It was the best of years or it was the worst of years, depending on your perspective. The Supreme Court’s McCutcheon decision and Congress’ green light allowing national party committees to set up additional accounts — and accept a lot more money — were the big legal developments of the year in terms of political cash-counting, shifting the landscape yet again. But OpenSecrets Blog found many other stories worth writing about. Herewith some of our favorites:

And there were many wonderful money-in-politics pieces published elsewhere — too many to mention here, but these are a few that were memorable:



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