Koch-Funded Group Seeks to Overturn Voter-Approved Tax on Arizona’s Wealthiest 1% The right-wing Goldwater Institute has filed a lawsuit to overturn Proposition 208, passed by Arizona voters to help fund public education after years of budget cuts.
Dark Money Attacks Judges for Being 'Soft on Crime' Scaremongering advertisements in state court races were paid for by shadowy groups whose true funding sources weren’t available to voters.
Republican Texas Judges Get Big Money Boost Ahead of Redistricting Oil and gas billionaires, private equity firms, and GOP megadonors are funding ads that aim to keep the Texas Supreme Court entirely in Republican hands as state voting trends shift from red to purple.
Anti-Abortion Ad Barrett Signed Is Tied To Group Working To Bring Abortion Cases To the Supreme Court Federal statute instructs judges to disqualify themselves when they have a personal bias concerning a party.
Baltimore County Grassroots Groups Look To Continue a Public Financing Wave Voters in Baltimore County will soon have their say on a ballot measure that would join several other large Maryland counties, as well as the city of Baltimore, in adopting a voluntary public financing program for elections.
Arizona Judge Reinstates GOP Law Shielding ‘Dark Money’ The state's clean elections commission will now be required to defer to the IRS on which political spending groups can keep their donors secret.
In Heavily Gerrymandered Wisconsin, a Bipartisan Grassroots Movement Fights for Fair Maps The Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition has helped pass resolutions in 54 of 72 counties calling on the state legislature to adopt nonpartisan redistricting, with 11 more on the ballot in November.