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
Koch
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.
Wisconsin GOP Was in Retreat and Disarray Before Paul Ryan Raised the White Flag
By Mary Bottari | at
It is hard to imagine any other Speaker leaving his post at such a pivotal time in the nation’s history.
Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries bought a stake in LNG giant Cheniere during same period that EPA’s Scott Pruitt traveled to Morocco at taxpayer expense to promote LNG exports and rented a townhouse co-owned by the wife of its lobbyist.
AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyists
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
GOP Attorneys General, including Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, get advice and counsel from Koch and Big Tobacco lobbyists behind closed doors.
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 in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way
By Don Wiener | at
The Illinois governor’s race is a record breaker.
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.
GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”
By Arn Pearson | at
Campaign finance reform was once a bipartisan issue. With Koch money flooding into the GOP, those days are gone.
Koch Compliance: Georgia-Pacific Plants Have Troubling Health and Safety Record Including Seven Deaths
By Don Wiener | at
When it comes to worker safety, actions matter more than words.