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sorta stumbled on connection:<div>
</div><div>see paul gessing, soda tax donors</div><div>
<div><div>odd right is not losing its shit over? in Texas?!</div><div>
</div><div>may be needed for climate mitigation/adaptation?
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</div><div>needed for mass transit, urban planning, sust cities thus ~ag21</div><div><div><div>New Koch</div><div>Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity opens shop again in NM</div><div>
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</div><div>By Matt Grubs</div><div>June 12, 2017 </div><div>
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</div><div>In the world of liberal and progressive politics, there have been perhaps no more effective boogeymen than Charles and David Koch. The billionaire Kansas businessmen have played an outsized role in conservative politics in the new millennium.</div><div>
</div><div>After at least a four-year hiatus, the Koch brothers-founded nonprofit Americans for Prosperity is back in New Mexico and prepared to spend during the upcoming election cycle.</div><div>
</div><div>"Broadly speaking, we advocate for the framework for a free society," says AFP state director Robert "Burly" Cain. "I have seen time and again how devastating the government can be when it's used in the wrong way."</div><div>
</div><div>Cain is a native New Mexican and has recently worked on the presidential campaign of Libertarian and former governor Gary Johnson.</div><div>
</div><div>He tells SFR the state has failed to lift up the public education system, hold down heath care costs in check and ease the burden on entrepreneurs. "It's a really challenging environment for people to start businesses here. And it's getting harder," Cain says.</div><div>
</div><div>While the Kochs have publicly distanced themselves from AFP in recent years, the nonprofit isn't required to disclose its donors, so the extent of their financial support is unknown. As an IRS-designated 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the group has to spend the majority of its money on "social welfare" issues and education. That can include lobbying and political advertising, as long as AFP doesn't endorse or oppose a specific candidate and doesn't spend the majority of its money on political activities.</div><div>
</div><div>Cain started with AFP on May 1 and says he'll open an Albuquerque office soon, with plans to identify locations for satellite offices in the near future. Santa Fe is in the running, he says. AFP plans an advocacy training session, something it calls the Grassroots Leadership Academy, next month, as well as the start of a speakers' series in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces. He hasn't announced the speakers.</div><div>
</div><div>Democratic Party of New Mexico Chair Richard Ellenberg isn't likely to attend, calling AFP's positions "extreme" and targeted to benefit millionaires and billionaires.</div><div>
</div><div>"Americans for Prosperity forces their ideology without recognizing the culture and the needs of our state. We cannot allow two billionaires to buy political influence in our state," he tells SFR in a statement.</div><div>
</div><div>"There are those who want to make some of our donors out to be bad people because they've been successful," Cain says of the opposition he knows is out there. "They're wonderful people. The organization itself has done incredible things around the country.</div><div>
</div><div>"I think anyone who wants to take a minute to talk to me will learn that whether it's criminal justice reform, tax reform, good government … I think they'll see there's a lot of work we do that they'll appreciate."</div><div>
</div><div>Paul Gessing, of the libertarian-oriented think tank the Rio Grande Foundation, partnered recently with AFP to oppose a gas tax increase in Albuquerque to pay for maintenance and improvement of Duke City roads.</div><div>
</div><div>"To the extent that we're in alignment, we'll work with them," Gessing tells SFR over the phone. He points out that the Rio Grande Foundation takes more of a policy approach to its activities than a political approach, but says it's not uncommon for AFP's political stance to line up with the foundation's policy statements.</div><div>
</div><div>Equally, if not more, important than having political camaraderie is having money to back it up.</div><div>
</div><div>"We welcome them back to a liberal-leaning state," Gessing says. "There's just not a lot of political money here, but it seems to me that it's an unbalanced ledger."</div><div>
</div><div>If there's one thing AFP knows how to do, it's spend money.</div><div>
</div><div>Santa Fe Reporter</div></div><div>=</div><div><a href="https://abq.news/2021/08/court-upholds-santa-fe-regulations-on-campaign-disclosure/">https://abq.news/2021/08/court-upholds-santa-fe-regulations-on-campaign-disclosure/</a></div><div>
</div><div><div>Federal Court Rejects Conservative Rio Grande Foundation ...https://abq.news › Recent Posts</div><div>Aug 4, 2021 — Foundation President Paul Gessing struck a defiant tone on the ruling, vowing to seek a rehearing. “The decision was made due to a supposed lack ...</div></div><div>
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</div><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation">https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation</a>...<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="mw-parser-output" style=""><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Ties to the Koch Brothers</h2>The Rio Grande Foundation has received significant funding from the Koch conduits <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=DonorTrust&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DonorTrust (page does not exist)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">DonorTrust</a> and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Donors Capital Fund</a>, as well as the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_G.Koch_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles G. Koch Foundation" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Charles G. Koch Foundation</a> (See below).In addition, RGF has held joint events with the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_Koch_Institute" title="Charles Koch Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Charles Koch Institute</a>. In February 2016, the two groups co-sponsored a discussion on "over-criminalization" in Albuquerque.