Investigating Power
The Republican Attorneys General Association brought in $5.3 million in contributions in the first three months of 2024, as its latest Federal Elections Commission disclosure examined by the Center for Media and Democracy shows.
GOP megadonor Richard Uihlein provided his Restoration PAC with $3.1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing released today.
Last March, a group of House Republicans launched the Anti-Woke Caucus to “root out all far-left political programs from the federal government.” Now, the group is trying to eliminate programs that encourage the growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses.
State lawmakers seeking to dismantle unions and implement anti-worker laws have just been handed a new state-by-state roadmap by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the corporate-funded bill mill popular with Republican legislators.
ALEC is helping the for-profit bail industry push legislation in four states to restrict or outright eliminate charitable bail funds, which provide those unable to afford bail with enough cash to avoid being imprisoned while awaiting their day in court.
After spending more than $31 million on Nikki Haley’s unsuccessful bid for the GOP presidential nomination, billionaire industrialist Charles Koch’s super PAC is now backing 26 Republican candidates running for the U.S. House and Senate this year.
A legislator affiliated with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) who served as a fake elector from Arizona during the 2020 presidential election is proposing legislation that state lawmakers — not voters — should get the final say on choosing Arizona’s presidential electors. The bill’s sponsor, state Senator Anthony Kern (R-27), is currently under investigation […]
The state of Kansas remains one of only 10 states that have refused to expand access to Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, due in large part to resistance from state Senate President Ty Masterson (R). Now the senator is using his new position as national chair of the American Legislative Exchange Council to continue the fight across the country.
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is using his efforts to curtail ESG investing in his bid for the GOP nomination for governor, which will be determined through the Republican primary on August 6.
Nonprofits controlled by Charles Koch funneled $458.7 million to 338 higher education beneficiaries between 2018 and 2022, according to a Center for Media and Democracy analysis of IRS filings by the donor conduits.