…Policy Network and its main members now stands at more than $120 million. In 2018, SPN unleashed a wave of front groups to attack public sector unions in an effort…
DonorsTrust Pumped $142 Million into Right-Wing Causes in 2018
ALEC’s Washington State Chair Engaged in Domestic Terrorism, Report Concludes
…states outside the State of Washington over a three-year period to include 2014, 2015, and 2016.” Included in the three is the 2014 infamous armed standoff against the US government…
ALEC Influence in Ohio Greases Skids for Anti-Protest Bill
…and power plants. Prompted by the well-publicized stand-off at the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline in 2016, the industry’s full-court press is working. Ten states, using ALEC’s template bill, have…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Makes Unscheduled Appearance at ALEC Conference in Arizona to Promote Costly School Voucher Program
…of Arizona Policy, Jake Logan of the AZ Charter Association, Laura Ciscomani, Development Director of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, and others. The roundtable did not appear to include any…
Gerrymandering, Elections, School Privatization, and More on the Agenda as ALEC meets in Arizona
…cuts, orchestrated by Americans for Prosperity, the Koch machine’s grassroots operation. Charles Koch’s political network is usually well-represented at ALEC’s meetings. Close to 70 staffers from Americans for Prosperity, Stand…
Koch network makes first jump into 2020 races, defending GOP senators
…major changes in May, ending its longtime dark money group Freedom Partners and launching a new nonprofit organization called Stand Together. Americans for Prosperity announced in a June memo that…
Koch Foundations Increased Media Investments in 2018
…The Atlantic‘s stand to deepen our understanding and ultimately address barriers to that peaceful and productive pluralism.” A larger 2018 contract, $500,000 from CKI, went to Ozy Media, a company…
Wisconsin Governor Evers Signs ALEC-Inspired Bill to Criminalize Protest
…of Menikanaehkem Inc. Broad Coalitions Urged Governor to Veto On Tuesday, two letters urging the Governor to veto were delivered from large coalitions. Thirty-six groups in Wisconsin including the ACLU,…
Revenue for State Policy Network and State Affiliates Tops $120 Million
…years, many of the SPN main groups have set up in-house litigation centers to challenge state laws that stand in the way of their agenda or to protect laws that…
Who Is Capturing Our Courts (Wisconsin Edition)?
…only donor to RSLC in the months before the Wisconsin election, although it is known that very few of RSLC’s donors were from Wisconsin. (The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce gave…
