NOLA.com |
Should judges be allowed to ask lawyers for campaign donations? Issue headed …
NOLA.com But the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to hear a case out of Florida challenging those types of ethics bans related to a 2009 case in which “a county judicial candidate was fined nearly $1,900 for signing her name to a fundraising letter,” according to … |
Washington Post |
Rick Perry, hungry for redemption, says he’s a ‘substantially different’ candidate
Washington Post Perry also is courting funders. He knows it could cost $100 million or more to win the GOP primary and he will be at a disadvantage relative to 2012, when he controlled the governor’s office and thousands of related political appointments. This month’s … |
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News roundup: GOP donors plan to anoint candidate ahead of the primaries
Salt Lake Tribune The Republican Party’s top donors are a tad worried about an elongated primary season that could only help Hillary Clinton and are discussing ways to “anoint” a GOP nominee early to avoid contests that would beat up their candidate before the general. |
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The Harlan Daily Enterprise Parent/guardian members may not be related to an employee of the school. A ballet will be … When people donate $25 or more through www.bgives.org/hospicebg, Hospice is eligible for additional cash matches and donors often receive prizes. All funds … |
Bloomberg |
Detroit’s Museum of Masterworks Shoulders $350 Million Burden
Bloomberg said Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, one of the donors to the bankruptcy agreement. “That would never have gone away.” …. For Related News and Information: Detroit Bankruptcy Plan Approval Opens New Stage … |
Times Record News |
Bankhead pleads guilty in Boys & Girls Club theft, forgery
Times Record News A July 18, 2013 article said Bankhead was arrested a second time for forgery charges related to the same investigation. The club reported to police $77,189 had been missing since 2008, of which $38,245.25 was in the … “Since the discovery, the … |
Alaska DispatchWatchdogs question loose rules for inaugural fundraising, disclosureAlaska DispatchGov. Bill Walker addresses attendees at his inauguration on Monday, Dec. 1 at Centennial Hall in Juneau. Sitting behind him is former governor Sean Parnel…
New York Times |
GOP Donors Seek to Anoint a 2016 Nominee Early
New York Times Dozens of the Republican Party’s leading presidential donors and fund-raisers have begun privately discussing how to clear the field for a single establishment candidate to carry the party’s banner in 2016, fearing that a prolonged primary would … GOP donors discuss crowning a candidateHonolulu Star-Advertiser GOP Funders Seek to Coalesce Behind Single Mainstream 2016 CandidateJP Updates |
Elmira Star-GazetteGillibrand visits Food Bank to pack some hunger reliefElmira Star-GazetteSelect volunteers from the Food Bank or partner agencies along with some donors soon joined Gillibrand in the task. The event was staged to … Gillibrand got s…
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Corrupt Chinese could be making political donations – Labour
The Dominion Post There were no “explicit” background checks but Goodfellow confirmed a “small number” of donations had been rejected by National for various reasons – though none were related to the Chinese corruption scandal. “We generally know our funders because … |