…Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) board composition to diminish the governor’s power to reorganize the scandal-plagued economic development agency, and to ensure GOP control over issues related to the $4.5 billion…
Wisconsin Nice Beats the Politics of Hate and the Scott Walker Money Machine
…some 100,000 employees and 860,000 children, Evers has taught in communities across the state and successfully elevated education on the campaign trail as a major priority, right behind protections for…
Koch Brothers Are Watching You: And New Documents Reveal Just How Much They Know
…floodgates for super PACs), the Koch network is better-positioned than either the Democratic Party or the GOP to reach voters with their individually tailored communications. That is a dangerous development,…
Schimel, Walker Went to Bat for Koch Brothers in Fight for Donor Secrecy
…— Americans for Prosperity — are so completely intertwined with the Republican Party of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, and Brad Schimel through millions of dollars contributed and through close campaign coordination…
National Right to Work Committee Mailer Backs Vukmir
…Capital, the Bradley Foundation, and the anti-public-school Walton Foundation, run by Walmart’s founding family. Learn more about NRTWC here, the Janus case here, and the latest anti-union campaigns here. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5023577-NRTWC-Letter.html…
Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes
…Coke, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, and other sugary drink manufacturers. The use of the ABA name on websites and in anti-soda tax commercials effectively shields the brand-name companies from…
The Climate Twilight Zone
…articles involving James Hansen, Russ George, or Sam Carana, you will have to search quite assiduously to find any article on climate that does a good job of giving CO2…
ALEC Flaunts Trump Ties While Celebrating Its 45th Anniversary at POTUS’s DC Hotel
…state and local tax deduction (SALT), a key component of Trump’s massive tax break for the wealthy and corporations. More recently, 308 state legislators, in partnership with ALEC, sent a…
Attorney General Schimel Withholds Documents Related to His Legal War Against the Affordable Care Act
…for Media and Democracy is a non-profit investigative watchdog group. Our reporting and analyses focuses on corporate influence and money in politics. We publish ExposedbyCMD.org, PRWatch.org, SourceWatch.org, and ALECExposed.org. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4940904-Summons-amp-Complaint-F-S-9-24-18.html…
NC Decision to Bar Climate Science from Planning Will Prove Costly
…the 2010 Coastal Resources Commission scientific report “because it would hurt coastal development,” according to the News and Observer. Debate at the state legislature in the final hours before passage…