A new review of documents shows close relationships between the agency charged with administering public education and the growing charter school industry in Colorado.
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Unmasking the Chamber of Commerce Networks
Who are these state chamber lobbyists and what are the trade groups they lead?
Highlights of Luntz Poll of American CEOs Shows Broad Support for Progressive Policies
Surprise! Closed-door briefing reveals new poll showing American CEOs side with the American people on key issues.
Exposed: Most CEOs Support Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage, and More But Chamber Lobbyists Told How to “Combat” These Measures
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.
WAR on Voters: Big Money Streams into WI Supreme Court Race with No Disclosure
Here we go again. Another dark money shell game in a critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing’s War on Local Democracy
“This is a failure of a philosophy of governance you advocated,” Rep. Connolly told Gov. Snyder. “A city in America . . . is on its knees because of your emergency manager’s decision to save $4 million.”
Lawyer Tormenting Scientists Revealed Working For Coal Company
Bankruptcy filings reveal Chris Horner, a DC-based lawyer, climate change denier and Fox News regular, is being paid as a “Regulatory Counsel” for the coal company, Alpha Natural Resources.
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
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.
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
ALEC continues to push a corporate-driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.
Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Legal Group
The Energy & Environment Legal Institute–a group best known for filing lawsuits seeking climate scientists’ personal emails–has secretly received funding from Arch Coal, one of the largest coal producers in the U.S.