States Archives - Checks and Balances Project

Fossil Fuel Operatives Using Social Media Pressured Ohio County to Spurn Wind Tax Millions

2019-02-14

A new investigation uncovers how a sophisticated social media disinformation campaign helped to convince Van Wert County to reject further wind development.

Two Neighboring Ohio Counties, Two Different Economies

2019-02-7

While Van Wert County ended all wind energy development, Paulding, located to its north, embraced it. The results are that Paulding County taxpayers are benefiting from increased county tax revenue, stronger public schools and a boost in its bond rating by the international agency Moody’s Investor Service.

Will Stanford University Enforce Its Ethics Policy Regarding Professor Brock-Utne, M.D.?

2019-02-5

Brock-Utne’s article in a medical publication doesn’t disclose payments of $48,000+ from drug and medical device companies.

6 Physicians Against Drug Shortages Co-Chairs Received Payments from Companies

2019-01-17

The group claims to have no conflicts of interest, no vested financial interest in the issue of drug shortages and no outside funding. But the financial ties to drug and medical device companies of Stanford Professor Emeritus Dr. Brock-Utne and other co-chairs call these claims into question.

Why Does Physicians Group Promote Kaleo – a Company Investigated by the U.S. Senate and 60 Minutes?

2019-01-7

A Senate Investigative Subcommittee and 60 Minutes report that Kaleo’s Evzio drug skyrocketed 600%, costing taxpayers millions. Yet that didn’t stop leaders of Physicians Against Drug Shortages (PADS) from promoting another of the pharmaceutical company’s drugs.

Cleveland County Exec Promises Review of Tim Moore’s Questionable Billing But Silence Follows

2018-11-1

Questions Grow About Tim Moore’s Taxpayer-Funded Government Checks Totaling $604,319 Over Three Years.

De Blasio Admin: Monopoly Citi Bike Contract Records Won’t Be Provided Until May 2019

2018-10-26

Mayor’s Open Government Grading System Would Likely Give His Administration Failing Grade for Unusually Long Response Time

Coal-Backed Anti-Wind Guru Barrels into Ohio’s Seneca County to Attack Wind Energy

2018-10-25

Kevon Martis positions himself as a volunteer who travels the country educating local communities. “I am not paid by the fossil fuel companies to fight wind,” Martis declared, but admitted that his expenses are covered.

North Carolina Speaker Tim Moore Paid $275,000 In 3 Years as Part-Time Cleveland County Attorney

2018-10-18

In Cleveland County, where the annual per capita income is $20,677, Tim Moore’s part-time job as County Attorney was paid $275,172.50 over three years or an average of $91,724 a year.

Speaker Moore’s Ex-Girlfriend Decides If Bail Bonds Cases Should be Recommended for Prosecution

2018-10-15

Jennifer Gray has the power to pursue or sideline cases against individual players and companies in the powerful North Carolina bail bonds industry.