Investigating Power
…plastics industry is fighting back against such local democracy measures. A bill to preempt localities from banning plastic bags is an American Legislative Exchange Council model bill. Anti-Corruption and Campaign…
…called REDMAP. This successful effort was spearheaded by President George W. Bush advisor Ed Gillespie, who is chairman emeritus of the RSLC for the 2016 election cycle. Gillespie founded American…
…be totally discredited. The fact that not one question about climate was asked during the US presidential debates should end any debate about the glaring need to teach Americans what…
…companies from excluding millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions, allows for family coverage of young adults, and extends health insurance options to more than 20 million previously uninsured Americans. The…
…that same period, Koch-controlled foundations gave IWF roughly $825,000. The investigation also unearthed an account of a meeting of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in July, at which…
…You can hear the Koch Brothers cheering now. But the American public has it right. They know that secret money hides the dirty deals and the embarrassing givers, the payday…
…or other forms of ID acceptable under the state’s strict version of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s “model” law. In a ten-minute oration on Wednesday, Judge Peterson blasted state officials:…
…is tied to Donors Trust, the Koch brothers, the American Petroleum Institute, and ExxonMobil, which is currently facing state investigations connected to its claims to investors while secretly funding climate…
…ALEC ExxonMobil and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are running an illegal scheme to promote the oil giant’s climate denial policies and legislative agenda in violation of U.S. tax…
…ballot measures that passed overwhelmingly in two Oregon counties that banned GMO crops. That preemption bill was similar to other anti-local democracy measures peddled by the American Legislative Exchange Council…
