Investigating Power
As corporate lobbyists and legislators prepare to gather in Austin, CMD and Common Cause release a report detailing the pay-to-play group’s firm grip on Texas politics.
Two biggest private prison companies backing ALEC get millions in ICE contracts to run controversial immigrant detention camps, raising questions about who is paying for the tour and why.
Group obtains more than 3,000 records relating to former Attorney General Schimel’s war on the Affordable Care Act.
Mergers of Legislative Council and Legislative Reference Bureau discussed behind closed doors.
The Center for Media and Democracy and 24 other groups release statement calling Trump’s state of emergency “an attack on our democracy.”
CMD files suit to obtain public records from Wisconsin DOJ.
New research finds that a wide range of big corporations have been shortchanging the people who work for them.
New Center for Media and Democracy report details sustained campaign to tear down the walls separating church and state.
The Center for Media and Democracy is pleased to announce that its General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor, Arn Pearson, has been selected to be CMD’s new Executive Director.
Mary Bottari wins March Sidney for “Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public Sector Unions,” published by In These Times.