Georgia Ranks Dead Last in State Integrity Investigation
State received an "F" grade in 9 of 14 categories.
Georgia government has the highest corruption risk of any state in the union, according to the State Integrity Investigation, a project ranking state government transparency and ethics. The State Integrity Investigation ranked states in 14 categories, including campaign finance, ethics laws and lobbying regulations, and assigned letter grades in each category. Georgia received an "F" in 9 of the 14 categories, as well as a "D" or "D-" grade in state budget processes, procurement and executive accountability, and a "C-" in judicial accountability. The highest grade Georgia received was a "B" in internal auditing. According to the SII report, Georgia law books are filled with statutes "written to curtail undue influence on political …
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