The Cost of Elections, Pt. 2

By Editor

11/04/2011

Part 2 in Jeremy Alford's series on Louisiana campaign finance, including how much each candidate paid for each vote.

TAGS: Campaign Finance, Dr. Pearson Cross, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Jason Herbert, Jim Donelon, Louisiana Ethics Administration, Moon Griffon

Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over Mysterious Landrieu Donation

By Robert Flanagan

11/24/2009

The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has filed a complaint with the FEC over a $25,300 donation by Senator Mary Landrieu’s campaign to the U.S. Treasury. CREW executive director Melanie Sloan argues, “We all know politicians don’t give up campaign contributions – much less $25,000 – without a very good reason....

TAGS: Campaign Finance, CREW, Mary Landrieu

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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