…of the ubiquitous use of cookies by search engines and other sites, CMD recommends that Internet users use Ixquick for searches because it provides greater privacy protections than most search…
CMD Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Prosecutors’ Appeal in John Doe II Corruption Case
…committee was also associated with the campaign committee of one justice; and that one justice’s campaign had a ‘close connection’ with more than one movant,” and that “there is a…
Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money
…for their actions by holding a job or performing community service, attending required treatment programs, and staying crime- and drug-free. Right on Crime also advocates harsher consequences59 for violation of…
UPDATE Koch Candidates? Where Is the Koch Machine Spending in 2016 So Far
…PR effort comes despite the fact that $400 million of the $889 pledge by the Kochs through their “Freedom Partners” network has already been invested in the outcome of the…
Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate Denial Network Funding
…For Legislative Energy And Environmental Research (CLEER) Burson Marsteller Berman And Company, Inc Consumer Energy Alliance Center For Clean Air Policy (CCAP) Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED) Center…
CMD Wins Open Records Lawsuit against Governor Walker
On Friday, May 27, a judge resoundingly rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s elaborate efforts to hide from the public his role in deleting “the search for truth” and the Wisconsin Idea…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Local Influence in Two Maps
…by the Council of State Chambers (COSC), a little-known trade association deeply embedded in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce infrastructure that provides ostensibly-autonomous state chambers of commerce with U.S. Chamber…
Hi-Tech Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering on Trial in Wisconsin
…map where voters choose their politicians instead.” David Armiak contributed to this report. The trial began today and is expected to last four days. For complete trial briefs, see www.fairelectionsproject.org….
Is the EPA Being Pressured on Atrazine? New Findings of Environmental Concerns about Syngenta’s Crop Chemical Removed from EPA Site
…distributed by Syngenta, a foreign global chemical company, that markets the product in the U.S. to limit plants that may compete with commodity crops or would be considered weeds on…
ALEC’s 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot
…energy sources. The misleadingly-named “Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Composition Act” would allow oil and natural gas companies to keep details about chemicals they pump into the ground during the…