Index of Economic Justice Articles

May 2018

• "Koch-Tied Firm Conducts Mass Layoffs after Trump “Job Creating” Tax Cut Bill" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, May 16, 2018)

• "“Unprecedented” Outside Spending Floods into Wisconsin to Attack U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin" (Maxwell Abbott, ExposedByCMD, May 14, 2018)

• "15 Judges Object to State Funds for Federalist Society Conference Where WI AG Brad Schimel Plugged Campaign, Praised Hate Group" (David Armiak, Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, May 10, 2018)

• "Christian Right Groups Wage Crusade to Capture Courts" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, May 9, 2018)

• "ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, May 2, 2018)

• "ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, May 2, 2018)

April 2018

• "Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, April 30, 2018)

• "ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors" (David Armiak, Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, April 24, 2018)

• "Trump May Face Heat for Campaign Finance Crimes" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, April 19, 2018)

• "Do the Kochs Look for the Union Label to Turn a Profit?" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, April 16, 2018)

• "Wisconsin GOP Was in Retreat and Disarray Before Paul Ryan Raised the White Flag" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, April 11, 2018)

• "ALEC Legislator of the Week: Homosexuals and Psychopathic Killers “It’s a Behavior Thing”" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, April 9, 2018)

• "Scott Pruitt, Trump’s embattled EPA chief, involved in shady 2011 real estate deal" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, April 5, 2018)

• "Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, April 2, 2018)

• "AG Academy: Republican Attorneys General Get Schooled by Corporate Lobbyists" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, April 2, 2018)

March 2018

• "ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, March 29, 2018)

• "Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, March 29, 2018)

• "Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, March 28, 2018)

• "Campaign Finance in Illinois: One Record Set, Another Record on the Way" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, March 26, 2018)

• "Donors Trust, the Right-Wing Secret Money Machine, Doled Out $66.7 Million in 2016" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, March 22, 2018)

• "GOP wants to flood politics with dark money using hidden “policy riders”" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, March 21, 2018)

February 2018

• "The Two Faces of Janus: The Billionaires Behind the Supreme Court Case Poised to Dismantle Public Sector Unions" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 24, 2018)

• "Arizona “Ground Zero” for Koch Attack on Public Education" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 8, 2018)

January 2018

• "The ALEC Emperor’s New Clothes" (Don Wiener and David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, January 29, 2018)

• "Why Are Railroads Funding ALEC?" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, January 23, 2018)

• "Chicago’s “Independent” Project Six Funded By Illinois Policy Institute" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, January 18, 2018)

• "Retribution and Revenge in the Wisconsin John Doe" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, January 11, 2018)

• "Contempt of Court: Trump’s Judicial Blitz Betrays His Hostility to Rule of Law" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 2, 2017)

December 2017

• "Influence Watch’ Website Launched: Berman, ALEC, Heartland Copy CMD’s Sourcewatch.org Site" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, December 20, 2017)

• "Carrying Water for the Kochs, Mackinac Center Misleads on Professional Licensing" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, December 12, 2017)

• "ALEC Gives Top Award to Legislator Jailed for Trying to Sneak Loaded Gun on a Plane" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, December 8, 2017)

• "GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, December 8, 2017)

• "Credo Delivers Petition to UPS Demanding that It Drop ALEC" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, December 6, 2017)

• "ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, December 6, 2017)

November 2017

• "GOP Tax Bill Will Trigger Fiscal Crisis, Conservative Group Warns" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, November 29, 2017)

• "GOP Tax Bill Will Trigger Fiscal Crisis, Conservative Group Warns" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, November 29, 2017)

• "Koch Latino Front Group Instructs Arizona Moms About School Vouchers" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, November 27, 2017)

• "ALEC Corporate Members Lay Off Over 12,000 Workers in 2017" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, November 20, 2017)

• "ALEC May Want to Reconsider This “Legislator of the Week” Award" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, November 16, 2017)

• "Spike in Private Equity Political Spending Spares Loophole in Gop Tax Plan" (Don Wiener and Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, November 9, 2017)

• "Fake News Machine Ready to Defend Trump White House Against Robert Mueller" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, November 8, 2017)

• "Jeff Sessions’ Incredible Shrinking Russia Denial" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, November 2, 2017)

October 2017

• "Koch Demands Corporate Welfare From One of America’s Poorest Cities" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, October 25, 2017)

• "ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors Top Nation’s Lawbreaker List" (Don Wiener, ExposedByCMD, October 23, 2017)

• "This Group Helps Lobbyists Influence Public Officials. The Trump Hotel Is Hosting Its 2018 Gala." (Nick Surgey and Lee Fang, ExposedByCMD, October 12, 2017)

September 2017

• "Cleaning Up the Courts, Citizen Hearings at Three Locations in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, September 29, 2017)

• "Voter ID Suppressed the Vote Exactly as Wisconsin Republicans Predicted" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, September 26, 2017)

• "Trump v. Mueller?" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, September 26, 2017)

• "Trump Ally Sinclair Moves to Consolidate TV Empire" (Rebekah Wilce, ExposedByCMD, September 25, 2017)

• "SCOTUS Prepares to Hear Case that Could Put an End to Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering and One Party Rule" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, September 13, 2017)

August 2017

• "State Policy Network Attacks Public Sector Workers as Waters Rise in Texas" (Mary Bottari and David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, August 31, 2017)

July 2017

• "Infighting, Legal Questions Slow ALEC Push for Second Constitutional Convention" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, July 31, 2017)

• "“Poison Papers” Snapshot: HoJo Transcript Illustrates EPA Collusion with Chemical Industry" (Rebekah Wilce, ExposedByCMD, July 27, 2017)

• "The Poison Papers Expose Decades of Collusion between Industry and Regulators over Hazardous Pesticides and Other Chemicals" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, July 26, 2017)

• "Betsy DeVos and Issue of College Sexual Assault Take Center Stage at ALEC in Denver" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, July 18, 2017)

• "Betsy DeVos and Issue of College Sexual Assault Take Center Stage at ALEC in Denver" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, July 18, 2017)

• "Watchdog Group Sues Utah AG for Withholding RAGA Documents" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, July 18, 2017)

• "Trump Team, ALEC, Koch Industries Debate Gerrymandering the U.S. Senate in Denver" (Mary Bottari and David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, July 17, 2017)

• "Five Questions for Trump’s FBI Director Nominee Christopher Wray" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, July 11, 2017)

• "More Than 100 Groups Call on Secretaries of State to Protect Voter Rights by Rejecting Pence-Kobach Request for Sensitive Voter Data" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, July 7, 2017)

• "New Study Undercuts Trump FCC Chair’s Justification for Rolling Back Net Neutrality" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD Editors, July 6, 2017)

June 2017

• "Russiagate: It’s Not Just About Elections" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD Editors, June 30, 2017)

• "Reagan vs. Cities: The Battle Over South African Apartheid and Lessons for the Trump Era" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, June 28, 2017)

• "Talent Market: The Libertarian Headhunting Firm Serving the Koch Network and the Bradley Foundation" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, June 28, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Chairman Art Pope’s Extreme Agenda in North Carolina" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, June 22, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Fueled “Independent Women’s Forum” Campaign Against Paid Sick Leave Laws and More" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, June 21, 2017)

