River Bend Times

Fire Fighters Interested in Registration & Education PAC (FI contributed $529 to the PAC 17 Davenport Assn of Professional Fire Fighters, a political action committee, on March 25, according to data from Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board.

Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections.

While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.