CMD NEWS ABOUT Economy

• New Right-Wing Litigation Center Working to Upend COVID-19 Public Health Restrictions, Fight Unions

  By David Armiak | February 15th, 2021 at 10:45 AM (CST)

  American Juris Link, a new right-wing legal center with close ties to the State Policy Network, is actively working to track and support right-wing legal challenges to upend COVID-19 health restrictions, fight workers’ rights to unionize, and coordinate legal strategies and amici.

• RAGA Raised $1.6 Million as Republican AGs Challenged Election Results

  By David Armiak | February 10th, 2021 at 3:27 PM (CST)

  The Republican Attorneys General Association raised $1.6 million between November 24 and December 31 last year as Republican attorneys general challenged election results, its latest IRS filing discloses.

• Utility Execs Across the U.S. Hit with Criminal Charges in 2020

  By Don Wiener | February 5th, 2021 at 7:43 AM (CST)

  Major utility corruption scandals rocked three states in 2020, resulting in criminal charges against utility executives and the ouster of House Speakers in Illinois and Ohio.

• Despite Pandemic, Union Membership Rose in 22 States, Including Many Right-to-Work States

  By Don Wiener | February 1st, 2021 at 2:15 PM (CST)

  Despite steep pandemic-related job losses all around, union workers fared better than non-union workers in 2020, and union membership actually increased in almost half the states.

• The Real Money Behind the Politicians Who Voted to Overturn the Election

  By Alex Kotch | January 28th, 2021 at 12:53 PM (CST)

  Corporations and wealthy individuals poured millions of dollars into super PACs, political committees, and dark money groups that spent at least $272 million to elect most of the 147 members of Congress who voted to reject Joe Biden's Electoral College win.