CMD NEWS ABOUT Economy

• Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC

  By David Armiak | May 29th, 2019 at 8:38 AM (CDT)

  The news of Comcast's departure was made public in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing calling for increased lobbying disclosure by Comcast.

• Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions

  By Don Wiener | May 28th, 2019 at 1:50 PM (CDT)

  Right-wing groups sue union in Illinois to collect millions in retroactive "fair share" fees.

• Koch Industries’ Federal Lobbying Rose 35 Percent in First Quarter of 2019

  By Don Wiener | May 9th, 2019 at 10:22 AM (CDT)

  Koch Industries has lobbied against every major measure to reduce reliance on fossil fuels so far this year.

• How the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity Hijacked Alaska’s Tax and Budget Hearings

  By Don Wiener and Arn Pearson | May 2nd, 2019 at 9:22 AM (CDT)

  The Kochs' political astroturf operation sponsored, paid for, and restricted the terms of attendance for Governor Dunleavy's "Statewide Discussion for a Permanent Fiscal Plan."

• That Grifty Thing Stephen Moore Did With Herman Cain — and the Koch Brothers’ Blessing

  By ExposedByCMD Editors | May 1st, 2019 at 3:19 PM (CDT)

  Stephen Moore awaits his nomination to the Federal Reserve by Trump, who really wanted to get the band back together when he mentioned both Moore and Cain as his picks to the central bank.