• "WILL’s Faulty School Voucher Study Cheered by Other Bradley Funded Groups" (Dustin Beilke, ExposedByCMD, June 15, 2017)

• "Scott Pruitt’s Other Email Account" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, June 14, 2017)

• "Where is the “Justice” in Sessions’ DOJ?" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, June 13, 2017)

• "Koch Convention to Rewrite Constitution Runs Into Roadblocks" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, June 12, 2017)

• "Obstruction of Justice Evidence Mounts" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, June 7, 2017)

• "Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller Peddles Spin on Women’s Issues and More" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, June 2, 2017)

• "Exposed: Tucker Carlson, His “Charity,” and the Trump Campaign Cash He Didn’t Tell FOX Viewers About" (Calvin Sloan, ExposedByCMD, June 1, 2017)

May 2017

• "Bradley Foundation Funds Right Wing Media Machine" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, May 31, 2017)

• "The Other Special Prosecutor We Need" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, May 25, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Floated Wisconsin Watchdog While Franklin Center Floundered" (David Armiak and Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, May 25, 2017)

• "Cable Industry Lobbyists Write Republican Talking Points on Net Neutrality" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, May 24, 2017)

• "Privatizers Continue Assault on Public Schools through Charters and Vouchers" (Dustin Beilke, ExposedByCMD, May 10, 2017)

• "Privatizers Continue Assault on Public Schools through Charters and Vouchers" (Dustin Beilke, ExposedByCMD, May 10, 2017)

• "Comey Firing Drives Home Need for Independent Russiagate Prosecutor" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, May 10, 2017)

• "Comey Firing Drives Home Need for Independent Russiagate Prosecutor" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, May 10, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Front Groups of Discredited PR Spin Doctor Richard Berman" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, May 9, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Front Groups of Discredited PR Spin Doctor Richard Berman" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, May 9, 2017)

• "Bradley Foundation Bankrolls Attacks on Unions" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, May 8, 2017)

April 2017

• "100 Days in the New White House Swamp" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, April 26, 2017)

• "Republicans Sell Access to Congressional Staffers, Flouting Cardinal Ethics Rule" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, April 20, 2017)

• "Republicans Sell Access to Congressional Staffers, Flouting Cardinal Ethics Rule" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, April 20, 2017)

• "Dark Justice" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, April 6, 2017)

March 2017

• "Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, March 22, 2017)

• "Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, March 22, 2017)

• "Wisconsin Lawmaker Echoes ALEC’s Call for a Constitutional Convention" (Richard Eskow, ExposedByCMD, March 22, 2017)

• "Gorsuch Would Move the Supreme Court in the Wrong Direction on Money in Politics" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, March 20, 2017)

• "Groups, Members of Congress Call for Scrutiny of Gorsuch’s Record on Money in Politics" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, March 15, 2017)

• "Utilities Cementing Influence with GOP Leadership Via Fundraisers" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, March 14, 2017)

• "Gorsuch Confirmation Process Too Important to Rush" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, March 13, 2017)

• "GOP Admits ACA Repeal Will Target Mandate Requiring Prenatal Coverage" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, March 10, 2017)

• "Ryan Fundraised with Health Insurance Lobbyists before His PowerPoint" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, March 10, 2017)

• "Read the New GOP Talking Points on Repealing Obamacare" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, March 9, 2017)

• "Private: Trump Taps ALEC Ally James Sherk to Undermine Worker Rights at Labor" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, March 8, 2017)

• "Pruitt Emails Reveal Communications with ALEC and Koch Groups" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, March 2, 2017)

• "Excerpts: Sessions Condemned Perjury as Impeachable Offense" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, March 2, 2017)

• "Sessions Lied Under Oath and Must Resign" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, March 2, 2017)

• "Secret Scott Walker John Doe Leak Inquiry Underway" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, March 2, 2017)

February 2017

• "GOP Lawmakers Duck Town Halls, But Still Make Time to Meet with Campaign Donors" (Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, February 24, 2017)

• "What’s in the Pruitt Emails with Coal, Oil, and Gas Corps" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, February 23, 2017)

• "What’s in the Pruitt Emails with Coal, Oil, and Gas Corps" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, February 17, 2017)

• "OKLAHOMA AG RELEASES 7,564 PAGES IN RESPONSE TO CMD REQUEST" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, February 17, 2017)

• "Reformers Call for Sessions Recusal in Russian Interference Investigations" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, February 17, 2017)

• "John Humphries: Schooled by Team Walker, Betsy DeVos and ALEC" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 17, 2017)

• "John Humphries: Schooled by Team Walker, Betsy DeVos and ALEC" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 17, 2017)

• "COURT ORDERS SCOTT PRUITT TO RELEASE EMAILS" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, February 16, 2017)

• "ALEC Embraces Trumpism" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 14, 2017)

• "ALEC Embraces Trumpism" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, February 14, 2017)

• "Don’t Let Them Smear Us as “Fake News”" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, February 4, 2017)

January 2017

• "Coal Power Play at DOJ Poses Conflicts for Sessions" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 31, 2017)

• "Coal Power Play at DOJ Poses Conflicts for Sessions" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 31, 2017)

• "When It Comes to Jeff Sessions, D.C. Stands for “Dodge City”?" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 30, 2017)

• "Did Pruitt Lie about Fundraising for RAGA?" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 26, 2017)

• "Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, January 25, 2017)

• "Breaking Good News: Truth-Telling Gets an Oscar Nod" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, January 25, 2017)

• "Trump Picks a Fight with the Facts on His First Full Day" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, January 24, 2017)

• "Betsy DeVos and “Biblical Capitalism:” Transcript of Interview at The Gathering 2001" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, January 23, 2017)

• "The DeVos Legacy: Crumbling Schools, Poisoned Water" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 19, 2017)

• "Scott Pruitt: Trump’s Pick for EPA" (Jamie Corey and Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 18, 2017)

• "Seema Verma: Trump’s Pick for Medicaid and Medicare Cashes In on “Reform”" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, January 17, 2017)

• "Reform Groups Slam Trump COS for Threatening Federal Ethics Director" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, January 17, 2017)

• "Exxon Illegally Funded ALEC Under Tillerson’s Tenure, CMD Tells Committee" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 11, 2017)

• "Exxon Illegally Funded ALEC Under Tillerson’s Tenure, CMD Tells Committee" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 11, 2017)

• "Pruitt Helped Block Garland Confirmation to Supreme Court, then Fundraised from Polluters that Benefited" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 11, 2017)

• "CMD Opposes Confirming Sessions to Be Attorney General" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, January 10, 2017)

• "Tallahassee Mayor Defends Local Democracy from the Gun Lobby" (Kim Haddow, ExposedByCMD, January 9, 2017)

• "Koch Astroturf Army Cheers Union Busting in Kentucky" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, January 6, 2017)

• "RAGA Fossil Fuel Funders 2014-2016" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, January 6, 2017)

December 2016

• "Election Losses Don’t Stop Corporate Efforts to Block Voter-Approved Minimum Wage Hikes" (Kim Haddow, ExposedByCMD, December 23, 2016)

