By Watchdog Staff / April 25, 2012 / Accountability, News, State Government / No Comments
By Kevin Dietrich | The Nerve
COLUMBIA — The aerospace giant Boeing received somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion in tax breaks, bonds, and loans from South Carolina taxpayers to land in the Palmetto State.
Boeing donates liberally to the campaign coffers of the state’s top politicians. The company’s top executive runs a state agency. In short: Boeing does [...]
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By Admin / April 18, 2012 / Federal Government, News / No Comments
By Mike Cronin | Texas Watchdog
HOUSTON — Each of the eight companies that spent the most on Washington lobbyists lowered the amount they paid in federal taxes between 2007 and 2010, according to a new report by the nonprofit Sunlight Foundation.
Texas corporations Exxon Mobil Corp., based in Irving, andAT&T, based in Dallas, ranked No. 1 and No. 4, [...]
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By Admin / March 20, 2012 / News / No Comments
ST. PAUL — Organizations spent more than $59 million in lobbying expenses last year according to information released by the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board today.
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By Admin / December 20, 2011 / News / No Comments
By Joe Jordan | Nebraska Watchdog
OMAHA — In business it is called spending money to make money, at Omaha City Hall it is called spending tax dollars to get more tax dollars.
Specifically “it” is a move by Mayor Jim Suttle to hire another lobbyist, spending up to $31,000, to schmooze state senators on a variety of bills—and [...]
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