Who are these state chamber lobbyists and what are the trade groups they lead?
Unmasking the Chamber of Commerce Networks
By Calvin Sloan | at
Featured Investigations
Chambers of Commerce Exposed by CMD
By Lisa Graves | at
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.
Exposed: Most CEOs Support Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage, and More But Chamber Lobbyists Told How to “Combat” These Measures
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
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.
ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
New Report by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter.
CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
In the spirit of national Sunshine Week, CMD has written a letter to ALEC and its state chairs calling on them to release basic information about their operations.
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
By Jessica Mason and Calvin Sloan | at
Part of an emerging national trend, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers.
House Republicans Get Secret Briefing from Koch Veterans Group
By Jessica Mason | at
The Koch brothers’ group targeting veterans gave a secret briefing to U.S. House Republicans on “Reforming Veterans Health Care” last week, according to an invitation to the meeting provided to CMD.
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
By Brendan Fischer and Zachary Peters | at
ALEC continues to push a corporate-driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.
Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
How did an ALEC anti-union “model bill” end up in a small town in Illinois?
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
By Nick Surgey | at
Ford responded to consumer concern over its membership in ALEC.