• "Rex Tillerson and Exxon Spent Big on Climate Change Denial while Misleading Public, Evidence Shows" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, December 11, 2016)

• "Revealed: The Trump Administration’s Energy Plan" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, December 4, 2016)

November 2016

• "Hypocrisy and Trumpism on the Agenda as ALEC Meets in Washington, D.C." (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, November 30, 2016)

• "Koch Cash Instrumental in Key Senate Races and May Have Buoyed Trump" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, November 28, 2016)

• "Trump Names Controversial Lawyer to be White House Counsel" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, November 26, 2016)

• "5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Choice for Education" (Lisa Graves, ExposedByCMD, November 23, 2016)

• "Historic Victory Against Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering Emerges from Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, November 22, 2016)

• "Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections" (Calvin Sloan, ExposedByCMD, November 21, 2016)

• "Don McGahn, Trump White House Counsel, Has Long Courted Controversy" (Arn Pearson, ExposedByCMD, November 17, 2016)

• "Reince Priebus Promotion Another Big Win for the Koch Caucus" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, November 15, 2016)

• "Kochs Invest in Corpus Christi City Council as New Refinery Is Built" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, November 3, 2016)

• "Koch Cash Working to Flip the Senate in Iowa" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, November 2, 2016)

• "“Independent” Women’s Group Backing Trump Skirts Law to Influence Elections" (ExposedByCMD Editors, ExposedByCMD, November 1, 2016)

October 2016

• "Kochs Battle Dark Money Disclosure in South Dakota" (David Armiak and Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, October 31, 2016)

• "Kochs Battle Dark Money Disclosure in South Dakota" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, October 31, 2016)

• "Trump and Clinton Camps Engaging in Super PAC Coordination Says Watchdog Group" (David Armiak, ExposedByCMD, October 18, 2016)

• "Leaked Audio Shows How Florida Utilities Sought to Deceive Public Into Believing Amendment 1 is Pro-Solar" (Nick Surgey and David Pomerantz, ExposedByCMD, October 18, 2016)

• "Scott Walker Backers Defend Lead and Wisconsin’s Poisoned Politics" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, October 17, 2016)

• "Speaker Paul Ryan Tries to Change the Topic" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, October 14, 2016)

• "New Attorney General in Georgia formerly Koch-corp lawyer and Koch-backed think tank Vice President" (Nick Surgey, ExposedByCMD, October 13, 2016)

• "Voter ID in Wisconsin, a Slow-Motion Train Wreck" (Mary Bottari, ExposedByCMD, October 11, 2016)

• "Industry-Funded Research Downplayed Sugar Health Effects" (ExposedByCMD, October 11, 2016)

• "Industry-Funded Research Downplayed Sugar Health Effects" (ExposedByCMD, October 11, 2016)

• "Federal Government Continues To Feed Charter School Beast Despite Auditor’s Warning" (ExposedByCMD, October 10, 2016)

• "Sanders Woos Progressives in Madison, Seeks to End Influence of Money in Politics" (David Armiak, October 6, 2016)

• "Exxon and ALEC Running Illegal Lobbying Scheme, Watchdog Groups Charge in IRS Complaint" (ExposedByCMD, October 6, 2016)

September 2016

• "Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto" (Jamie Corey and Lisa Graves, September 29, 2016)

• "Transcript of RAGA Session on ExxonMobil Investigations" (Nick Surgey, September 29, 2016)

• "New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole" (Dustin Beilke, September 29, 2016)

• "The Koch Connection in the Scott Walker John Doe Documents" (Lisa Graves and Mary Bottari, September 28, 2016)

• "GOP Attorneys General Held Private Meetings with Fossil Fuel Lobbyists on Exxon Investigation" (Nick Surgey, September 23, 2016)

• "Leaked Documents Show Court’s Dismissal of the John Doe Was Based on a False Premise" (Arn Pearson, September 22, 2016)

• "Scott Walker John Doe Document Leak: 10 Illuminating Emails" (ExposedByCMD Editors, September 16, 2016)

• "Scott Walker John Doe: Corporate Checks Fueled Coordinated Campaign" (Mary Bottari, September 15, 2016)

• "Secret Donors, Secret Agendas: Guardian Pulls Back the Curtain on Walker Corruption Probe" (Mary Bottari, September 14, 2016)

• "Koch Star State: the Kochs Flood Texas with Campaign Cash" (David Armiak, September 14, 2016)

• "Fossil Fuel Industry Paid for Meetings with GOP Attorneys General to Plan Attack on Clean Power Plan" (Nick Surgey, September 7, 2016)

• "Coveted Records Exemption Wrong for Wisconsin" (ExposedByCMD Editors, September 1, 2016)

• "Big Win for Worker Rights and Workplace Safety" (Mary Bottari, September 1, 2016)

August 2016

• "The Independent “Women’s” Voice? Most Known Donors Are Men" (Lisa Graves, August 23, 2016)

• "The Not-So Independent Women’s Forum/Voice Report" (ExposedByCMD Editors, August 17, 2016)

• "Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use “Independent” Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters" (Lisa Graves, Kim Haddow and Calvin Sloan, August 17, 2016)

• "Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC" (David Armiak, August 10, 2016)

• "The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC" (ExposedByCMD Editors, August 10, 2016)

• "Koch Money Trail Reveals Great Interest in 2016 State Elections In WI, OK, and TX" (David Armiak, August 8, 2016)

• "AARP To Drop ALEC after Members’ Outcry" (Jessica Mason, August 5, 2016)

July 2016

• "Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC" (Nick Surgey and Jessica Mason, July 28, 2016)

• "ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting" (Mary Bottari, July 27, 2016)

• "Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America" (Mary Bottari, July 27, 2016)

• "ALEC 2016 Agenda Boosts Charters, Coal, and Other Corporate Funders" (Mary Bottari, July 26, 2016)

• "Trump Promises Law and Order for an America He Says Is in Crisis" (Mary Bottari, July 22, 2016)

• "Koch Brothers’ Fingerprints Can Be Found All Over GOP Convention" (Mary Bottari, July 21, 2016)

• "Policy Matters, but RNC Has Little to Say to Cleveland" (Mary Bottari, July 20, 2016)

• "Gingrich Audio on Donald Trump" (Nick Surgey, July 14, 2016)

June 2016

• "Another Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Reentry and Privatization" (Lisa Graves, June 16, 2016)

• "Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money" (PRWatch Editors, June 16, 2016)

• "Rule of Law Project Breaks the Law While Backing Wisconsin AG Schimel, Complaint Alleges" (Mary Bottari, June 16, 2016)

• "UPDATE Koch Candidates? Where Is the Koch Machine Spending in 2016 So Far" (Lisa Graves, June 14, 2016)

• "Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate Denial Network Funding" (Nick Surgey, June 13, 2016)

May 2016

• "CMD Wins Open Records Lawsuit against Governor Walker" (PRWatch Editors, May 31, 2016)

• "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Local Influence in Two Maps" (Calvin Sloan, PRWatch, May 25, 2016)

