New Jersey gets D grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation...How does your state rate?

[Human101948]

Honestly (if there is such a thing in my state) I thought it wouldn't be above an F.

How does each state rank for transparency and accountability? The State Integrity Investigation used extensive research to grade the states based on the laws and systems they have in place to deter corruption. Use the interactive to see how states scored overall and explore how they performed in each of the 13 categories. See related story 》

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/09/18822/how-does-your-state-rank-integrity

[Scuba]

1. Is there a grade lower than F-Minus? Wisconsin's Republicans just dissolved the ...

... Government Accountability Board.

http://wbay.com/2015/11/07/wisconsin-republicans-vote-to-dissolve-government-accountability-board/

[etherealtruth]

7. Yes, Michigan managed to be the worst of the worst

[Mnemosyne]

2. PA - F, no surprise there. nt

[GeorgeGist]

3. C appears to be the Gold Standard.

[Kilgore]

4. Confusing

How does CA get an A grade on its state pension fund when it's billions in the hole With ~25% underfunding, and WA gets a C with a ~95% fully funded plan?

[Runningdawg]

5. An F for Oklahoma

no surprises here.

[Straw Man]

6. I'm shocked that New York ...

... got a D-minus.

The structure of our state government has been described as "three men in a room." In other words, the governor, speaker of the Assembly, and president of the Senate make all the decisions, which are then rubber-stamped by the legislative bodies. Considering that two of the three men who most recently held those positions are now under indictment, I can't see how we earned anything better than an F.

[NutmegYankee]

8. C- for Connecticut.