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council</h2>The Rio Grande Foundation has ties to the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Legislative_Exchange_Council" title="American Legislative Exchange Council" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">American Legislative Exchange Council</a> through its founder, Hal Stratton. Stratton, now a private lawyer, was once a member of the New Mexico legislature and later served as New Mexico Attorney General and Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission under George Bush.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-bhfs-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> He received the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Award_Winners" title="ALEC Award Winners" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC Legislator of the Year award</a> in 1981.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-bhfs-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a>RGF also hosted director of the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC" class="mw-redirect" title="ALEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ALEC</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Health_and_Human_Services_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Health and Human Services Task Force" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Health and Human Services Task Force</a>, <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christie_Herrera" title="Christie Herrera" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Christie Herrera</a>, at an event in Albuquerque in 2009.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a>.Please see <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SPN_Ties_to_ALEC" title="SPN Ties to ALEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">SPN Ties to ALEC</a> for more.<h2 style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">The Rio Grande Foundation founded New Mexico Watchdog. The Rio Grande Foundation has hosted writers from the ALEC-connected <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" font-size="font-size" large="large" background="background" none="none" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a>, which screens potential reporters on their “free market” views as part of the job application process.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" line-height="line-height" em="em" unicode-bidi="unicode-bidi" isolate="isolate" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a> The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" line-height="line-height" em="em" unicode-bidi="unicode-bidi" isolate="isolate" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a> Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" line-height="line-height" em="em" unicode-bidi="unicode-bidi" isolate="isolate" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" line-height="line-height" em="em" unicode-bidi="unicode-bidi" isolate="isolate" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a> On its website, the Franklin Center claims it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="font-weight: normal; background-color: initial;" times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" line-height="line-height" em="em" unicode-bidi="unicode-bidi" isolate="isolate" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a>Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</h2><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Franklin Center Funding</h3>Franklin Center Director of Communications Michael Moroney told the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 2013 that the source of the Franklin Center's funding "is 100 percent anonymous." But 95 percent of its 2011 funding came from <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">DonorsTrust</a>, a spin-off of the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Philanthropy_Roundtable" title="Philanthropy Roundtable" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Philanthropy Roundtable</a> that functions as a large "donor-advised fund," cloaking the identity of donors to right-wing causes across the country (CPI did a review of Franklin's Internal Revenue Service records).<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-Abowd-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a> Mother Jones called DonorsTrust "the dark-money ATM of the conservative movement" in a February 2013 article.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a> Franklin received DonorTrust's second-largest donation in 2011.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-Abowd-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a>The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lynde_and_Harry_Bradley_Foundation" title="Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation</a>,<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> a conservative grant-making organization.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a>The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Adams_Alliance" title="Sam Adams Alliance" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sam Adams Alliance</a> (SAM),<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a>,<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_Koch" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Koch" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Charles Koch</a>, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> SAM also receives funding from the <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rodney_Fund" title="Rodney Fund" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Rodney Fund</a>.<h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Funding</h2>RGF does not disclose its donors, but some of its funding sources are known through other tax filings. RGF's known funders include:<ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute" title="Cato Institute" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Cato Institute</a>: $50,000 (2006)<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[19]</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Charles_G.Koch_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles G. Koch Foundation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Charles G. Koch Foundation</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Koch_Family_Foundations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" background-size="background-size" initial="initial" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" repeat="repeat" background-attachment="background-attachment" background-origin="background-origin" background-clip="background-clip" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">$30,000</a> (2015)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=DonorsTrust" title="DonorsTrust" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">DonorsTrust</a> and <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Donors_Capital_Fund" title="Donors Capital Fund" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Donors Capital Fund</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DonorsTrust_and_Donors_Capital_Fund_Grant_Recipients" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" background-position="background-position" right="right" center="center" background-size="background-size" initial="initial" background-repeat="background-repeat" no-repeat="no-repeat" repeat="repeat" background-attachment="background-attachment" background-origin="background-origin" background-clip="background-clip" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">$584,500</a> (2010-2013)</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">State Policy Network</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Contributions_of_the_State_Policy_Network" style="background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line" none="none" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">$10,250</a> (2014)</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Core Financials</h2><big>2016</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $228,458</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $248,565</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $79,878</li></ul><big>2015</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $264,636</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $261,142</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $99,985</li></ul><big>2014</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $275,575</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $220,734</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $96,491</li></ul><big>2013</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $215,317</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $251,735</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $41,650</li></ul><big>2012</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $404,829</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $393,270</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $78,068</li></ul><big>2011</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $363,912</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $342,854</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $66,509</li></ul><big>2010</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $450,785</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $421,834</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $45,451</li></ul><big>2009</big><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a>:<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Revenue: $262,253</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Total Expenses: $442,884</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Net Assets: $16,500</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Personnel</h2>As of September 2018:<a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Staff</h3><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Gessing" title="Paul Gessing" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Paul Gessing</a>, President</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">D. Dowd Muska, Research Director</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">William Patrick Leonard, Senior Fellow</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Rebecca Ralph, Senior Fellow</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">J. Scott Moody, Adjunct Fellow</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Todd Myers, Adjunct Fellow</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Deane Waldman, Adjunct Fellow</li><li style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wendy P. Warcholik, Adjunct Fellow</li></ul>Former Staff<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Eric Fruits, Adjunct Scholar</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ruben Pacheco, Policy Analyst</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Marcos P. Portillo, Policy Analyst</li></ul><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Board of Directors</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Gessing" title="Paul Gessing" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paul Gessing</a>, President</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Ben Alaimo-Monson, Secretary</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Victor S. Bruno, Treasurer</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Peter Howley</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Tom Mullins</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Hal Stratton</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Doug Turner</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Deane Waldman</li></ul>Former Directors<ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Elisabeth Keen</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Jack Swickard</li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Contact Information</h2>The Rio Grande Foundation
P.O. Box 40336
Albuquerque, NM 87196
Phone: 505-264-6090
Fax: 505-213-0300
Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.riograndefoundation.org/" style="background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line" none="none" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" overflow-wrap="overflow-wrap" break-word="break-word" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">http://www.riograndefoundation.org/</a>
Twitter: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://twitter.com/RioGrandeFndn/" style="background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" text-decoration-line="text-decoration-line" none="none" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" overflow-wrap="overflow-wrap" break-word="break-word" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">https://twitter.com/RioGrandeFndn/</a>
