…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) for school boards. Echoing messaging used by Trump and MAGA Republicans that America was better in the past, WILL launched an initiative called “Restoring American…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…has injected right-wing groups with cash to fight sustainable investing, upend women’s healthcare rights, advance voter suppression policies, and shift the nation’s courts to the far right. Since 2020, RAGA…
GOP Megadonor Richard Uihlein’s PAC Brings in $3.1 Million in First Quarter
…owner of ULINE, a shipping and packaging company, gave $2.4 million to the PAC directly and funneled another $742,503 through his Restoration of America and Fair Courts America groups. These…
U.S. House Anti-Woke Caucus Targets Programs Benefiting Minorities
…policies. Since the Senate rejected the amendment, the restriction on DEI initiatives within the military did not make it into the final DOD appropriation. Targeting Support for Minority-Owned Business Calling…
ALEC Pushes Anti-Union Playbook
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…
Koch Network Bets Big on Candidates with Military Experience
…Koch’s Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) is registered as a “hybrid” PAC with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), which means that it can operate as a traditional PAC by…
Koch Injected Nearly $500 Million into Hundreds of Colleges and Universities Between 2018 and 2022
…Catholic University of America ($16 million), New York University ($14.1 million), and Utah State University ($12.1 million) account for the four universities with the next highest aggregate of Koch funding…
ULINE CEO Funnels $4.7 Million into His Restoration PAC Prior to 2024 Elections
…from SBA Pro-Life America and Women Speak Out PAC have made 830,916 visits to date to voters in Arizona, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The Iowa-based Americas PAC received…
“Nonpartisan” ALEC Teams Up with Run GenZ to Recruit and Train Young Republican Candidates for State and Local Office
…point behind in favoring Democrats. Now the ostensibly “nonpartisan” American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has teamed up with a new Gen Z political group to try to shift the balance…
First Avenue Workers’ Victory: Another Win for Union and Worker Center Collaborations
…Council between CTUL and construction trades including the Carpenters Union and Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA). While not all worker center and union relationships have been seamless, in…