• "Hi-Tech Hyper-Partisan Gerrymandering on Trial in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, May 24, 2016)

• "Voter Suppression Measures on Trial in Walker's Wisconsin" (David Armiak, PRWatch, May 17, 2016)

• "Koch Candidates? Where Is the Koch Machine Spending in 2016 So Far" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, May 17, 2016)

• "Kochs' Grassroots Leadership Academy Training Astroturf Army" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, May 16, 2016)

• "Breaking Through Power, Four Day Teach-In for Corporate Sleuths" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, May 13, 2016)

• "Is the EPA Being Pressured on Atrazine? New Findings of Environmental Concerns about Syngenta's Crop Chemical Removed from EPA Site" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, May 11, 2016)

• "ALEC Appoints New Chair To Climate Denial Task Force" (Jamie Corey, PRWatch, May 6, 2016)

• "ED: No Records on Closed Charters Mentioned in Its "Commitment to Transparency," CMD Appeals" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, May 5, 2016)

• "A Reality Check for "Charter School Week"" (Dustin Beilke, PRWatch, May 5, 2016)

• "ALEC's 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, May 5, 2016)

April 2016

• "U.S. Chamber Works Behind the Scenes to Gut Whistleblower Protections" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, April 29, 2016)

• "Secret Wisconsin Prosecutors Appeal the Walker John Doe to the United States Supreme Court" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 29, 2016)

• "Secret Money Advocates Prepare to Unload on Milwaukee DA John Chisholm" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 28, 2016)

• "Exposed by CMD: KIPP's Efforts to Keep the Public in the Dark while Seeking Millions in Taxpayer Subsidies" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, April 28, 2016)

• "ALEC Spring Task Force Summit Agenda in Pittsburgh 2016" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 25, 2016)

• "Confirmation: the Not-So Independent Women's Forum Was Born in Defense of Clarence Thomas and the Far Right" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, April 21, 2016)

• "Privatization Fail: Scott Walker’s WEDC in Full Meltdown" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 21, 2016)

• "DCI Group Subpoenaed in Expanding Exxon Climate Denial Investigation" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, April 20, 2016)

• "Charitable Plutocracy: Bill Gates, Washington State, and the Nuisance of Democracy" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, April 20, 2016)

• "CMD Exclusive: Why I Chose to Get Arrested in Defense of Our Democracy" (Arn Pearson, PRWatch, April 18, 2016)

• "Kochs' Americans for Prosperity, Club for Growth, Shell out to Rescue Ron Johnson" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, April 18, 2016)

• "The Dark Money Is on a Contested Convention and Paul Ryan" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 13, 2016)

• "ALEC Touted "Transparency" in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, April 11, 2016)

• "ALEC "Right to Work" Law Tossed Out in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 8, 2016)

• "Colorado’s Not So Independent Oversight of Charter Schools" (Dustin Beilke, PRWatch, April 7, 2016)

• "Unmasking the Chamber of Commerce Networks" (Calvin Sloan, PRWatch, April 5, 2016)

• "The Kochs Make News in Wisconsin as Voters Threaten to Turn Races Upside Down" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, April 5, 2016)

• "Chambers of Commerce Exposed by CMD" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, April 4, 2016)

• "Highlights of Luntz Poll of American CEOs Shows Broad Support for Progressive Policies" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 4, 2016)

• "Exposed: Most CEOs Support Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage, and More But Chamber Lobbyists Told How to "Combat" These Measures" (PRWatch, April 4, 2016)

• "WAR on Voters: Big Money Streams into WI Supreme Court Race with No Disclosure" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, April 1, 2016)

March 2016

• "Shaky Safety Record for Billion-Dollar Contractor AECOM Overseeing Nuclear Facilities" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 31, 2016)

• "Ted Cruz Surges Ahead in Wisconsin Primary, Reveals Secret Weapon" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 30, 2016)

• "Trump Campaigns Against Conservative Establishment in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 30, 2016)

• "Hillary Clinton in Madison "Courts Matter"" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 29, 2016)

• "Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing's War on Local Democracy" (Arn Pearson, PRWatch, March 29, 2016)

• "Easter Revolt: Three States Give Bernie Sanders Landslide Victories" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 27, 2016)

• "ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia" (PRWatch, March 24, 2016)

• "How DFER Leaders Channel Out-of-State Dark Money in California, Colorado, and Beyond" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, March 21, 2016)

• "Lawyer Tormenting Scientists Revealed Working For Coal Company" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, March 18, 2016)

• "CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, March 16, 2016)

• "Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, March 16, 2016)

• "The Safety Violations Billion-Dollar Contractor BAE Systems Should Have to Disclose" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 16, 2016)

• "House Republicans Get Secret Briefing from Koch Veterans Group" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, March 10, 2016)

• "Honeywell's String of Dangerous Close Calls Doesn't Stop Flow of Taxpayer Dollars" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, March 9, 2016)

• "Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, March 8, 2016)

• "Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, March 4, 2016)

• "Koch-Funded Concerned Veterans for America Goes to Bat for Joe Heck" (Zachary Peters, PRWatch, March 3, 2016)

• "WI Open Records Advocates Take the Show on the Road" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, March 1, 2016)

February 2016

• "New Interview with Mary Anne Grady Flores on Drones" (PRWatch, February 29, 2016)

• "DuPont Rakes in Federal Dollars Despite History of Hazards" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 29, 2016)

• "Bridge of Spies and Its Connections to the Father of Ann Coulter" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, February 28, 2016)

• "Remember When Scott Walker's Reforms Were Going to Deliver a Booming Economy?" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 26, 2016)

• "Bankruptcy Filing Shows Arch Coal Funding for Climate Denial Legal Group" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, February 24, 2016)

• "Adelante! El Dia Sin Latinos en Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 18, 2016)

• "Ohio Charter School Scandal Grows as Kasich Ascends National Stage" (Dustin Beilke, PRWatch, February 18, 2016)

• "Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 17, 2016)

• "Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 17, 2016)

• "Reporters' Guide: Federal Contractors with History of OSHA Violations Battle New Safety Rules" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 16, 2016)

• "TTIP of the Iceberg: Consumer Concerns Could Sink the US-EU Trade Agreement" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 15, 2016)

• "WI Supreme Court Again Tries Thwarting SCOTUS Review of Its Conflicts of Interest" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, February 11, 2016)

• "IRS Gives Up, Grants Karl Rove's Dark Money Group "Social Welfare" Certification" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, February 10, 2016)

• "Ordinary Americans Fought Big Money and Won in 2015" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, February 8, 2016)

• "Anti-Muslim CEO Is Key Walker Ally" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, February 4, 2016)

• "Reform Groups Strongly Oppose Constitutional Convention" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, February 3, 2016)

• "Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, February 3, 2016)

• "Photo Finish in Iowa Is a Victory for Sanders" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 2, 2016)

• "Reporters Koch-Fueled Playbook against Working Families Exposed by CMD" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, February 1, 2016)

• "Reporters Guide on the Koch Right to Work Playbook" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, February 1, 2016)

• "Sanders Mission in Iowa: "Shock the Political Establishment"" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, February 1, 2016)

