The Illinois governor’s race is a record breaker.
Campaign Finance in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way
By Don Wiener | at
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Koch Document Reveals Laundry List of Policy Victories Extracted from the Trump Administration
By Lee Fang and Nick Surgey | at
The Koch brothers have won victory after victory in their bid to reshape American government to their interests.
The Two Faces of Janus: The Billionaires Behind the Supreme Court Case Poised to Dismantle Public Sector Unions
By Mary Bottari | at
The Roman god Janus was known for having two faces. It is a fitting name for the U.S. Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments February 26.