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Hawaii Just Found a Way to Keep Corporations Out of Politics
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (219+ words) At a time when giant tech companies and other corporate behemoths loom over our economic, social, and political life, the state of Hawaii has just found a way to limit their hold. Pro-business courts have long regarded corporations as people....
Big spending, personal loans define Augusta mayor campaigns
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (279+ words) Susan Mc Cord is a veteran journalist and writer who began her career at publications in Asheville, N. C. She spent nearly a decade at newspapers across rural southwest Georgia, then returned to her Augusta hometown for a position at the print…...
How much money have state superintendent candidates raised?
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (550+ words) Story Title: How much money have state superintendent candidates raised? Ed Source is dedicated to covering in California and nationally. Other publications may republish Ed Source articles, online or in print, at no charge, provided adherence to our guidelines. The…...
Election Watch: Fun with campaign finance
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (280+ words) Let's take them in order: Rep. Joseph Sanchez, D-Alcalde, is one of the better-funded House incumbents in the state outside of members of leadership, and he ended the latest filing period with almost $192, 000 in the bank. His latest report shows…...
Nonprofit Political Activity in an Election Year: What Organizations Need to Know
1+ week, 5+ day ago (147+ words) The IRS applies a facts'and'circumstances analysis. Avoiding express words such as "vote for" or "defeat" does not eliminate risk if the communication, in context, functions as candidate support or opposition'particularly when it identifies a candidate close to an election or…...
Pete Buttigieg visits Butte to discuss removing corporate money from Montana politics
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (374+ words) BUTTE, Mont. " Former U. S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came to Butte on Sunday for a town hall focused on Initiative 194, also known as the Montana Plan. The proposal would change state law to block businesses from donating to election campaigns. Non…...
Bob Harvie's "No Corporate Money" Pitch Already Falling Apart
17+ hour, 8+ min ago (120+ words) NRCC Text VICTORY to 21818 to help DEFEND our conservative majority! Bob Harvie's "No Corporate Money" Pitch Already Falling Apart A new report shows how Corrupt Bob Harvie, the subject of an FBI investigation, loves to lecture voters about "corporate money…...
Pete Buttigieg advocates for Montanans to reign in corporate election spending
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (427+ words) BUTTE, Mont. " Over 1, 000 people flocked to the Mother Lode Theatre in Uptown Butte on Sunday afternoon to hear from former U. S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for President in 2020 who is now advocating for what is being called "The…...
Close a campaign funding loophole, Mr. Di Napoli
13+ hour, 32+ min ago (72+ words) When Thomas P. Di Napoli was voted into the post of New York comptroller by the state Legislature in early 2007, he took over an office that represented what was wrong with state government. The tenure of his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, had…...
U. S. House to vote on bills targeting fraudulent, foreign election donations
21+ hour, 47+ min ago (489+ words) (The Center Square) " The U. S. House committee that oversees election laws advanced multiple bills Thursday to stop fraudulent campaign donations and foreign influence in elections. Three of the Republican-led bills arose out of committee Chairman Bryan Steil's, R-Wis. , three-year investigation into…...