January 2016

• "CMD and CREW Allege Koch-Backed Group Broke the Law" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, January 28, 2016)

• ""National School Choice Week" Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, January 27, 2016)

• "CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, January 21, 2016)

• "ALEC's "Rich States, Poor States" Paints a Happy Face on Failing State Policies" (Arn Pearson, PRWatch, January 21, 2016)

• "Feds Cheerlead for Charter Schools, Aiding Private Philanthropy’s Takeover of America’s Public Schools" (Dustin Beilke, PRWatch, January 20, 2016)

• "CMD Submits Testimony to U.S. Senate on Koch Self-Interest in Criminal Justice Reform" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, January 20, 2016)

• "Pacifist Drone Protestor Heads to Jail while Armed Militants in Oregon Act with Impunity" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, January 19, 2016)

• "How Charles Koch Backed the John Birch Society at the Height of Its Attacks on Martin Luther King" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, January 18, 2016)

• "Education Department Releases List of Federally Funded Charter Schools, though Incomplete" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, January 14, 2016)

• "Education Department Releases List of Federally Funded Charter Schools, though Incomplete" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, January 14, 2016)

• "Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, January 12, 2016)

• "Wisconsin Public Records Board Rescinds Controversial Action on Open Records" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 12, 2016)

• "How Corporate Political Spending Will Stay Secret in Wisconsin" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, January 9, 2016)

• "Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 8, 2016)

• "Bernie Sanders' Plan to Tame Wall Street Riles Team Clintonl" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 6, 2016)

• "Bernie Sanders' Plan to Tame Wall Street Riles Team Clintonl" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 6, 2016)

• "The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin" (Dan Kaufman, The New York Times, January 16, 2016)

• "Wisconsin Board Reboots, Holds Hearing on Changes to Open Records Law" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 4, 2016)

December 2015

• "Prosecutors Set to Appeal Scott Walker "John Doe" Case to U.S. Supreme Court" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, December 18, 2015)

• "Koch Self-Interest in Criminal Justice Reform, Exposed" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, December 19, 2015)

• "Dispatches from the Paris Climate Conference" (Alex Carlin, PRWatch, December 8, 2015)

• "Major Electric Utility Dumps ALEC over Clean Power Plan" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, December 8, 2015)

• "Climate Deniers' Paris Event Sparsely Attended, Journalists Kicked Out" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, December 7, 2015)

• "Koch-Funded Special Interest Groups and Utilities Bankrolling ALEC Meeting" (Jamie Corey, PRWatch, December 4, 2015)

• "In "Extraordinary" Move, WI Supreme Court Fires Scott Walker Prosecutor to Stave-Off SCOTUS Review" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, December 3, 2015)

• "ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, December 2, 2015)

November 2015

• "ALEC Invites Politicians to "Plan Your 2016 Agenda" at ALEC Confab in Scottsdale" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, November 30, 2015)

• "Koch Spy Agency Led by Voter Fraud Huckster" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, November 19, 2015)

• "Kochs' Freedom Partners Spent $129M in 2014, Invested Massively in Voter Data Lists" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, November 18, 2015)

• "CMD Submits Evidence of Exxon Mobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to New York Attorney General" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, November 17, 2015)

• "Wisconsinites Reject the “Eric O’Keefe Session” of the Legislature" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, November 13, 2015)

• "Koch Group Dumps Half Million Dollars in Florida Anti-Solar Campaign" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, November 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's Legacy of Double-Dealing for Friends and Donors Revealed in New John Doe Emails" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, November 12, 2015)

• "Amid Controversy, Ben Carson Named ALEC Event Speaker" (Zachary Peters, PRWatch, November 9, 2015)

• "Solar Fight in Florida Heats Up with Mysterious Donor" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, November 9, 2015)

• "Ford Revealed as Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, November 6, 2015)

• "As Jobs Flee WI, Legislators Lock-Down Their Own With Unlimited Dark Money" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, November 5, 2015)

• "Charles Koch "Expects a Return" on Political Spending, and Gets It" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, November 4, 2015)

• "Fred Thompson's Legacy Includes Giving the Kochs a Free Pass" (Lisa Graves, PRWatch, November 1, 2015)

October 2015

• "Kochs Hit the Airwaves in Support of WI Corruption Measures" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 29, 2015)

• "Kochs Hit the Airwaves in Support of WI Corruption Measures" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 29, 2015)

• "Sparks Fly as Iowa’s Festival of Politics Showcases Presidential Candidates" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, October 26, 2015)

• "Hypocrisy Alert: Speaker Vos and Rep. Craig Use Private Email, Too" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 21, 2015)

• "Voters Want Money Out of Politics; Politicians Don't Care" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 21, 2015)

• "Charter School Black Hole: CMD Special Investigation Reveals Huge Info Gap on Charter Spending" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, October 21, 2015)

• "Statement of CMD on Political Corruption in Wisconsin" (CMD, PRWatch, October 19, 2015)

• "The Kochs Want to End WI's Era of Clean Government" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 19, 2015)

• "Freedom of Information Council Objects to New Changes to Campaign Reporting Requirements" (PRWatch Admin, PRWatch, October 16, 2015)

• "ALEC Vice-Chair Falsely Attacks CMD" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, October 15, 2015)

• "GOP Creates Perverse Online Voter Registration, Making It Harder for People to Vote" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, October 13, 2015)

• "No, the Kochs' Political Spending Is Not "Reported"" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, October 12, 2015)

• "WI GOP Begins Retroactive Decriminalization of Scott Walker Fundraising" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, October 9, 2015)

September 2015

• "How SPN "Think Tanks" Will Spin ALEC's 2016 Agenda" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, September 30, 2015)

• "With Federal Millions, “Wild West” of Charters Is about to Get Even Wilder" (Jonas Persson, PRWatch, September 29, 2015)

• "Koch Brothers Backing Misleading Anti-Solar Campaign in Florida" (Jamie Corey, PRWatch, September 29, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: Back in the Saddle, Back to His Old ALEC Tricks" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, September 26, 2015)

• "As Walker Continues Trying to Gut the Open Records Law, CMD Fights Back" (CMD, PRWatch, September 24, 2015)

• "Exclusive: Bankruptcy Is a “Huge Opportunity” to Privatize Schools Says EdBuild" (Jonas Persson, PRWatch, September 23, 2015)

• "Four Whoppers that Sunk Scott Walker" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, September 22, 2015)

• "CMD Publishes Full List of 2,500 Closed Charter Schools (with Interactive Map)" (Jonas Persson, PRWatch, September 22, 2015)

• "Why Is Rick Berman Attacking Chipotle?" (CMD, PRWatch, September 21, 2015)

• "Walker's Partisans Poised to Raze Nonpartisan Government Accountability Board" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, September 18, 2015)

• "Donald Trump Is Proud of Not Breaking the Law?" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, September 18, 2015)

• "Koch PR Games: College Football Brought to You by Koch Industries" (Nick Surgey, PRWatch, September 14, 2015)

• "Showdown in the "Show-Me State"" (PRWatch Editors, PRWatch, September 11, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's Day One Plan to "Wreak Havoc" Lifted from ALEC" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, September 10, 2015)

