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Author Archives: Kytja Weir

Kytja Weir joined the Center for Public Integrity in 2013 and leads its state politics team, which seeks to uncover who is trying to influence state governments around the nation. Stories produced under her direction have won multiple honors including from the National Press Club, Editor & Publisher, the Online News Association, Gerald Loeb Awards, Scripps Howard and the Association of Health Care Journalists. Before joining the Center, she was a local news reporter for The Washington Examiner, The Charlotte Observer and The Boston Globe. Weir received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and earned a master’s from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Posted inDemocracy

Democratic senator investigates drugmakers’ role in opioid epidemic

by Kytja Weir March 28, 2017January 28, 2022

A leading Democratic senator is investigating the nation’s top opioid manufacturers to determine whether they contributed to overuse of the painkillers at the center of a deadly addiction crisis that has led to nearly 200,000 overdose deaths in the past 15 years. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Tuesday asked the manufacturers of the nation’s […]

Posted inDemocracy

What’s in Gorsuch’s wallet, Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick

by Kytja Weir January 31, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Trump likely to choose millionaire jurist for Supreme Court vacancy

by Kytja Weir and Chris Zubak-Skees January 26, 2017January 28, 2022
Posted inState Politics

South Carolina legislator indicted in ethics probe

by Kytja Weir December 15, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inState Politics

Meet the 10 shadowy groups that snuck into your state races

by Kytja Weir, Chris Zubak-Skees and Ben Wieder December 8, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Congress moves to increase judicial transparency in D.C.

by Kytja Weir December 1, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inState Politics

10 things to know about 2016’s state elections

by Kytja Weir and Ben Wieder November 3, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

The surprising way that governor candidates namedrop Trump, Clinton and Obama in TV ads

by Kytja Weir October 27, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Who’s trying to influence 2016 state elections?

by Kytja Weir and Chris Zubak-Skees October 6, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

What do the possible Supreme Court nominees have in their wallets?

by Kytja Weir February 17, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy, Justice Obscured

Bill seeks to increase D.C.’s judicial transparency

by Kytja Weir February 1, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Republicans whip Democrats in key state races

by Ashley Balcerzak and Kytja Weir November 4, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

6 things to know about the 2015 elections

by Kytja Weir October 8, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Who’s trying to influence the 2015 elections?

by Kytja Weir and Chris Zubak-Skees October 1, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inBuying of the President, Democracy, Elections

9 things to know about Mike Huckabee

by Kytja Weir and Jared Bennett May 5, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

National donors pick winners in state elections

by Ben Wieder, Kytja Weir, Reity O'Brien and Rachel Baye January 28, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Nearly 100,000 negative ads helped turn tide in Florida elections

by Michael Beckel, Reity O'Brien and Kytja Weir November 14, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Money talks: Key dollar amounts behind the TV ad wars in state elections

by Rachel Baye and Kytja Weir October 9, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inInside Public Integrity

12 things to know about who’s trying to influence your vote in 2014

by Ben Wieder, Kytja Weir, Reity O'Brien and Rachel Baye September 26, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Non-candidate spending increases in state elections

by Rachel Baye, Reity O'Brien, Kytja Weir and Ben Wieder September 24, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inState Elections, State Politics

Who’s trying to influence your vote?

by Chris Zubak-Skees, Kytja Weir and Dave Levinthal September 24, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy, Justice Obscured

Case reopened after Center reveals judge’s conflict of interest

by Kytja Weir May 13, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

What do federal appellate judges own?

Avatar photo by Henry Kerali, Reity O'Brien, Chris Young and Kytja Weir April 28, 2014January 28, 2022
Guillermo Ramirez family
Posted inDemocracy

Federal judges plead guilty

by Reity O'Brien, Kytja Weir and Chris Young April 28, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy, Justice Obscured

Information on judges’ disclosures often blacked out

by Reity O'Brien, Kytja Weir and Chris Young April 28, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Montana judges to disclose financial ties after Center report

by Kytja Weir March 25, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

N.M. bill aims to put judge disclosures back online

by Kytja Weir January 27, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Montana proposes reforms after earning ‘F’ for judicial disclosure

by Kytja Weir January 9, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

State judges: We don’t need no stinkin’ disclosure

by John Dunbar, Reity O'Brien, Kytja Weir and Chris Young December 13, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inJustice Obscured

Maine earns ‘F’ for judicial financial disclosure

by Chris Zubak-Skees, Kytja Weir, Reity O'Brien and Chris Young December 4, 2013January 28, 2022

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