Top ten coal ash states

By Kristen Lombardi

Coal ash — the often toxic solid waste generated by burning coal for electricity, and the focus of a recent Center investigation — has large

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… ut:Top Ten Coal Ash-Producing States (2005)1. Texas — 8.4 million tons2. Indiana — 6.6 million tons.3. Ohio — 6.1 million tons.4. Kentucky — 5.7 mill …"

Stimulus recipient, polluter gives Dems $10 million credit line

By Kristen Lombardi

The White House is taking on dirty sources of energy like coal. But the presidential convention could be financed from an unlikely source —

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… eems promises and assurances don’t mean much,” said John Blair, of the Indiana-based Valley Watch, which has battled Duke Energy over its environmental r …"

"… g he says Rogers referenced at a December 2010 meeting between the CEO and Indiana opponents of the company’s controversial new “clean coal” plant in t …"

Health industry gave millions to state officials involved in lawsuit

By Caitlin Ginley

The state officials who joined together to file a lawsuit challenging health care reform have collectively received at least $5 million in c

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… attorney general of South Dakota; Gregory F. Zoeller, attorney general of Indiana; Wayne Stenehjem, attorney general of North Dakota; Haley Barbour, governo …"

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A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… ronlobbied for the NAFTA highway, which would extend the existingCanada-to-Indiana artery all the way to Texas and Mexico. Congressauthorized the project in …"

Club 100: Over 100 Americans gave more than $100,000 to state political parties

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2002 — Political party organizations will never do business quite the same way again. ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Florida Democratic Party":

"… akota Democratic Party, $6,000 to Florida Republicans, and $448,000 to the Florida Democratic Party in 2000. Two years later, he ran unsuccessfully for the state’s 7th Cong …"

Little-known Texas patron guided Bush policies on vouchers, tort reform

By Kathryn Wallace

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2000 — Only three days after Texas Governor George W. Bush was inaugurated in 1995, he declared the state of the Texas

Excerpts from this story referencing "technology products":

"… Republican donor, he owns ATX Technologies, which manufactures “smart” technology products such as the security and navigation communication tools inside automobiles …"

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Democrats dominate secretary of state races in toss-up states

By Sarah Laskow

Secretary of State Project leaders are probably still celebrating. The liberal 527 group that supports progressive candidates for secretary

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"… hose offices in all but three of those 12 toss-up states — Colorado, Indiana, and Michigan. You can probably guess where the SoS Project will go to wor …"

Thanks to sponsors, GOP threw twice the party the Democrats did

By Sean Peoples

October 24, 2000 — Officially, thousands of delegates, legislators and elephant banner-wavers swarmed Philadelphia from July 31 to Aug. 3 to

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… re, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnes …"

"… ernational Republican InstituteLocation: Pennsylvania Convention Center97. Indiana Republican Party Post-Session Luncheon honoring Senator Richard Lugar (Ind …"

Foreign lobbyist database could vanish

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2004 — Justice Department officials say a huge database that serves as the public's lone window on lobbying activities

Hoosier secretary of state takes first crack at ACORN

By Andrew Green

Forget Obama and McCain; the hottest battle in Indiana this election season is between the secretary of state and ACORN. The left-leaning vo

Excerpts from this story referencing "Indiana":

"… and a possible $10,000 fine. …"

"… he forms to authorities and flag those that were likely fraudulent. But in Indiana, Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita is calling for an investigation …"

"… e Todd Rokita is calling for an investigation of the group – even though Indiana law would appear to make it illegal both to submit the forms and not to su …"

"… he organization violated a variety of state and federal laws, including an Indiana law that prohibits the submission of “incomplete, forged or fraudulent …"

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