• "New Emails Reveal WI GOP Weighing Another Attack on Open Records" (PR Watch Admin, PRWatch, September 8, 2015)

• "Right Wing's False Narrative on Criminal Probe Fueling Attack on Election Watchdog" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, September 8, 2015)

• "Secrecy Surrounds Half Billion Handout to Charters" (Jonas Persson, PRWatch, September 3, 2015)

• "From Receptionists to Rocket Scientists, MANPOWER Undermines Higher Wages" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, September 3, 2015)

• "Richard Berman Misleads on Restaurant Opposition to Higher Wages" (Jessica Mason, PRWatch, September 1, 2015)

August 2015

• "Wisconsin Needs Stronger Campaign Disclosure Laws" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, August 31, 2015)

• "Back to ALEC, Back to (Private) School" (PRWatch Admin, PRWatch, August 31, 2015)

• "Jeb Bush Hits Up Hedge Funds in the Hamptons" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, August 28, 2015)

• "The Email Trail That Proves Scott Walker’s Collusion" (Lou Dubose, Newsweek, August 23, 2015)

• "Uihlein Goes to Bat for Ron Johnson in Wisconsin Senate Race" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, August 25, 2015)

• "Koch Draws on Big Tobacco for New PR Hires" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, August 24, 2015)

• "Josh Duggar-led Group Funded via Koch Brothers Freedom Partners Operation" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, August 20, 2015)

• "Not Just Trump and Walker: ALEC Called for Ending Birthright Citizenship Too" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, August 20, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's False Promise of Racial Unity" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, August 17, 2015)

• "Social Security Still Strong at 80" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, August 14, 2015)

• "Was Scott Walker Saved by John Doe Secrecy Order?" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, August 12, 2015)

• "Shell Parts Ways with ALEC over Climate Change, Exodus at 106" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, August 7, 2015)

• "New Document Shows Scott Walker Was Targeted in Criminal Investigation" (Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast, August 6, 2015)

• "Charles Koch’s focus on ‘injustices’ is fueled by an unlikely partnership" (Matea Gold, Washington Post, August 3, 2015)

• "Move to Fight Obama’s Climate Plan Started Early" (Coral Davenport and Julie Hirschfeld Davis, New York Times, August 3, 2015)

• "Foes of clean-air rule plan multiple-front battle" (Joby Warrick and Steven Mufson, Washington Post, August 3, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Wins Koch Straw Poll, $900 Million in the Offing" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, August 6, 2015)

• "5 Ideas that Really Matter But FOX Won't Address Them in the Presidential Debate" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, August 5, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Aide's Claim of Prosecutorial Abuse Refuted by New Audio" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, August 4, 2015)

July 2015

• "Blowing the Whistle on ALEC's Little Brother ACCE (Parts 1-6)" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, July 30 2015)

• ""Saucy Suffragettes" Party as Voting Rights Are Rolled Back" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 28 2015)

• "Scott Walker Is the Belle of the ALEC Ball" (Rep. Chris Taylor (D-WI), July 24, 2015)

• "Under a Shroud of Secrecy and Security, ALEC Conference Gets Underway" (Rep. Chris Taylor (D-WI), July 24, 2015)

• "ALEC Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, July 23, 2015)

• "ALEC Admits School Vouchers Are for Kids in Suburbia" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, July 22, 2015)

• "How San Diego Is a Petri Dish for the ALEC Agenda" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 20, 2015)

• "Scott Walker, first Alec president? Long ties to controversial lobby raise concern" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, July 22, 2015)

• "Don’t Be Deceived by ALEC’s Special Interest Agenda" (Adrienne Alvord, The Equation, July 21, 2015)

• "Jobs agency Gov. Scott Walker led dogged by allegations of shoddy lending, political influence" (Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press, July 21, 2015)

• "ALEC’s Annual Meeting to Feature More Attacks on Successful Clean Energy Policies" (Jeff Deyette, The Equation, July 21, 2015)

• "Five Times Local Media Exposed ALEC's Secretive Agenda" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters, July 21, 2015)

• "Hot Topics at ALEC's 2015 Meeting in San Diego" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 20, 2015)

• "How San Diego Is a Petri Dish for the ALEC Agenda" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 20, 2015)

• "First on CNN: Cruz super PAC's plan to win presidency" (Theodore Schleifer, CNN, July 17, 2015)

• "Five Things to Know About the Scott Walker John Doe Ruling" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 16, 2015)

• "Delaware wins appeal, can enforce law on election advertising" (Jonathan Stempel, Reuters, July 16, 2015)

• "Depositions show Florida GOP push for favorable Senate lines" (Matt Dixon, Politico, July 16, 2015)

• "Former majority leader lobbying for online gambling opponents" (Mario Trujillo, The Hill, July 15, 2015)

• "The Disappearance of John Doe" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 15, 2015)

• "Scott Walker, Ready to Vindicate America" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 14, 2015)

• "Scott Walker, Ready to Vindicate America" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 14, 2015)

• "Ted Cruz at Secret Koch-Backed Fracking Lobby Group Meeting" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, July 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Begins His 2016 Run for the White House" (Mary Bottari , PR Watch, July 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Begins His 2016 Run for the White House" (Mary Bottari , PR Watch, July 13, 2015)

• "Last-Minute Assault on Wages and Workers in Wisconsin Budget" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, July 9, 2015)

• "Nearly 2,500 Bridges to Nowhere: Congress Considers Expanding Charter Program Despite Millions Wasted on Closed Schools" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, July 8, 2015)

• "Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, July 7, 2015)

• "As Walker Announces, WI GOP Moves to Gut Open Records Law" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 2, 2015)

• "Bernie Sanders Draws Biggest Crowd of 2016 Presidential Race" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 2, 2015)

June 2015

• "Feds Awarded Colorado Charter Schools $46 Million because of "Hiring and Firing" Rules" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, June 30, 2015)

• "Divide-and-Conquer Walker Thinks Equal Pay Is Divisive" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 25, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Whistles Dixie" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, June 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Whistles Dixie" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, June 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Unprecedented Voucher Expansion" (Jonas Persson , PR Watch, June 22, 2015)

• "WageCrushers.org Tracks the Groups Lobbying Against Family-Supporting Jobs" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, June 18, 2015)

• "Charter Program Expansion Looms Despite Probes into Mismanagement and Closed Schools" (Jonas Persson , PR Watch, June 16, 2015)

• "House Democrats Take the Moral High Ground on Trade" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, June 14, 2015)

• "Walker's Wisconsin, a "Laboratory for Oligarchs"" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 12, 2015)

• "Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union" (Dan Kaufman, The New York Times, June 12, 2015)

• "There Is No Budget Surplus in Wisconsin" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, June 11, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: Men Can Sue if a Woman Gets an Abortion, but Women Can't Sue for Pay Discrimination" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 4, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: The First ALEC President?" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 3, 2015)

May 2015

• "Jeb Bush Addressed Secret Coal Industry Retreat" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, May 28, 2015)

• "Charter Industry Strong-Arms Public Officials; $3.3 Billion Spent (Part 5)" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, May 28, 2015)

