Anti-Corruption & Accountability: Working For The People

We deserve a government that is as honest and hardworking as the people it represents.

For government to serve the people, it has to be accountable to the people and no one else. But Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United have let billionaires and special interests buy unlimited influence, so they can get their way at the rest of our expense.

Common Cause is the leading watchdog group calling out corruption where we see it and passing laws that put power in the hands of everyday people.

That means demanding common-sense limits on money in politics, transparency into who’s funding lobbying and campaigns, strong rules to stop government corruption, and small-dollar public financing to give ordinary people a fighting chance against Big Money. 

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2025 Wrapped: The Top Common Cause Massachusetts Victories of the Year

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2025 Wrapped: The Top Common Cause Massachusetts Victories of the Year

Thanks to our Bay State members, we fought for the people and secured significant victories in Massachusetts. We are grateful to all those who joined our People’s Lobby, in ways big and small, and made sure the people’s interests came first.

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Advocates applaud advance of bill to modernize Open Meeting Law, Guarantee Hybrid Meetings

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Advocates applaud advance of bill to modernize Open Meeting Law, Guarantee Hybrid Meetings

With the option to hold virtual public meetings set to expire statewide in March 2027, the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight recently advanced a bill (H.4831) that would update the Open Meeting Law to require hybrid meetings, guaranteeing the ability to participate in state and municipal meetings remotely as well as in person. Disability rights, free press, and civic organizations today applauded the move.

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