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Indiana gets C- grade in 2012 State Integrity Investigation

Find your state’s grade What grade did my state get? Find it in the drop-down menu below. Select a state:AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming Describing Indiana’s colorful political past, columnist Neal Peirce once wrote, “No state had more venal patronage politics.” During the 1920s, after the Ku Klux Klan […]

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