The 2014 midterms were a bruising affair — racking up record costs for candidates and outside groups. Some incumbents, however, managed to weather their re-election contests while keeping millions in reserve.
Continue readingWest Virginia ‘outside’ group run by state GOP committee members
Two GOP party leaders appear to be behind an 'outside' group that spent $1.4 million helping to elect Republicans to state offices in West Virginia.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: What is the Utility Air Regulatory Group, which opposes Obama’s Clean Power Plan?
Among the 1.3 comments submitted to the EPA on proposals to curb global warming was a lengthy missive from an opaque group of utilities with a record of fighting proposals to combat climate change: the Utility Air Regulatory Group.
Continue readingHillary Clinton fundraiser, Hollywood donors spur seven-figure haul for Democratic ‘super joint’ committee
Within five days of a star-studded Los Angeles fundraiser headlined by Hillary Clinton, a Democratic joint fundraising committee raised close to $1 million.
Continue readingChamber of Commerce sees assault on business in campaign finance reform
In an event at the Chamber of Commerce's headquarters, a diverse group of speakers from government, litigation, consulting and academia convened to tackle the intersecting issues surrounding the business community, campaign finance reform and political speech.
Continue readingTwo months, $15 million in political ads on Philly TV
That's what it cost to blast Philadelphians with 14,000 ads. The kicker? It was state candidates doing most of the spending.
Continue readingOutsiders on both sides of immigration mobilizing supporters
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV: More political ads! Blame the immigration debate.
Continue readingMedical groups help elect lawmakers who oppose physician pay cuts, support medical device tax repeal
Medical and doctors specialty groups jumped into the independent spending fray in the 2014 elections, supporting candidates who would help their bottom line.
Continue readingIn search of not-so-lost time: What transparency can tell us about history, race relations and Ferguson
In 1958, the fact that Mississippi teen Amos Brown opened a bank account on behalf of the NAACP was deemed important enough to inform the mayor, the chief of police and the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission.
Continue readingNew Mexico water commission votes to divert Gila River despite open meetings complaints
A New Mexico water commission yesterday decided to go forward with a plan to divert thousands of acre-feet of water from the Gila River, despite complaints by activists that it violated open meetings laws.
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