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  1. December 21, 2006

    Three Big Donors Bankrolled Americans for Limited Government in 2005

    Americans for Limited Government, the tax-exempt organization that bankrolled a series of controversial ballot initiatives this year, raised 99 percent of its $5.4 million in total contributions in 2005 from just three donors, the Center for Public Integrity has learned. Read more

  2. December 18, 2006

    Organization That Bankrolled ‘Takings’ Initiatives Forced Out of Illinois by Attorney Ge

    Americans for Limited Government, the Chicago-based tax-exempt organization that bankrolled a series of controversial ballot initiatives this year, has apparently been forced to move out of Illinois because it could not comply with the state’s charity laws, the Center for Public Integrity has learned. Read more

  3. November 08, 2006

    Howard Rich’s Tight-Lipped Donors

    The biggest donors to Howard Rich’s network of “grass-roots” organizations have a few things in common. Read more

  4. November 08, 2006

    Voters in Three States Reject Takings Initiatives

    Despite months of campaigning and millions of dollars in contributions from organizations tied to Howard Rich, a wealthy political activist in New York, regulatory takings initiatives failed Tuesday in three of the four Western states where they were on the ballot. Read more

  5. November 07, 2006

    The Munificent Seven

    The fate of four ballot initiatives that seek to radically overhaul land-use and environmental regulations in four Western states may be decided today, but a big question mark remains: Who financed them? Read more

  6. November 07, 2006

    Now You Don’t

    While they’re supposed to be an exercise in citizen-driven democracy, ballot initiatives — like the “regulatory takings” measures that voters will decide today in four Western states — have instead become vehicles for big-spending special interests to steer around the regular legislative process. Read more

  7. November 06, 2006

    Unlawful Conduct?

    Two tax-exempt organizations led by Howard Rich may be operating illegally in Wisconsin, the Center for Public Integrity has learned. Read more

  8. November 06, 2006

    Howard Rich’s Dot-Com Deal

    Howard Rich, the libertarian political activist in New York City who’s been a driving force behind this year’s eminent-domain and regulatory-takings ballot initiatives in the West, describes himself as “an entrepreneur in real estate and business since 1965.” Read more

  9. November 06, 2006

    Déjà Vu All Over Again?

    Fourteen years after his signature organization, U.S. Term Limits, began deploying millions of dollars to tap widespread voter frustration with career politicians, political activist Howard Rich is using the same playbook to try to overhaul land-use laws in this week’s elections. Read more

  10. November 06, 2006

    Following the Money (Part 4)

    On August 3, 2006, U.S. Term Limits, a tax-exempt advocacy group in New York City, gave $50,000 to a Missouri organization that was seeking to get two initiatives on the state’s ballot this November 7. Read more

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