Category Archives: Source Materials Archive

DBA Press releases ALEC centralized source materials directory

DBA Press and the Center for Media and Democracy are pleased to announce the release of the “ALEC centralized source materials archive.” This archive contains well over 10,000 pages of documents gathered from the offices of ALEC public sector chairs … Continue reading

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Lest we forget: Hardin jail debacle revisited

Over the first quarter of this year, lawmakers have largely turned to privatization as a solution for states in fiscal crisis. As such, DBA Press feels this may be an appropriate time to revisit the case of Hardin, Montana– the … Continue reading

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Source materials archive: Koch: the cash behind the right-wing “think tank” machine

We at DBA Press have noticed that it is getting harder and harder to get through a day without thinking about Charles and David Koch, the brothers from Wichita who built a multi-billion-dollar, multi-faceted, multi-national corporate empire from humble petrochemical … Continue reading

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