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The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) bolsters its "good guy" credentials, and the Web continues to contribute to greater transparency in political and financial affairs. New on CPI's website:

Ever wonder what outside financial interests a legislator in your state might have?

Now you can find out with a couple of clicks of your mouse. Putting the country's government ethics laws to work, the Center for Public Integrity today made thousands of state legislators' outside interest disclosure filings available to online users.

Researchers at the Center collected nearly 7,000 personal financial statements state lawmakers submitted in 2004 to oversight agencies in the 47 states requiring disclosure. Three states -- Idaho, Michigan and Vermont -- do not require disclosure at all.

CPI's disclosure statements can be accessed here.