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With less than six weeks before the general election, candidates are burning through their campaign cash to make that final push to win. But, when the…
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The Supreme Court has been granting more rights to corporations, including some regarded as those solely for individuals. But Nina Totenberg finds the company-to-person shift has a long history.
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Today is the first day that campaigns and candidates for the Austin City Council can start soliciting or accepting political contributions. Although many…
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Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a bill last session that would have subjected some groups to stricter campaign finance disclosure rules. Now, the Texas House State…
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Harold Simmons, a Dallas businessman and billionaire, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor, died Saturday at Baylor University Medical Center at…
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Barely three years after the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United ruling freed corporations and unions to spend wildly in elections, the justices decided to take up another campaign finance case — this one aimed at a limit on "hard money" that goes directly to candidates and party committees.
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A big part of Ron Paul’s Libertarian-informed message is fiscal conservatism. And he has the campaign records to prove it.ProPublica surveyed the campaign…
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The latest Federal Election Commission reports shed new light on the political largesse of two Texas businessmen. One has contributed to three active GOP presidential candidates, including a new $1 million check to the superPAC backing Rick Santorum. The other just gave $3 million more to Mitt Romney's superPAC.
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Political activist and Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig was in Austin this week and delivered a keynote speech at the University of Texas on the…