The Donors Know What The Railroad Commission Does
Texas’s oil-and-gas regulator race is drawing serious money. The campaign totals make more sense when you read the agency’s job description.
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Follow the donations, contracts, tax breaks and promises of prosperity. Our satire examines corporate influence, technology companies and economic policy, asking who gets the benefit and who gets the bill. The earnings-call enthusiasm is optional; reading the fine print is the point.
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The Transparency Law Has An Invisibility Rule
A coalition of states and D.C. is suing over the administration's corporate-ownership reporting rollback. Treasury calls it burden relief; the challengers say an agency cannot repeal a law by exemption.
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The Ads Are Airing. The Receipts Are Offline.
A cyberattack has disrupted the FEC's electronic filing system during the final campaign-spending rush. This is a disclosure problem, not a voting-system failure. The distinction matters, and so does the missing visibility.
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Your Lobbyist's Other Client Has Entered The Contract
Alibaba won a preliminary injunction against a Pentagon-contract restriction reaching firms connected through shared lobbyists. The blacklist remains; one particularly elaborate chain of consequences is on hold.
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Competition Would Like To Buy Its Competitor
Cintas wants to acquire UniFirst for $5.5 billion. The FTC reportedly intends to challenge the deal, although commissioners have not voted. The workwear may match; the companies do not necessarily need to.
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