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<h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Articles and Resources</h2><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Sources</h3><div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); column-width: 30em;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-1" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.riograndefoundation.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Rio Grande Foundation"</a>, accessed, March 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-2" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Jeff Proctor, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nmindepth.com/2016/02/05/koch-brothers-defense-attorneys-whats-on-new-mexicans-minds-matters/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Koch brothers, defense attorneys: What’s on New Mexicans’ minds matters</a>, New Mexico In Depth, February 5, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-bhfs-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">↑ <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-bhfs_3-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:3.0</a> <a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-bhfs_3-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bhfs.com/People/hstratton" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"BHFS People: Hal Stratton"</a>, organizational website, accessed November 2012</li><li id="cite_note-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-4" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hal-stratton/10/792/269" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"LinkedIn Public Profile: Hal Stratton"</a>, accessed November 2012</li><li id="cite_note-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-5" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Free Liberal <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://freeliberal.com/archives/003734.php" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Health Care Policy Expert to Discuss State, National Reforms at Albuquerque Event"</a>, 2 March 2009</li><li id="cite_note-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-6" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Franklin Center, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Affiliates in Your State</a>, organizational website, accessed October 2012.</li><li id="cite_note-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-7" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.franklincenterhq.org/2376/think-tank-journalism-the-future-of-investigative-reporting/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Think tank Journalism: The Future of Investigative Journalism</a>, organizational website, accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-8" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rebekah Metzler, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/watchdog-website-puts-a-new-spin-on-politics_2010-10-02.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Watchdog" website puts a new spin on politics</a>, The Portland Press Herald, October 2, 2010.</li><li id="cite_note-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-9" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Allison Kilkenny, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.truth-out.org/koch-spider-web/1312231636" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Koch Spider Web</a>, Truthout, accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-10" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Sara Jerving, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Center: Right-Wing Funds State News Source</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-12" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Andy Kroll, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/donors-trust-donor-capital-fund-dark-money-koch-bradley-devos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Exposed: The Dark-Money ATM of the Conservative Movement</a>, Mother Jones, February 5, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-13" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Daniel Bice, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/127259723.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Franklin Center boss wants apology from Democratic staffer</a>, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 8, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-14" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> The Bradley Foundation. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bradleyfdn.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Bradley Foundation</a>. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-15" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Sam Adams Alliance. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.samadamsalliance.org/media/5148/sam_adams_alliance_media_kit.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">Sam Adams Alliance Media Kit</a>. Organizational PDF. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-16" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Sam_Adams_Alliance/funders" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Sam Adams Alliance</a>. 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Accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-17" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/State_Policy_Network/funders" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-18" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Media Matters Action Network. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Claude_R_Lambe_Charitable_Foundation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation</a>. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.</li><li id="cite_note-19" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-19" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Cato Institute, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/237/432/2006-237432162-02d95084-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">2006 Annual Report</a>, pages 19-23.</li><li id="cite_note-20" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-20" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, [paper copy 2015 IRS 990 Form], Rio Grande Foundation, May 18, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-21" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-21" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, [paper copy 2015 IRS 990 Form], Rio Grande Foundation, May 18, 2016.</li><li id="cite_note-22" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-22" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2014/850/468/2014-850468446-0bc7a363-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">2014 IRS 990 Form</a>, Rio Grande Foundation, August 15, 2015.</li><li id="cite_note-23" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-23" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2013/850/468/2013-850468446-0a5eb608-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">2013 IRS 990 Form</a>, Rio Grande Foundation, May 15, 2014.