Democracy Wire

Miles Rapoport got a big send-off Sunday from his home state of Connecticut, where he has lived for decades and served as a state legislator and secretary of the state before joining Common Cause as its new president earlier this month.

When the Senate returns today, it should not be celebrating two milestones it surpassed last week.

As the deadline to finalizing New York State's budget ticks down to midnight tonight, Common Cause New York is wrapping up weeks of phone banking, rallies and organizing to pressure state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to include funding for a statewide public financing system.