…label in order to make a profit. But their anti-union crusades suggest that they don’t want to share those profits with the men and women who show up every shift,…
DO THE KOCHS LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL TO TURN A PROFIT?
AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyists
…have been big donors to RAGA. RAGA has faced scrutiny because its members worked with donors to challenge federal regulations. The forum in Washington suggests the criticism hasn’t fazed them:…
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
…which creates an ordinance that requires groups that make more than $1,000 in independent expenditures in municipal elections to disclose its financial supporters and details of the organization. The city…
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
…the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which has been battling paid sick leave ordinances, lobbied in favor of soda tax preemption in Michigan. Grassroots activists know they are up against…
Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016
…Law was set up to fight restrictions on campaign financing in the name of “free speech.” In 2017, it spun off and became an independent non-profit legal center. An additional…
GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”
…of campaign reform. Even for him, it wasn’t always this way. Back in 1987, the Kentucky senator proposed a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to limit independent expenditures, saying it…
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
…a Republican from Utah. ALEC has gained increasing attention for its outsized role in shaping state-level policy, and provides a forum for lobbyists to meet with legislators and formulate “model”…
CMD’s Mary Bottari Wins Sidney Award for Tracing Billionaires’ Plot to Kill Unions
…grassroots support. The end result is right-to-work legislation in red states and lawsuits like Janus in blue states. “The attack on public-sector workers is also an attack on women and…
Stronger Judicial Recusal Rules Vital for an Impartial State Judiciary
…for election. There had really been no recusal standard for justices or for other court judges receiving campaign contributions or benefiting from “independent” spending by outside interest groups up to…
Fracking Lobbyists Plan to Spend Big at Trump Hotel
…dollars at a Trump family property. The Independent Petroleum Association of America will hold its 2018 “Congressional Call-Up” lobbying event at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. from March…