</li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-24" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/850/468/2012-850468446-09465d83-9.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">2012 IRS 990 Form</a>, Rio Grande Foundation, April 22, 2013.</li><li id="cite_note-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-25" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, IRS form 990, 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">GuideStar</a>.</li><li id="cite_note-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-26" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, IRS form 990, 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">GuideStar</a>.</li><li id="cite_note-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-27" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, IRS form 990, 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">GuideStar</a>.</li><li id="cite_note-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-28" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">↑</a> Rio Grande Foundation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://riograndefoundation.org/about-the-rio-grande-foundation/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">About the Rio Grande Foundation</a>, Rio Grande Foundation, 2018</li></ol></div><h3 style="background: none; 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margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">External Articles</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%23222%22/%3E" c="C" e="E" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Wall Street Journal, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-spoils-of-the-republican-state-conquest-1481326770" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest</a>, December 9, 2016, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/images/2/21/WSJ_SPOILS_OF_REPUBLICAN_STATE_CONQUEST.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax</a>, December 5, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Portland Press Herald, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/Mainers-in-Washington-County-have-mixed-reactions-to-FreeME-plan-to-eliminate-taxes.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes</a>," December 5, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Texas Observer, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.texasobserver.org/money-behind-fight-undermine-medicaid/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Money Behind the Fight to Undermine Medicaid</a>," December 5, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Media Matters, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mediamatters.org/research/2013/12/03/north-carolina-newspapers-largely-ignore-conser/197113" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">North Carolina Newspapers Largely Ignore Conservative Funding Of Sham Think Tanks</a>, December 3, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Shepherd Express, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-22239-masters-of-manipulation.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Masters of Manipulation: Right-wing Billionaires, Corporations and the Bradley Foundation Pay for Junk Studies that Prop up Their Agenda</a>, November 27, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Moyers & Company," <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://billmoyers.com/2013/11/19/how-a-shadowy-network-of-corporate-front-groups-distorts-the-marketplace-of-ideas/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">How a Shadowy Network of Corporate Front Groups Distorts the Marketplace of Ideas</a>, November 19, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">MSNBC "Rachel Maddow Show," <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/53595649#53595649" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">November 18, 2013</a>.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Free Speech TV "Ring of Fire," <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2013/11/facebook-microsoft-att-others-supporting-right-wing-propaganda-machine/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Facebook, Microsoft, AT&T and Others Supporting Right Wing Propaganda Machine</a>, November 18, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Topeka Capital-Journal, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cjonline.com/news/2013-11-16/trabert-dismisses-report-tying-kpi-koch-agenda" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Trabert dismisses report tying KPI to Koch agenda</a>, November 16, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The New Yorker (Jane Mayer), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/11/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?</a>, November 15, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Salon, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/15/ted_cruz_and_koch_brothers_embroiled_in_shadowy_tea_party_scheme/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party scheme</a>, November 15, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">St. Louis Business Journal, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/morning_call/2013/11/beyond-sinquefield-who-else-is.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Beyond Sinquefield: Who else is funding the Show-Me Institute?</a>, November 15, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Guardian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/14/facebook-microsoft-rightwing-lobby-network-spn" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Facebook and Microsoft help fund rightwing lobby network, report finds</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Huffington Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/state-policy-network-kochs_n_4275899.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">CBS St. Louis, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/11/14/show-me-institutes-ties-questioned-in-new-report/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Show-Me Institute’s Ties Questioned in New Report</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Talking Points Memo, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/florida-conservative-group-helping-muck-up-obamacare-in-alaska" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Florida Conservative Group Helping Muck Up Obamacare In Alaska</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Mint Press News, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mintpressnews.com/reports-reveal-spns-secret-corporate-agenda-through-use-expert-testimony/172663/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Reports Reveal SPN’s Secret Corporate Agenda Through Use ‘Expert’ Testimony</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Media Matters, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/14/shadowy-right-wing-group-generates-media-covera/196906" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Shadowy Right-Wing Group Generates Media Coverage For Conservative Policy From Coast To Coast</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Institute for Southern Studies, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/11/are-conservative-think-tanks-breaking-lobbying-law.