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TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts

Joe Ricketts, a billionaire who pioneered online stock trading by founding TD Ameritrade Inc., was far and away the biggest donor to super PACs last month, having given $11.4 million to the Ending Spending Action Fund. Read more»

Flash Rally at the Supreme Court to protest the Citizens United decision.

By now most folks know that the U.S. Supreme Court did something that changed how money can be spent in elections and by whom, but what happened and why should you care? Read more»

Tom Corbett

The Republican Governors Association routinely accepts six- and seven-figure contributions and deals out the funds to state candidates and parties. In states like Pennsylvania, where corporate contributions are banned, the group appears to be skirting the law. Read more»

A prominent tax attorney has accused an organization of state lawmakers and corporations officials with improperly claiming nonprofit status, alleging the group’s role is to benefit businesses, the Republican Party, and legislators and not the public. Read more»

President Barack Obama high-fives a boy outside an April 10 event in Palm Beach Garden, Fla.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee outraised Romney and the Republican National Committee by a nearly 2-1 margin in April. Read more»

Super PACs have not led to a tsunami of contributions flowing from the treasuries of Fortune 500 corporations, contrary to expectations — at least not yet anyway. Read more»

Library patrons in Portland use public Internet stations to get online.

Broadband subscribership in rural states, particularly in the West, increased at a rapid clip between 2008 and 2010. Arizona ranks 16th in households with high-speed connections to the Internet. But poor areas across the nation, including in Tucson, still lag in families with online access. Read more»

Of the $11 million Winning Our Future raised in January, $10 million — about 90 percent of the total for the month — came from billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson and his wife.

Thanks to a small number of wealthy individuals, the outside spending groups known as “super PACs” that are working to put the four leading GOP candidates in the White House collectively raised more than the candidates themselves in January. Read more»

A Louisiana energy executive has made a $1 million contribution to a super PAC supporting the surging campaign of Rick Santorum. Read more»

Firms that fed off the subprime lending frenzy that devastated the banking system are lining up to collect more than $21 billion in taxpayer funds meant to help bail out borrowers now in trouble on their loans. Read more»