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Florida is receiving a C minus in Integrity tonight. The grade coming from the Center from Public Integrity, a nationwide nonprofit organization.

Florida received low marks for not giving its ethics commission the power to investigate violations without a formal complaint and for a lack of transparency in lobbying. A newly formed Florida group with a similar name and a similar mission is applauding the report. Integrity Florida Executive Director Dan Krassner says his organization will be releasing plans to make Florida’s government more open.

“Let’s put online how much organizations are spending on lobbying per issue and who they are meeting with, just like Congress does. I think Florida could do at least as good a job as Congress when it comes to transparency in lobbying in Florida,” said Krassner.

Integrity Florida will release its own investigative reports next month targeting the state legislature.