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For fiscal year 2012, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $357 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program (H.R. 2596). Byrne JAG grants, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), can be used by state and local governments for 29 broad criminal justice purposes, including funding pretrial release services.[1]
Voters in Arizona passed a ballot initiative on Tuesday known as the "Voters’ Right to Know Act" that will crack down on so-called "dark money" in elections.
Three out of four voters approved Prop. 211, demanding that fat cats who fund dark money campaigns come out from behind the bushes. No surprise there.
Proposition 211, the ballot measure requiring disclosure for political spending, takes strong lead in early returns.
If passed by voters, Arizona's Proposition 211 would require disclosure of the donors who give to an umbrella organization.