ‘out’ shadowy political organizations flourishing in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling.

Wendell Potter

Former CIGNA executive-turned-whistleblower Wendell Potter writes about the health care industry and the ongoing battle for health reform.