…rigorous labor code that can be enforced either in state court or in combination with federal rules in U.S. courts. “While wage theft is pervasive, it is also preventable,” said…
Democracy on the March in the Badger State: 10 Democrats Vie to Take on Scott Walker
…the convention, Roys said: “It’s time to stop the shame of being the worst state in the nation for African Americans, to end mass incarceration, end voter suppression, end the…
Who are the 2018 Koch Candidates?
…in the 2016 election cycle, but ended up spending less after Trump won the Republican nomination. “We will be spending more than any midterm in our network history,” Americans for…
“Unprecedented” Outside Spending Floods into Wisconsin to Attack U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
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ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration
…lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.” Well, Mulvaney appears to have carried that policy, right into the nation’s most important consumer protection agency. In December 2017,…
Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg
…to back soda taxes as a policy tool to reduce consumption. But as local soda tax campaigns are bubbling up in cities across the nation, the beverage industry is working…
Under New Rules, Zuckerberg Will Be America’s Biggest Propaganda Cop
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Wisconsin GOP Was in Retreat and Disarray Before Paul Ryan Raised the White Flag
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Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
…below-market cost. Cheniere is the nation’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and landed a multi-billion contract to supply China’s market last November. The townhouse is owned by the…
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
Watch out public health advocates – as soda tax campaigns are bubbling up in cities across the nation to combat obesity, diabetes and other serious health conditions – the beverage…