The nonprofit investigative journalism organization the Center for Public Integrity last month gave failing grades to 42 states and the District of Columbia when it comes to their rules regarding financial disclosures. That’s the  information judges are required to publish regarding gifts they receive or their own financial situations — things that could be conflicts of interest in the cases they preside over.
Texas was one of the states to receive a failing grade from CPI. We learn more about the report, and loopholes it cites in Texas financial disclosure laws, from Reity O’Brien, one of the CPI reporters who worked on the report.
