Hat-tip to Roy Houseman (@RoyHouseman) for pointing out that a new study dishing out grades for corruption among U.S. states has resulted in a dishonorable "F" going to six "Right-to-Work" states. Only eight states received an "F" all told:
Eight state governments received a failing F grade when it comes to transparency, accountability and anti-corruption efforts, while not a single state earned an A, according to a comprehensive new study released Monday.
Michigan, North Dakota, South Carolina, Maine, Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota and Georgia received failing grades in the State Integrity Investigation...
Interestingly, Illinois, the state most targeted by anti-union actors in terms of fantastical 'union corruption' claims, fared quite well:
Illinois, easily considered one of the most “corrupt” states in the nation (and deemed so in a recent University of Illinois study), is a case in of how a “most corrupt” label can actually be misleading, the study pointed out.
“A hefty number of prosecutions may actually suggest the system is working — corrupt behavior is rooted out and perpetrators are punished,” it said. “States with relatively low numbers of convictions are not necessarily more accountable, but perhaps less equipped to sniff out malfeasance and go after the bad guys.”
Illinois was ranked an impressive 10th place, receiving a C grade of 74 points, by the State Integrity Investigation.