ReMatch! Barrett to Face Walker in Historic Recall Election

Wisconsin voters chose Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett to run against incumbent Governor Scott Walker in the first gubernatorial recall election in the state's history.

Quid pro Status Quo: ALEC & State-Sanctioned Corruption in Ohio

Part 1: Legislative Service with a Smile

A CMD Special Report: ALEC's "Scholarship" Scheme Helps Corporations Fund Legislator Trips

A Corporate-Funded Vacation?

Syngenta Celebrates Earth Day by Ladling on the Pesticides

The multinational conglomerate sent out a press release during the approach to Earth Day "demonstrating the importance of the 50-year-old herbicide atrazine."

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by Lisa Graves — May 16, 2012 - 9:58am
PART TWO: ALEC’s Extreme Gun Agenda Was No Secret Since Koch Joined its Board
by Lisa Graves — May 14, 2012 - 1:22am
PART ONE: New documents show that Koch Industries had a seat on the controversial “Public Safety and Elections Task Force” of the American Legislative Exchange Council as of at least 2011.
by PR Watcher — May 16, 2012 - 11:30am
Sentencing for Key Former Walker Aide In John Doe Criminal Probe Delayed Until July The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that sentencing of Darlene Wink, a former county aide to Governor Scott...
by PR Watcher — May 15, 2012 - 10:40am
Politifact on Walker: “No Movement So Far on Promise to Add 10,000 Businesses” During Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s 2010 campaign, he made two related promises. One was to bring 250,000 new jobs...
by Sara Jerving — May 14, 2012 - 3:47pm
An online gun retailer has been criticized for promoting an advertisement for shooting targets that resemble 17-year old shooting victim Trayvon Martin. The target depicted a hooded figure holding...
by PR Watcher — May 14, 2012 - 12:57pm
With the June 5th recall elections less than a month away these are some of the top news stories out of the State of Wisconsin related to the recall.
by Rebekah Wilce — May 14, 2012 - 9:21am
A downer cow at a California dairy was recently found to be infected with an "atypical" strain of "bovine spongiform encephalopathy" (BSE), or "mad cow" disease. There has been some significant media...
by PR Watcher — May 11, 2012 - 1:37pm
For Immediate Release: May 11, 2012 Contact: Paul Towers, Pesticide Action Network, 916-216-1082 Syngenta Hired Guns Attack New Documentary PR firm and paid spokespeople mount aggressive response to...
by Mary Bottari — May 11, 2012 - 6:51am
Video was obtained and released by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel less than a month before the June 5th recall election for Wisconsin governor that shows newly elected Governor Scott Walker in a...
by Beau Hodai — May 10, 2012 - 8:28am
Part 1: Legislative Service with a Smile "Quid pro quo: something given or received for something else" -- Merriam-Webster Dictionary At about ten o'clock on the morning of March 23, 2011, Faith...

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