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• Right-Wing Out-of-State Funders Bankroll Anti-Union Campaigns in Ohio

  By David Armiak | May 8th, 2020 at 1:55 PM (CDT)

  National deep pockets backing GOP and corporate interests have pumped more than $9 million into the Buckeye Institute and the Freedom Foundation, the two groups leading attacks on public employee unions in Ohio.

• Foreign-Owned Entertainment Company Lands Federal COVID-19 Loan

  By Alex Kotch and Don Wiener | May 1st, 2020 at 3:54 PM (CDT)

  Cinedigm, which is owned by a Beijing-based private equity firm, received a $2.2 million Paycheck Protection Program loan in April.

• ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19

  By David Armiak and Alex Kotch | April 30th, 2020 at 3:16 PM (CDT)

  Documents obtained by CMD show the extent of the corporate lobby group’s role in pressuring the states to force a rapid reopening of the economy despite strong public resistance and health concerns.

• Ohio’s Buckeye Institute Uses Coronavirus to Push Its Budget Cuts Wish List

  By Don Wiener | April 30th, 2020 at 9:53 AM (CDT)

  The Koch-funded policy group calls for broad cuts to Medicaid, education, and water quality protection on top of Governor DeWine’s hiring freeze and budget cuts.

• Wisconsin Coronavirus Protest Draws Hundreds to State Capital

  By David Armiak | April 24th, 2020 at 5:18 PM (CDT)

  Protesters eschew masks and social distancing to protest Governor Evers’s stay-at-home order and back a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce plan to reopen businesses at a capitol rally promoted by right-wing groups.