This is the finding in a study conducted by the Center for Public Integrity.
- Click here for their website.
- Click here for the study.
- Click here for the section on Texas.
The discuss their findings here:
- Only three states score higher than D+ in State Integrity Investigation; 11 flunk.
The good news is that Texas was not one of the states that flunked. It's budgeting process was given an A, but it scored very poorly in accountability, elections and access to information. Here are the full results:
Public Access to Information:
GRADE:F
RANK: 48th
Political Financing
GRADE:F
RANK: 41st
Electoral Oversight
GRADE:F
RANK: 45th
Executive Accountability
GRADE:F
RANK: 44th
Legislative Accountability
GRADE:F
RANK: 36th
Judicial Accountability
GRADE:F
RANK: 41st
State Budget Processes
GRADE:A
RANK: 4th
State Civil Service Management
GRADE:F
RANK: 41st
Procurement
GRADE:C+
RANK: 9th
Internal Auditing
GRADE:B+
RANK: 4th
Lobbying Disclosure
GRADE:F
RANK: 45th
Ethics Enforcement Agencies
GRADE:D-
RANK: 19th
State Pension Fund Management
GRADE:C+
RANK: 9th
For commentary:
- Houston Public Media: Texas Gets D- In State Integrity Report.
- VICE: How Corrupt Is Your State? Chances Are: Very.
