Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity
 The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity is a nonprofit online news organization in the United States that publishes news and commentary from a free market limited government perspective on state and local government and politics.According to the organization’s mission statement the Franklin Center’s was founded to help fill the void created as the nation’s newspapers cut back on their statehouse news coverage and investigative reporting in the wake of falling circulation and revenues.” In addition to this the Franklin Center’s mission statement states that they work “to address falling standards in the media as well as a steep falloff in reporting on state government and provides professional training; research editorial multimedia and technical support; and assistance with marketing and promoting the work of a nationwide network of nonprofit reporters.”The organization is regarded as a conservative leaning news outlet. 