…Project (HEP), tobacco giant Altria, Charles Koch’s Stand Together, UPS, PhRMA, as well as several trade groups representing hotel chains and the telecom and tech industries. Right-wing think tanks including…
Progressive Groups Protest ALEC’s “50 Years of Harm”
…joined ALEC. Sponsors also included some of the county’s most hard-line conservative think tanks and policy groups, including billionaire Charles Koch’s Americans for Prosperity and Stand Together; the State Policy…
After 50 Years, This Right-Wing Law Factory Is Crazier Than Ever
…violence to the people using them instead of guns themselves. And the list goes on. ALEC’s most infamous partnership with the NRA took the form of the “Stand Your Ground”…
Fossil Fuel Consultant and Leonard Leo Lieutenant Lobby ALEC Lawmakers on “Stopping ESG”
…forces (Energy, Environment, and Agriculture, along with Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development) at its State and Nation Policy Summit last December, but ALEC’s board of directors rejected it due to…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund is RAGA’s Top Funder So Far in 2023
…second largest donor to RAGA so far this year. This affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce focuses on advancing business-friendly legal reforms such as making class-action lawsuits more difficult…
ALEC Ditches Free Market and Limited Government Principles at its 50th Annual Meeting
…Altria, Charles Koch’s Stand Together, UPS, and another right-wing nonprofit active in the fight against woke capitalism: the Foundation for Government Accountability. Others listed as Vice Chairman-level sponsors include: American…
ALEC’s Funding Revealed
…CMD reported. The second largest known donor to ALEC is Charles Koch, who gave just over $2 million between 2017 and 2021 through his personal foundation and Stand Together Fellowships,…
ALEC Considers Blacklisting Companies That Voluntarily Recognize Unions
…on right-wing donors and corporations for virtually all of its funding. In reviewing tax returns for the Charles Koch Foundation and Koch’s Stand Together Fellowships from 2014–19, the Center for…
Leading Anti-ESG Lobbyists Represent Firearms and Fossil Fuel Industries
…number of lobbyists working in half the states on a quarter of the bills. Bledsoe previously worked for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the fossil fuel-backed Charles Koch Foundation….
Watchdog Group Files Emergency Motion with Ohio Supreme Court to Stop AG’s Further Destruction of Documents Sought in Open Records Case
…is a clear violation of Ohio’s public records law and cannot be allowed to stand,” said Arn Pearson, CMD’s executive director. “RAGA and RLDF literally sell access to Republican AGs…