…(For example: the Stand Together Chamber of Commerce gave AFP Action $26.5 million in 2022. AFP Action gave Stand Together Chamber $1.45 million in the same year. This results in…
Rights Clash in Wisconsin Records Dispute
…and elected leaders responsive to problems identified by the public. Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council (wisfoic.org), a nonprofit, nonpartisan…
Wisconsin Right-Wing Litigation Center Grooms School Board Members
…in the U.S. The agenda lists WILL President Rick Esenberg, General Counsel for Southeastern Legal Foundation Kimberly Hermann, and WILL attorney Daniel Lennington as speakers on that panel. WILL attorney…
Leonard Leo’s Concord Fund Top Funder of Republican AGs Group in 2024
…Chamber Institute for Legal Reform contributed $250,000 each, making them the second largest RAGA donors in the first quarter. Charles Koch’s conglomerate and the U.S. Chamber’s legal arm have consistently…
U.S. House Anti-Woke Caucus Targets Programs Benefiting Minorities
…within the U.S. Department of Commerce. In addition, the SBA offers counseling, training, and funding for minority-owned businesses. President Biden has greatly expanded outreach and access to small disadvantaged businesses…
ALEC Pushes Anti-Union Playbook
…applicable rights and obligations,” the model bill states. ALEC’s advocacy arm, ALEC Action, worked to oppose the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021. “Increasing barriers to independent…
For-Profit Bail Industry Teams Up with ALEC to Target Charitable Bail Funds
…platinum-level sponsorship of ALEC’s ritzy 50th anniversary gala; its chairman, Bill Carmichael, is the vice chair of ALEC’s private sector board of directors; and an ABC representative sits on ALEC’s…
Koch Network Bets Big on Candidates with Military Experience
…cycle, according to its year-end FEC filing. Koch Industries and Koch’s Stand Together Chamber of Commerce contributed $50 million of that, with $15 million coming from the Waltons, whose fortune…
ALEC Legislator Proposes Law to Take Away Voters’ Ability to Choose Presidential Electors
…sovereignty over electors: “The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear — only the states have the authority to appoint electors,” the statement reads. This corresponds neatly with ALEC’s…
Koch Still Funding Last Stand Against Medicaid Expansion
…for its repeal. ALEC’s Decade-Long Fight ALEC has opposed Medicaid expansion since it first took effect in 2014 in 26 states and the District of Columbia, providing state legislatures with…