Category Archives: Lobbying and Special Interests
Buying Influence: how the American Legislative Exchange Council uses corporate-funded “scholarships” to send lawmakers on trips with corporate lobbyists
DBA Press, Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and Common Cause release report detailing national ALEC ‘scholarship fund’ spending Download Report. “Buying Influence: how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) uses corporate-funded ‘scholarships’ to send lawmakers on trips with corporate … Continue reading →
Posted in Bribery, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Investigative reporting, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged ALEC, ALEC Exposed, ALEC scholarship fund, American Legislative Exchange Council, Buying Influence: how the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) uses corporate-funded 'scholarships' to send lawmakers on trips with corporate lobbyists, Center for Media and Democracy, Common Cause, Lisa Graves
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America Eats its Young: Arizona communities embrace use of private prison employees in drug raids at public schools
By Beau Hodai, November 27, 2012 An unsettling trend appears to be underway in Arizona: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations. The state has graced national headlines in recent years as the result of its cozy … Continue reading →
Posted in Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged ALEC, ALEC model legislation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Arizona, Casa Grande, CCA, Corrections Corporation of America, Drug-Free School Zone, High School Drug Raids, High School Drug Sweeps, Pinal County, Private Prison Industry, Vist Grande High School
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AFSC investigation: Arizona Department of Corrections, Legislature, knew private prisons bad deal for state– eliminated oversight anyway
July 24, 2012 By Caroline Isaacs, program director, American Friends Service Committee Tucson Documents recently obtained by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) show that the state of Arizona deliberately circumvented and ultimately repealed a state law requiring private for-profit … Continue reading →
Posted in Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Investigative report, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Private Prison Industry, Public records, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged American Friends Service Committee, Arizona Department of Corrections, Arizona Rep. John Kavanagh, Geo Group, MTC
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Investigative report: “Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio
Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC and State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio By Beau Hodai, May, 2012 Download report in PDF format View source materials directory for this article Part 1: Legislative Service with a Smile “Quid pro quo: something given or … Continue reading →
Posted in Campaign finance, Conflicts of interest, Corruption, Investigative report, Jiffy Squid, Lobbying and Special Interests, Public records, Public-private partnerships
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Tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Bricker and Eckler, campaign finance, Corruption, Ed Kozelek, Faith Williams, Gift disclosure violations, Kara Joseph, Megan Lashutka, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, Ohio lobby law, Ohio Office of the Legislative Inspector General, Ohio Representative Bill Batchelder, Ohio Representative John Adams, Ohio Senate, Ohio Senator Tom Niehaus, state sanctioned corruption, Time Warner Cable, Tony Bledsoe
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