Meredith Corp., Owner of Time Magazine, Sheds 1,200 Workers
Koch-Tied Firm Conducts Mass Layoffs after Trump “Job Creating” Tax Cut Bill
By Don Wiener | at
Economy
ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration
By Don Wiener | at
Advance America protected by its former Congressman, Mick Mulvaney.
ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors
By David Armiak and Mary Bottari | at
ALEC holds annual Spring Task Force Summit April 27 in Grand Rapids.
Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries bought a stake in LNG giant Cheniere during same period that EPA’s Scott Pruitt traveled to Morocco at taxpayer expense to promote LNG exports and rented a townhouse co-owned by the wife of its lobbyist.
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
By David Armiak | at
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.
Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat
By David Armiak | at
The soda industry spent big backing soda tax foes.
Corporate Criminals Unleashed: Federal Penalties Imposed on Largest Corps Plunged During Trump’s First Year
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
A New Violation Tracker Report
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
By Arn Pearson | at
Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
By David Armiak | at
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8
GOP Tax Bill Will Trigger Fiscal Crisis, Conservative Group Warns
By Don Wiener | at
SPN group says a multitrillion-dollar bailout of cities and states will be needed if Congress eliminates the SALT deduction.