Verification trail · TruthMark Wire
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Lobbying disclosures show three firms registered on the cap amendment the week it changed
InvestigatedCapitol Ledger
Cross-checked, plus an original document, on-record interview, or forensic verification.
Read the story at Capitol Ledger ↗
Sources consulted
- State lobbying registration filings (primary documents)
- OpenStates amendment history ↗
- On-record interview, committee staff director
Verification stages run
- TruthMark — Cross-referenced registrants to filings.
- Discern — Parsed claims; flagged none unsupported.
- Signals — Timeline aligned to amendment record.
Sign-off
A. Okafor, Investigations Editor
Cryptographic record
- hash:
- 30cac82b849a9fc08e67e7cc2830fa3fb344d16c8c6cf627d90c65dbef76d920
- prev:
- b08cceeb2d20498b71266a0e8ea18465b39f602beabc8750704873c3870fb4f2
Chain status: intact (3 records, each linked to the one before it)