CMD files suit to obtain public records from Wisconsin DOJ.
NC Decision to Bar Climate Science from Planning Will Prove Costly
North Carolina’s state legislature in 2012 passed what may have been the nation’s first state-wide global warming denial legislation.
Rep. Taylor and Center for Media and Democracy Rebuff Legal Threat from ALEC Speaker
David Horowitz, a right-wing provocateur who claimed President Obama was a Muslim and a top Clinton aide was part of the Muslim Brotherhood, claims “hatemonger” label is defamatory.
Broad Coalition Calls on Corporations to Drop Funding for ALEC Over Horowitz Speeches
The Center for Media and Democracy has joined a coalition of 78 government reform, civil rights, labor, environmental, and advocacy organizations urging the largest corporate funders to cut ties with the corporate bill mill.
Watchdog Groups Object to Walker’s ‘Openness’ Award
CMD joins letter asking Freedom of Information Council to rescind “Openness” award for Walker following revelations by two former cabinet secretaries.
ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges
Efforts to limit the courts’ role in creating district maps come as 2020 redistricting looms.
‘Law and Order’ Trump Is Soft on Corporate Crime and Wrongdoing
The Trump administration has gone soft on enforcement policies that protect Americans from lawbreaking corporations.
Report: Wage Theft is Pervasive in Corporate America; Big Banks, Insurers are Among Most-Penalized Firms
New research finds that a wide range of big corporations have been shortchanging the people who work for them.
Novartis and Cohen: Two of a Kind
Novartis revealed Wednesday that it paid President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen $1.2 million for health-care policy consulting work.
Carper, Whitehouse Sound Alarm About Unreleased Communications Between Pruitt and Special Interests
Letter to Pruitt and federal ethics officials questions whether Pruitt is violating ethics rules and breaking federal law