• "ALEC Wants to Educate High Schoolers on Balanced Budgets and Austerity" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, May 28, 2015)

• "Devastating Walker Budget to Be Finalized" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, May 27, 2015)

• "The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities" (Theo Anderson, In These Times, May 25, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Dumped as Chair of the Jobs Agency He Created" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, May 25, 2015)

• "State had sued for tax delinquency firm given unsecured jobs loan" (Jason Stein and Andrew Hahn,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 21, 2015)

• "So a Lobbyist and an ALEC Legislator Walk into a Bar . . . Caught on Tape by NBC" (PRWatch, May 21, 2015)

• "Legislators and corporate lobbyists meet in secret at Georgia resort" (By Brendan Keefe and Michael King, WXIA-TV, May 21, 2015)

• "Group files lawsuit against Walker over records (AP)" (By Mary Spicuzza, Green Bay Press-Gazette, May 21, 2015)

• "Privatization Fail: Scott Walker's WEDC in Full Meltdown" (Mary Bottari,Huffington Post, May 20, 2015)

• "Scott Walker still not receiving WEDC award letters" (Matthew DeFour,La Crosse Tribune, May 20, 2015)

• "Center for Media and Democracy sues Scott Walker for 'Wisconsin Idea' records" (By Jessie Opoien, The Cap Times, May 20, 2015)

• "Watchdog groups have long warned against WEDC practices" (Mike Ivey,The Cap Times, May 19, 2015)

• "Liberal group sues Scott Walker over 'Wisconsin Idea' records" (By Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 19, 2015)

• "Wisconsin governor sued for withholding records on bid to change university’s mission" (By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, May 19, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Democrats seek review of Walker over loan" (Al Jazeera America, May 18, 2015)

• "Top Scott Walker aides pushed for questionable $500,000 WEDC loan" (Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin State Journal, May 18, 2015)

• "Company obtained loan from WEDC, unsuccessful elsewhere" (By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, May 18, 2015)

• "Top Scott Walker aides pushed for questionable $500,000 WEDC loan" (By Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin State Journal, May 18, 2015)

• "School voucher proponents pull out boxing gloves, welcome Scott Walker" (By Jenna Johnson, Washington Post, May 18, 2015)

• "Records indicate Scott Walker was copied on letter promising loan to donor" (Jason Stein and Patrick Marley,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 18, 2015)

• "Top Scott Walker aides pressed for questionable $500,000 business loan, report says" (Associated Press, May 17, 2015)

• "Company that received state loan exhibited signs of financial trouble" (By Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal, May 17, 2015)

• "Will Scott Walker’s budget troubles hurt his potential 2016 bid?" (By Jenna Johnson, Washington Post, May 12, 2015)

• "Emails Show Walker Chief of Staff Oversaw Changes to Wisconsin Idea" (By Jonas Persson, PR Watch, May 11, 2015)

• "Hours after damning audit, Scott Walker calls off WEDC-WHEDA merger" (Mike Ivey,The Chippewa Herald, May 8, 2015)

• "Feds Spent $3.3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools but No One Knows What It's Really Bought" (By Jonas Persson, PR Watch, May 7, 2015)

• "With Sanders in the Race, Clinton Can't Dodge Trade" (By Mary Bottari, PR Watch, May 6, 2015)

• "GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe, Says "Let's Get the Truth Out"" (By Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, May 1, 2015)

April 2015

• "Vouchers on the Move: Return to School Segregation?" (By Jonas Persson, PR Watch, April 28, 2015)

• "Wage Crushers' Prevailing Wage Claims Are Nonsense" (By Jody Knauss, PR Watch, April 27, 2015)

• "Kochs, Corps, and Monsanto Trade Group Have Bankrolled Group Attacking Dr. Oz" (By Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, April 23, 2015)

• "Koch Brothers Declare Scott Walker Is Our Man" (By Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, April 23, 2015)

• "Corporate Full-Service Restaurants also Cost Taxpayers Billions" (By Jody Knauss, PR Watch, April 23, 2015)

• "On Earth Day, 100,000 Call on Koch Favorite Scott Walker to End Climate Censorship" (By Jamie Corey, PR Watch, April 22, 2015)

• "Walker's Dark Money Allies Orchestrate Coup of the Courts" (By Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April 19, 2015)

• "Walker's Dark Money Allies Orchestrate Coup of the Courts" (By Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April 19, 2015)

• "Reporters' Guide to the International Franchise Association" (By Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April 14, 2015)

• "Hotel Industry Spins Wage Hikes as 'Extreme' While CEOs Rake in Millions" (By Mary Bottari, Huffington Post, April 14, 2015)

• "Hotel Industry Spins Wage Hikes as Extreme while CEOs Rake in Millions" (PR Watch, April 13, 2015)

• "Building a Court They Can Bend to Their Will: Scott Walker and His Big Business Funders Undermine the Independence of the Wisconsin Judiciary" (By Nan Aron, Huffington Post, April 9, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Chief Justice Files a Lawsuit to Avoid Demotion" (By Mitch Smith, NY Times, April 8, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Supreme Court Coup" (By Mary Bottari, PRWatch, April 8, 2015)

• "ALEC report shows poor economic outlook for New York (updated)" (By Matthew Hamilton , Times Union, April 8, 2015)

• "Conservatives claim victory on taxes at state level" (By Joseph Lawler, NBC News, April 8, 2015)

• "The Walker Surprise: His Campaigns Tell Little About His Governing" (By Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News, April 8, 2015)

• "Reporters Guide to ALEC’s "Rich States, Poor States" Report" (Press Release, PR Watch, April 7, 2015)

March 2015

• "The Pay-To-Play Allegation Walker's Watchdog Isn't Defending " (By Daniel Angster, Media Matters, March 26, 2015)

• "Secret $1.5 million donation from Wisconsin billionaire uncovered in Scott Walker dark-money probe" (By Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News, March 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: Bold in Office, Meek on the Trail" (By Virginia Young, Time, March 20, 2015)

• "Momentum grows in Missouri to block local business regulations" (By Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 23, 2015)

• "Public Disclosure Commission Opens Probe Into Labor Education & Research Center" (By the Editorial Board, Sky Valley Chronicle, March 17, 2015)

• "Elusive Justice in Wisconsin" (By the Editorial Board, The New York Times, March 10, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Decides He Isn’t Conservative Enough" (John Cassidy, Tampa Bay Times, March 9, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Decides He Isn’t Conservative Enough" (John Cassidy, Tampa Bay Times, March 9, 2015)

• "February's 5 top-read fact-checks" (Aaron Sharockman, Tampa Bay Times, March 5, 2015)

• "Mastermind Of The World’s Most Despicable PR Campaigns Has A New Job" (By Ari Phillips, Climate Progress, March 5, 2015)

• "What we can learn from Dr. Evil’s attack on Obama’s carbon rules" (By David Roberts, Grist, March 3, 2015)

• "Full Koch Press for ALEC Right-to-Work Bill in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, Huffington Post, March 2, 2015)

February 2015

• "Governor's Islamist terror comparison shocks Wisconsin protesters" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 27, 2015)

• "Wisconsin, Workers and the 2016 Election" (By the Editorial Board, NY Times, February 26, 2015)