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Are conservative think tanks breaking lobbying laws?</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Nonprofit Quarterly, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/23239-corporate-money-in-network-of-right-wing-state-policy-think-tanks.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Corporate Money in Network of Right-Wing State Policy Think Tanks</a>, November 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Progressive, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.progressive.org/rightwing-think-tanks-push-privatization-in-the-states" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Right-Wing Think Tanks Push Privatization in the States</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Politico, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/koch-brothers-think-tank-report-99791.html?hp=l3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Report: Think tanks tied to Kochs</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Lawrence Journal-World, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/nov/13/reports-released-progressive-groups-critical-kansa/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Reports released by progressive groups are critical of Kansas Policy Institute</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Maine Insights, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://maineinsights.com/perma/report-maine-heritage-policy-centers-funding-connection-to-koch-brothers" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Report: Maine Heritage Policy Center’s funding connection to Koch Brothers</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Florida Current, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefloridacurrent.com/article.cfm?id=35282005" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Liberal groups bemoan lobbying by conservative think tanks</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Oregonian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/11/cascade_policy_institute_benef.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Cascade Policy Institute benefits from secretive donor group but says it operates independently</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Center for Media and Democracy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/2/25/SPN_National_Report_FINAL.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">EXPOSED: The State Policy Network, The Powerful Right-Wing Network Helping to Hijack State Politics and Government</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Arizona Working Families and CMD, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/arizona" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">A Reporter’s Guide to the Goldwater Institute: What Citizens, Policymakers, and Reporters Should Know</a>, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Progress Florida and CMD, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/florida" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Lawmaking Under the Influence of Very Special Interests: Understand the role of Florida ‘think tanks’ in driving a Koch-fueled, ALEC-allied corporate agenda</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Maine's Majority Education Fund, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/maine" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Fooling Maine: How national conservative groups infiltrated Maine politics by founding and funding the Maine Heritage Policy Center</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Progress Michigan, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/michigan" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Who's Running Michigan? The Far-Right Influence of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Alliance for a Better Minnesota, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/minnesota" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Who's in Charge: How Nationalized Corporate-Run Think Tanks Influence Minnesota Politics</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Progress Missouri, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/missouri" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute</a>, organizational report, updated November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Granite State Progress, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/new-hampshire" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Bad Bartlett: The Josiah Bartlett Center and NH Watchdog Answer the Call of the Koch Brothers</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">ProgressOhio, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/ohio" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Smoke Screen: The Buckeye Institute</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Keystone Progress, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/pennsylvania" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Think tanks or corporate lobbyist propaganda mills?