ALEC holds annual Spring Task Force Summit April 27 in Grand Rapids.
ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors
By David Armiak and Mary Bottari | at
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DO THE KOCHS LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL TO TURN A PROFIT?
By Don Wiener | at
When it comes to making money the hypocrisy of Charles and David Koch has no limits.
ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers “It’s a Behavior Thing”
By Don Wiener | at
ALEC continues to honor the dishonorable.
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
By David Armiak | at
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.
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
By Mary Bottari | at
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 Expert, Arn Pearson, Becomes CMD’s New Executive Director
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
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
By David Armiak | at
Donors Trust funneled millions of dollars to controversial causes anonymously in 2016.
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
By Nick Surgey and Lee Fang | at
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
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
Mary Bottari wins March Sidney for “Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public Sector Unions,” published by In These Times.
Revealed: Names of ALEC Lobbyist and Legislator Members
By Jamie Corey | at
The names of hundreds of members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”), details of which are closely guarded by the group, are revealed in a document obtained by Documented through a public records request.