…retention requirements,” adding that his office made it a practice to “preserve limited Microsoft Outlook memory space.” Julia Gunther, a research and communications associate with the group A Better Wisconsin…
Oil and Gas Companies Get Enormous Welfare, Still Lay Off Workers and Enrich Executives
…his oral and written testimonies, Tim Stretton, a policy analyst at nonpartisan watchdog Project On Government Oversight (POGO), testified about the extensive government subsidies that go to fossil fuel companies….
Lawmakers in Corporate Pay-for-Play Network Push Bills Aimed at Intimidating Voters of Color
…sever ties with ALEC. In February, Dominion donated $1 million to the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights to be used to “protect ballot access” and “end systemic racism.” https://twitter.com/DominionEnergy/status/1365383634220425216 Dominion…
Despite Covid, Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Continues Assault on Medicaid
…care or obtain it without compensating the provider. Lawsuits are expected on both sides of the issue as people try to sign up for Medicaid during the expansion application period,…
Officials Use Digital Dodges to Hide Records
…did not go so far as to say that she would provide responsive communications through the Big 10 portal to record requesters in the future. The disturbing trend toward using…
State Policy Network Partners With RealClear to Promote Its Right-Wing Agenda
…of the Real Clear Foundation revenue tracked by the Center for Media and Democracy. Other major common donors include the Charles Koch Foundation, the Ed Uihlein Foundation, the Searle Freedom…
Major Right-Wing Funders Push Supreme Court Case Against Donor Disclosure
…million, or 21 percent of the identifiable money contributed to the amicus groups. Searle Freedom Trust—founded with inherited wealth inherited from pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle & Company, the creator of…
Leaking Oil and Gas Wells: A Ticking Time Bomb
…companies are declaring bankruptcy. Although the companies may be disappearing, their wells are not. Left unplugged, they can cause a host of environmental and health problems. More than 40 percent…
The Food Industry Is Shaping the Principles of Scientific Integrity, Study Says
…health ones.” The study “found that ILSI is a leading actor, not only in the food industry but more broadly in the scientific community, on the development of scientific integrity…
ALEC Big Pharma Members Hit with Billions in Fines and Penalties in 2020
…the public interest by creating disincentives for the research and development of new pharmaceutical products and by delaying or preventing the introduction into the market of products that could prolong…