Scott Pruitt, Trump’s embattled EPA chief, involved in shady 2011 real estate deal
As Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt made $70,000 flipping a Tulsa property under questionable circumstances
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Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
As Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt made $70,000 flipping a Tulsa property under questionable circumstances
AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyistsx
GOP Attorneys General, including Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, get advice and counsel from Koch and Big Tobacco lobbyists behind closed doors.
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.
Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat
The soda industry spent big backing soda tax foes.
Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook
Watch out public health advocates - as soda taxes are bubbling up in cities across the nation - the beverage industry is working to choke off this expression of local democracy.
Campaign Finance in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way
The Illinois governor's race is a record breaker.
Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016
Donors Trust funneled millions of dollars to controversial causes anonymously in 2016.
Chinese Corporation Alibaba Joins Group Ghostwriting American Laws
The American Legislative Exchange Council's newest member is Alibaba, a fast-growing Chinese corporation.
GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”
Campaign finance reform was once a bipartisan issue. With Koch money flooding into the GOP, those days are gone.
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