Investigating Power
ALEC has named Jennifer Jura of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) as the new corporate chair for its task force that works to oppose action to tackle climate change.
It’s “National Charter School Week” but it’s no week to celebrate given the billions spent and hundreds of millions squandered on fraud and waste by charter school operators.
Working in tandem with deep-pocketed corporations and funders like Koch Industries, ALEC is driving an agenda in the states you need to know about.
Efforts to gut the federal False Claims Act backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce got a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday.
The investigation into ExxonMobil climate change denial continues as court filings show a subpoena has been issued to the PR firm, DCI Group.
An unprecedented leak of millions of documents has revealed how some of the world’s most powerful figures hide their wealth from taxation and public scrutiny.
Who are these state chamber lobbyists and what are the trade groups they lead?
Video footage of a closed-door webinar provided to CMD reveals Frank Luntz’ firm instructing state chamber of commerce lobbyists to ignore polling that shows Chamber members across the country overwhelmingly support progressive workplace policies including raising the minimum wage, providing paid sick days, and more.
Chamber of Commerce lobbyists were instructed on how to thwart local business leaders’ “empathy” for workers and support for popular policies in order to advance national anti-worker agenda.
New Report by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter.