Investigating Power
A last minute spending blitz by the RSLC in Wisconsin’s spring 2019 Supreme Court election played a key role in tipping the scales of the election in favor of Brian Hagedorn. Mere days after Leonard Leo’s Judicial Crisis Network gave $1 million to the group, it dropped $1.2 million in ads in just the final week of the election.
Bill pushed by big oil and ALEC would chill environmental protests with the threat of harsh jail terms and fines.
Koch Industries has spent more than $9 million so far this year to block House Democrats’ environmental protection measures and democracy reforms.
Right-wing policy network gathers in Colorado Springs to advance anti-labor, climate denial, and anti-disclosure agenda.
The Wisconsin State Assembly will convene for the first time this fall today to consider a bill backed by the oil industry and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Grassroots opposition to draconian budget cuts orchestrated by the Kochs’ influence machine gain steam, putting Governor Dunleavy’s political future in question.
Many of the task force legislative members will be attending ALEC’s Life Sciences Academy this week with undisclosed drug industry representatives.
The makers of an opioid tied to 400,000 deaths had special access to the attorneys general that chose to take their “sweetheart deal” — saving the owners of the company from admitting wrongdoing — thanks to a pay-for-play group called the Republican Attorneys General Association.
On September 19, the Massachusetts legislature overrode Republican Governor Charlie Baker’s veto of a bill that would help public employee unions maintain dues-paying members.
Emissions reductions alone cannot avert climate ruin, so it’s good news that C02 removal is feasible and affordable.