Government Accountability

Union Dues fund SuperPAC Attack Ads

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 2, 2015

Pennsylvanians for Judicial Reform—a new “SuperPAC” (technically an “Independent Expenditure Committee”) registered in August—has spent about $2.5 million on attack ads in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court race. Who…

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Government Accountability

Government Unions’ Political Spending Dwarfs Natural Gas

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2014

A rehashed report from Common Cause PA and Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania assert that Marcellus Shale drillers spent $8 million on campaign contributions and $41 million on lobbying in…

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Public Union Democracy

Government Unions’ Political Spending

  • April 8, 2014

Currently, state and local governments, including school districts, use taxpayer-funded payroll systems and public employee time to collect union campaign contributions to candidates as well as union membership dues, a…

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