…Senate and House by 35-12 and 68-46, respectively. NC-20 Seeks Power to Control Tides In a well-sourced investigation subtitled “From the Carolina Coast to the Kochs,” The Independent Weekly, a…
Watchdog Groups Object to Walker’s ‘Openness’ Award
…to influence our elections by exempting from registration requirements independent expenditure groups or PACs that don’t spend more than 50 percent of their expenditures in Wisconsin during a campaign year….
ALEC Launches Effort to Protect Gerrymandering from Judges
…an interview. The draft resolution by ALEC — which has been behind major laws like Stand Your Ground — also comes as several states consider independent redistricting measures on their…
Trump Attacks on First Amendment Are Un-American
…the U.S. and in many places around the world, the press fosters active debate, provides investigative reporting, and serves as a forum to express different points of view, particularly on…
Wisconsin GOP Just Nominated ALEC’s “Iron Lady” to Take on Tammy Baldwin
…to attack Vukmir for her derisive comments about Trump. “He offends everyone; he offends women; he offends men; he offends little people; he offends fat people,” said Vukmir in March…
Common Cause Exposes ALEC Influence in Louisiana
…Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act.” In June, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed the act into law, after vetoing a similar bill last year. With ALEC’s assistance, similar bills have…
ALEC Sets the Table for Gerrymandering, Union Busting, Protecting Fossil Fuels, and Privatizing Schools
…focuses on “uniform standards for determining who is an employee and who is an independent contractor,” but is designed to establish a very broad definition of independent contractor that lets…
KochPAC Rarely Gives Money to U.S. House Democrats…Except to These Four
…H.R. 1431, which would have undermined the ability of the Science Advisory Board to provide independent, objective, and credible scientific advice to the EPA. Outgoing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt later…
‘Law and Order’ Trump Is Soft on Corporate Crime and Wrongdoing
…and women” from the scourge of “American carnage.” But even as the Trump administration ramps up “zero-tolerance” policies against street crimes and immigration, it has gone soft on enforcement policies…
State Policy Network Unleashes Wave of Front Groups to Attack Public Union Membership
…its Liberty Justice Center (now independent). The site claims that unions are trying to be “tricky” and they are “political” so the site can assist one in getting unions to…