Nonprofit’s missing paper trail for grant request
2024-09-27
Not long after receiving its tax-exempt nonprofit status two years ago, the Indian Lake Advocacy Group hired one of Columbus’ most prominent lobbying firms. Since then, ILAG has reported lobbying for only one item, a 2022 bill that called for a tax amnesty program. That’s despite ILAG’s open solicitation of a $5 million grant in… Read more »
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Ohio convictions end one chapter of long-running corruption saga
2023-03-17
The conviction of former Ohio House speaker Larry Householder and state Republican Party chairman Matt Borges in a $61 million bribery trial ends just one chapter in a long-running saga of corruption in Ohio that Checks & Balances Project has uncovered over the last decade. At the heart of the scandal is FirstEnergy, a fossil… Read more »
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Checks and Balances Files FOIA Requests In Five Jurisdictions to Track How Disinformation Became Anti-Wind Policy
2022-02-2
Checks and Balances Project (C&BP) has filed requests under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act seeking details of how five Michigan townships developed  their anti-wind zoning ordinances. Many cite scientific research that actually undercuts the ordinances’ claims wind turbines make people sick. The FOIA requests with Casnovia, Ellington, Monitor, Pierson and Vassar townships were filed last week as… Read more »
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False Claims About Infrasound Sound Dominate Wind Debates
2022-01-13
Opponents of wind energy falsely claim that a type of low-frequency sound called “infrasound” harms human health. Yet, no scientific consensus exists that it does so. Misinformation about infrasound is so pervasive that it routinely appears in debates, official correspondence and ordinances in rural Michigan townships related to wind projects. Ordinances in several Michigan townships… Read more »
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