</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Progress Texas, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/texas" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">TPPF + ALEC</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">One Wisconsin Now, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stinktanks.org/wisconsin" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">S is for Shill: Inside the Bradley Foundation's Attack on Public Education</a>, organizational report, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Muncie Voice, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://muncievoice.com/9357/glenda-ritz-pence-right-wing-are-taking-over-public-education/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Pence and Right-Wing Are Taking Over Public Education</a>, November 13, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Spokesman-Review, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/nov/02/shawn-vestal-idaho-freedom-foundation-pushes/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Shawn Vestal: Idaho Freedom Foundation pushes limits of word ‘charity’</a>, November 2, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">AZ Central, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.azcentral.com/insiders/ejmontini/2013/10/12/when-this-watchdog-pitches-taxpayers-lose/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">When this ‘watchdog’ pitches, taxpayers strike out</a>, October 12, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">IndyStar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indystar.com/article/BY/20131010/NEWS0501/310100044/Daniels-says-speech-to-partisan-group-was-a-mistake?nclick_check=1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Daniels says speech to partisan group was a mistake</a>, October 10, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Muncie Voice, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://muncievoice.com/8962/indiana-policy-review-not-an-independent-news-source/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Indiana Policy Review: Not an Independent News Source</a>, October 2, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Spokesman-Review, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/15/idaho-freedom-foundations-charitable-status/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Idaho Freedom Foundation's charitable status scrutinized</a>, September 15, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">CounterSpin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fair.org/counterspin-radio/tim-shorrock-on-north-korea-lee-fang-on-the-right-leans-in/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In'</a>, April 5, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">FireDogLake, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://my.firedoglake.com/cgibson/2013/04/04/state-policy-network/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network, an umbrella coordinating ALEC, Heritage, Heartland and others</a>, April 4, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Thom Hartmann with Lee Fang on MSNBC, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/conservative-state-policy-network-sneaking-your-state-will-change-america" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The conservative State Policy Network is sneaking into your state & will change America</a>, March 29, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Current TV "War Room", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXBQcrPx0aY" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Lee Fang discussing the State Policy Network</a>, March 28, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thenation.com/article/173528/right-leans?page=full" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Right Leans In</a>, March 26, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Democracy Now, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/19/donors_trust_little_known_group_helps" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Donors Trust: Little-Known Group Helps Wealthy Backers Fund Right-Wing Agenda in Secret</a>, February 19, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Paul Abowd, Center for Public Integrity, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2013/02/14/12181/donors-use-charity-push-free-market-policies-states" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states</a>, Consider the Source, February 14, 2013.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John R. Mashey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/sites/beta.desmogblog.com/files/fake2.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances, free of tax 2</a>, DeSmog Blog report, updated October 23, 2012, p. 74.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Urban Milwaukee, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2012/10/11/murphy%E2%80%99s-law-stealth-conservatives/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Stealth Conservatives</a>, October 11, 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Rome News-Tribune, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/20390910/article-ANALYSIS--Georgia-leaders-depend-on-the-same-well-for-ideas?instance=home_news_lead_story" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">ANALYSIS: Georgia leaders depend on the same well for ideas</a>, October 2012.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andy Kroll, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/state-policy-network-union-bargaining" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">The Right-Wing Network Behind the War on Unions</a>, Mother Jones, April 25, 2011.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Guidestar, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.guidestar.org/ReportOrganization.aspx?ein=57-0952531" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>, IRS filings and other organizational information about SPN.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Center for Policy Alternatives, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alecwatch.org/cpabrochure.pdf" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" https="https" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">ALEC and the Extreme Right-Wing Agenda</a>, organizational brochure about ALEC and SPN.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">John J. Miller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heymiller.com/2009/09/fifty-flowers-bloom/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Fifty Flowers Bloom: Conservative think tanks — mini–Heritage Foundations — at the state level</a>, National Review, November 19, 2007.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Bridge Project, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bridgeproject.com/?organization&id=275641&tab=grants" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" csvg="Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E" cpath="Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" c="C" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">State Policy Network</a>, online resource listing grants to SPN and SPN's connections to other groups.