State Integrity Investigation (http://www.stateintegrity.org) has rated the 50 states on corruption risk.
Washington State has gotten a score of B- on the Corruption Risk Report Card.
| Overall grade | B- | 83% | Rank among 50 states | 3 |
Click a category to see detailed scores and notes.
| Public Access to Information |
B-
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Political Financing |
C+
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B-
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B+
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C+
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B+
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C-
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C
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A
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A
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C-
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B-
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B+
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A
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“Washington’s government is a national leader in transparency and has embraced technology to encourage citizen participation. But budget cuts have hampered ethics agencies. Read more from SII State Reporter Vickie Kilgore.”
The grade of B- doesn’t sound so good, but in fact Washington is ranked #3 nationwide, the third best in the nation — which shows you that overall the states aren’t doing so well.
