In a plan backed by the billionaire Koch Brothers network, lawmakers in South Dakota are using emergency powers to bypass normal checks and balances and repeal America’s first statewide Anti-Corruption Act. Using…
Have you ever seen cockroaches scurry when a light turns on? That’s exactly what South Dakota lobbyists and political establishment look like following passage of America’s first statewide Anti-Corruption Act. The Act…
The result of the 2016 presidential election was widely regarded as a shock – but a recent Vox article says there’s at least one reason we should have predicted a Donald Trump…
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the number of dark money ads decreased in this election cycle once reporting requirements kicked in and donors had to disclose their contributions. In other…
“Michigan legislators potentially can be bought and sold.” That’s the latest analysis from Jane Briggs Bunting, the president of the Michigan Coalition for Open Government, following an investigation by MLive and the…