• "Nick Surgey: Kuglitsch beholden to the Koch Bros." (By Nick Surgey, La Cross Tribune, February 26, 2015)

• "Surprise! ALEC Scholar Says ALEC Right to Work Will Boost WI Economy" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 26, 2015)

• "Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity Launches Right-to-Work Ad Buy" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, February 25, 2015)

• "Koch-Funded Allies Descend on Wisconsin to Push Right to Work" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 24, 2015)

• "Grim-Faced Union Leaders Ready for the Fight Over Right to Work" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 24, 2015)

• "Lobbyist dubbed Dr Evil behind front groups attacking Obama power rules" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 23, 2015)

• "States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest" (Shaila Dewan, The New York Times, February 23, 2015)

• "Wisconsin anti-union bill is 'word for word' from rightwing lobbyist group" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 23, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Backs Anti-Union Bill In State Senate: State Inches Toward Right-To-Work" (Cole Stangler, International Business Times, February 23, 2015)

• ""Death by a Thousand Cuts” and ALEC’s Local Strategy for Attacking Unions" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 23, 2015)

• "Undercover at ACCE: ALEC Offshoot Spins City and County Officials on Dirty Energy, Local Control" (Steve Arnold, PR Watch, February 23, 2015)

• "States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest" (Shaila Dewan, The New York Times, February 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Pushes ALEC 'Right to Work' Bill, Divide and Conquer Comes Full Circle" (Mary Bottari, Huffington Post, February 22, 2015)

• "Right-to-work effort winds around Great Lakes into Wisconsin" (Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 21, 2015)

• "Wisconsin union bill resembles that of national conservative group" (Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 21, 2015)

• "Rumors of John Doe's death greatly exaggerated" (Brendan Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 21, 2015)

• "Walmart Wages in Perspective" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, February 20, 2015)

• "How a powerful rightwing lobby is plotting to stop minimum wage hikes" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 20, 2015)

• "Trade Groups Launch Campaign to Attack NLRB and Keep Wages Low" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, February 19, 2015)

• "Koch brothers join up with liberals to tackle rising prison numbers" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 19, 2015)

• "ACCE Wants Your Town to Subsidize ALEC-Style Corporate Lobbying" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, February 17, 2015)

• "Walker Posse Piles on the Gray Lady and Gail Collins" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 17, 2015)

• "Gov. Scott Walker’s Higher Education Budget Ignites Backlash" (Julie Bosman, The New York Times, February 16, 2015)

• "Gov. Walker, eyeing a 2016 bid, picks new fight in Wisconsin: Universities" (Robert Samuels, Washington Post, February 16, 2015)

• "2016 Ambitions Seen in Walker’s Push for University Cuts in Wisconsin" (Julie Bosman, The New York Times, February 16, 2015)

• "Walker Posse Piles on the Gray Lady and Gail Collins" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 16, 2015)

• "As Scott Walker mulls White House bid, a spotlight on his jobs agency" (Andy Sullivan, Reuters, February 15, 2015)

• "Bruce Rauner Inaugurates War on Working Families " (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, February 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s latest Budget Hijinks All About That 2016 Base" (Daniel Strauss, Talking Points Memo, February 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Needs an Eraser" (Gail Collins, The New York Times, February 13, 2015)

• "Prosecutor in Scott Walker Probe Asks Justices to Recuse" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 13, 2015)

• "Richard Berman Goes after Bill McKibben and Global Divestment Day" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 12, 2015)

• "The Governor Who (Maybe) Tried to Kill Liberal–Arts Education" (Alia Wong, The Atlantic, February 11, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s lying mess: How a tough Wisconsin teacher schooled the governor" (Joan Walsh, Salon, February 11, 2015)

• "On trip to UK, Scott Walker gets away from university flap" (Scott Bauer, Associated Press, February 10, 2015)

• "An Error in Wisconsin" (Lawrence Biemiller, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2015)

• "Walker Moves Pay Cut for WI Chief Justice in the Budget Bill" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 9, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s proposed changes to UW System spark week’s most-read stories" (Editorial Board, The Cap Times, February 8, 2015)

• "Is Scott Walker our next President?" (James Warren, NY Daily News, February 8, 2015)

• "Governor Scott Walker Tripped Up by the Truth" (Mary Bottari, Jonas Persson, Huffington Post, February 6, 2015)

• "Despite deliberate actions, Scott Walker calls change to university mission a ‘drafting error’" (Tom Kertscher, PolitiFact Wisconsin, February 6, 2015)

• "For Walker, success on the national front, a stumble at home" (Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, February 6, 2015)

• "Gov. Walker’s ‘drafting error’" (Editorial Board, The New York Times (op-ed), February 6, 2015)

• "Governor Scott Walker Releases Statement on the Proposed University of Wisconsin System Reforms" (Office of the Gov. Scott Walker, February 5, 2015)

• "Rumors of the Walker Probe's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 5, 2015)

• "How Gov. Walker tried to quietly change the mission of the University of Wisconsin" (Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, February 5, 2015)

• "Drafting Error or Gubernatorial Assault on Expansive View of Public Education" (Ry Rivard, Inside Higher Ed, February 5, 2015)

• "The Latest On The UW System's Wisconsin Idea Controversy" (The Joy Cardin Show (with CMD's Mary Bottari), Wisconsin Public Radio, February 5, 2015)

• "Walker forced to admit UW objected to Wisconsin Idea changes" (Jason Stein, Patrick Marley, Karen Herzog, Journal Sentinel, February 5, 2015)

• "Can Scott Walker handle the truth?" (All in With Chris Hayes (with CMD’s Lisa Graves), MSNBC, February 5, 2015)

• "Rumors of the Walker Probe's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 5, 2015)

• "Walker Proposes changing Wisconsin Idea – then backs away" (Daniel Bice, Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 4, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Objects to ‘the Search for Truth" (John Nichols, The Nation, February 4, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: Scrapping ‘Wisconsin Idea’ was a ‘drafting error’" (Jessie Opoien, The Cap Times, February 4, 2015)

• "Walker Proposes Removing ‘Wisconsin Idea’ From UW Mission" (Scott Bauer, Associated Press, February 4, 2015)

• "UW System President Ray Cross issues statement on Wisconsin Idea" (Ray Cross, Alex Hummel, UW Wisconsin, February 4, 2015)

• "A ‘drafting error:’ Governor Walker backs off removing ‘Wisconsin Idea’ from UW System mission" (Bret Lemoine, Fox 6/WITI TV, February 4, 2015)

• "Walker Strikes Truth and Wisconsin Idea from UW Mission in Budget" (Mary Bottari, Jonas Persson, PR Watch, February 4, 2015)

January 2015

• "Phony Front Group, Center for Union Facts, to Run Super Bowl Ad" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, January 31, 2015)

• "ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local? " (Brendan Fischer, Truthout, January 25, 2015)

• "Hotel Lobby Sues Los Angeles to Block “Extreme” Wages" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, January 12, 2015)

December 2014

• "Foes of Unions Try Their Luck in County Laws" (Shaila Dewan, New York Times, December 18, 2014)