GOP Attorneys General, including Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, get advice and counsel from Koch and Big Tobacco lobbyists behind closed doors.
Democracy
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.
Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat
The soda industry spent big backing soda tax foes.
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
Watch out public health advocates – as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation – the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.
Campaign Finance in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way
The Illinois governor’s race is a record breaker.
Campaign Finance Expert, Arn Pearson, Becomes CMD’s New Executive Director
The Center for Media and Democracy is pleased to announce that its General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, Arn Pearson, has been selected to be CMD’s new Executive Director.
Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016
Donors Trust funneled millions of dollars to controversial causes anonymously in 2016.
GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”
Campaign finance reform was once a bipartisan issue. With Koch money flooding into the GOP, those days are gone.
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
The American Legislative Exchange Council’s newest member is Alibaba, a fast-growing Chinese corporation.
CMD’s Mary Bottari Wins Sidney Award for Tracing Billionaires’ Plot to Kill Unions
Mary Bottari wins March Sidney for “Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public Sector Unions,” published by In These Times.