Private meetings with the attorneys general cost up to $125,000.
Research Cited
FARA Enforcement Faulted in IG Report
The Justice Department’s inspector general slammed the National Security Division’s lax enforcement of foreign lobbying reviews in a long-awaited report today.
Local Races Battleground for National Charter Debate
The battle over charter school expansion in Massachusetts is being waged on multiple fronts: for and against ballot question 2, which would lift the statewide cap on charter school expansion, and into legislative races.
Four Ways Media Attack Organized Labor
In the midst of battles for labor unions in 2016, media have often pushed misleading information.
ACS Recaptures Instructional Time by Reducing Time Spent on Standardized Testing
Anderson Elementary School students engage in the learning of language arts, math, science and social studies. But last year, depending on their grade levels, some of those students gave up as many as 43 hours — more than a work week — for testing.
The Koch Brothers Are Spending Big to Buy Harry Reid’s Senate Seat
Their groups have already spent about $6 million on the Nevada race.
Eye on Augusta: LePage Receives Merit Badge from Corporate Lobbyist Group
Gov. Paul LePage took to the airwaves to proudly proclaim that the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) listed his 2016 “State of the State” address as one of the best in the country for the economic policies it laid out.
Sludge May Be Coming to a Field Near You Soon
What’s that smell? Synagro Central, an Essex County-based biosolids company, notified the state Department of Environmental Quality that it will be applying its products to 59 farm fields around the county in the near future.
Wealthy Donors Dominate Charter Question Funding
Researchers delve into campaign finance records. The problem, activists say, is that money talks, and in a campaign, it is crucial to know whose voice is speaking.
Wisconsin Attorney General Asks US Supreme Court Not to Hear John Doe Appeal
Attorney General Brad Schimel asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to reject a review of a halted criminal investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign, marking the first time his office has argued the merits of the case after his predecessor declined to lead the investigation more than three years ago.