Study: Nevada one of the most corruptable states
By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun
Evil doers looking for public officials to corrupt should put Nevada on their list of hunting grounds.
The Silver State emerged as the ninth most corruptible state in the nation, according to an exhaustive $1.5 million yearlong investigation by a partnership of public integrity organizations.
Investigators rated states on 15 indicators of public accountability and transparency in an effort to gauge the risk of corruption in the three branches of state government.
Nevada failed on nearly every indicator, including ethics enforcement, lobbying transparency, internal auditing and pension fund management.
Nevada’s overall grade: a dismal D-minus.