Phony Front Group, Center for Union Facts, to Run Super Bowl Ad
In what has become a local tradition, the right-wing Center for Union Facts will air an ad in Washington D.C. during Super Bowl
ALEC Exposed
Fond du Lac Nuns Get Northrop Grumman to Dump ALEC
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has ended its relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), thanks to shareholder engagement from the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin-based Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes.
5 Years after Citizens United, Democracy Is for Sale
The Kochs and other big donors wield massive influence in the post-Citizens United era.
Koch Party Delivers SOTU Response
Sen. Joni Ernst giving the GOP response to the State of the Union address is further proof that the Koch political network has become a dominant political force.
Good Money after Bad, WI GOP Demands More For-Profit Schools
The push to end public education in Wisconsin marches on.
ALEC Sharpens Attack on Environmental Safeguards
After being accused of "literally lying" about climate change by one of its own high-profile business members, excoriated for being a "corporate bill mill," and losing nearly 100 company sponsors, you might expect the rabidly anti-environmental American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to tone it down a little. Not a chance.
eBay Becomes 100th Company to Cut Ties to "Controversial" ALEC
"We are not renewing membership in ALEC," eBay tweeted on the afternoon of December 18.
ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!
After spending hundreds of millions of undisclosed funds on state and federal elections, ALEC's corporate members are demanding that state legislators preserve their "right" to anonymously spend money on politics.
Koch-Tied Group Pushes New Union Busting Bill in Wisconsin
Just weeks after Wisconsin's controversial Governor Scott Walker was elected to a second term, a group with ties to the billionaire Koch brothers has launched a new effort to destroy unions.
Fat on Restaurant Cash, Democratic Lawmakers Float Minimum Wage Preemption in IL
Democratic state legislators in Illinois are mulling an effort to thwart Chicago's effort to raise its minimum wage, even as they raise the state wage above the national average. And the state National Restaurant Association affiliate is eating it up.
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