Our Philadelphia helps people access the information and resources necessary in creating an open, honest, and accountable local government that serves the public interest.
Our Philadelphia is a community website designed to both provide information to Philadelphians about the role of money in local politics and allow users to investigate these issues for themselves. A project of Common Cause PA made possible by the Samuel S. Fels Fund, Our Philadelphia highlights the role of campaign contributions to your elected representatives in the creation of policy that affects local residents. Get Started »
Deep Drilling, Deep Pockets
Posted May 11, 2010The natural gas industry gave $2.85 million to political candidates in Pennsylvania between 2001 and March 2010, and it spent $4.2 million on lobbying since Pennsylvania began requiring lobbyist reporting in 2007. Spending in both categories has spiked since 2008 as new drilling techniques have enabled the industry ...
Waiting for Harrisburg
Posted June 16, 2010Pennsylvania's state budget has been late for seven years in a row, culminating in last year's 101-day stalemate that left many Philadelphia-area nonprofits without funding to continue vital social services, and no way of knowing when funding might be restored. Why do our state legislators have such a ...
elisabeth Posted Jan. 26, 2010This site is amazing!
Information is power. Seeing how much wealthy special interests give to candidates will show how unjust ...
Casinos
The two new casinos that have been approved for Philadelphia, Foxwoods and SugarHouse, will now include poker, blackjack, and other table games, after the state legislature approved Senate Bill 711. Here is a summary of provisions favorable to the industry, excerpted from a recent op-ed by Casino-Free Philadelphia's Paul ...