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=People_for_the_American_Way" title="People for the American Way" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">People for the American Way</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/state-policy-network" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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</div><div><div class="the-content the-content--single" style="box-sizing: border-box; min-height: 8em;">paul Gessing wanted to pop the top on the soda tax in Santa Fe, New Mexico. That was all. The president of the libertarian Rio Grande Foundation never planned to file a lawsuit against the city. But when Santa Fe elected officials accused him of violating a campaign finance ordinance and demanded to see his donor list, he thought he had no choice.  Rio Grande’s problem is nothing new. In fact, the John Locke Foundation and dozens of other nonprofits have faced and continue to face similar scrutiny from people and organizations opposing the nonprofits’ mission.Under federal law, organizations classified as 501(c)3 aren’t allowed to engage in political or campaign advocacy, while 501(c)4 entities may participate in lobbying and political campaigning — provided the majority of their work is focused on public policy and issue advocacy.  Although 501(c)3 nonprofits are prohibited from endorsing or opposing any candidate running for elected office, for decades they’ve been subject to much scrutiny under federal and local campaign finance laws.  The trouble for Rio Grande began in March, when Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales proposed a two-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages including soda, energy drinks, sports drinks, juice boxes, and even sweetened coffee. The revenue would fund a Pre-K program for the city, Gessing told Carolina Journal.  The tax was bad news, RGF policy analysts said. Beverage prices would explode. The cost of a soda 12-pack would nearly double. Low-income families would suffer.  On April 6, RGF <a href="http://www.nowaysantafe.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">released a website and video </a>voicing their concerns. The goal was to tell voters what would happen if they green-lighted the plan.  The same day RGF released the video, Gessing got a letter from the city’s attorneys.  “They said, ‘If you go ahead with this, you’re going to have to disclose your donors.’ And that’s when I kind of freaked out a little bit.” RGF had done nothing illegal by IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit standards, Guessing said. They weren’t campaigning on behalf of a candidate. They weren’t engaged in inappropriate advocacy.  “It was news to me. I was running around with my hair on fire for the next few days trying to figure out what to do going forward, because it was totally unexpected.” RGF violated a city law, passed in 2015, that forces nonprofits to disclose donor information if they campaign around ballot initiatives, city attorneys said. Gessing appeared before the city ethics board, where he was forced to disclose the nonprofit that produced the website and video, as well as the name of the donor who funded the project.  RGF decided to keep the website up but canceled plans for expensive postcard and social media campaigns.  Shortly after, Matt Miller, an attorney from the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute, called Guessing.  Santa Fe’s law was unconstitutional, Miller said.  “I told [Gessing] that we could challenge this law in federal court and have a good probability of winning.”  A lawsuit was filed.  The controversy surrounding nonprofit disclosure lawsArguments over nonprofits and donor privacy date back to 1956, when Alabama tried to force the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to turn over its bank records and donor information.  Alabama repeatedly claimed the NAACP was breaking a state law requiring foreign corporations to qualify before doing business in the state.  The nonprofit, based in New York, believed it was exempt from the law. Turning over its donor information would be dangerous to supporters and would deter future contributions, NAACP leaders said. A two-year legal battle ensued, until, in 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the NAACP, saying that Alabama’s demand violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.In 2010, Citizens United, a conservative 501(c)4, challenged the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, a 2002 law preventing corporations or union-funded political ads from airing within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of a general election. The law also required “electioneering communications” to display the name and address of the person or group that funded the ad.  The organization was blocked from airing a documentary about Hillary Clinton shortly before the 2008 presidential primary. Though the film was critical of Clinton, it did not explicitly tell voters to vote against her.  The Supreme Court voted, 5-4, in favor of Citizens United, ruling that government shouldn’t restrict speech for some corporations while exempting other corporations with media affiliations. The court did, however, maintain the BCRA’s donor disclosure requirement.  In 2014, Delaware Strong Families, a 501(c)3 religious nonprofit, planned to distribute a voter guide based on issues of interest. The practice is a common way for organizations to inform voters about where candidates stand on social and economic issues.  Under Delaware law, DSF was required to report the names, addresses, and contribution amounts of its donors, because the voter guide qualified as an electioneering communication. Not only was the state interested in who paid for the voter guide, it also wanted to see the names of any donor who contributed more than $100 to the nonprofit during the election period.  Broadening the ‘media exemption’ to include nonprofits  Both 501(c)3s and 501(c)4s are treated unfairly under campaign finance laws, <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/licensure/An+Informed+Citizenry+w+Imagery+FINAL+.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">a recent study</a> on nonprofit privacy shows.  The primary jobs of public policy organizations are analyzing legislation and informing the public of potential outcomes, said Jon Riches, director of national litigation and general counsel for the Goldwater Institute.  Such work is similar to that done by news outlets, but, unlike media organizations, 5o1(c)3s and 501(c)4s don’t receive the exemptions under campaign finance laws.  That’s a double standard, Riches told CJ.  Media organizations write opinions, endorse candidates, and accept money to print campaign ads. All of these activities could be classified as campaign and “electioneering communications.” Yet, to protect First Amendment rights, newspapers and networks aren’t held to account in the same way as nonprofits.  For example, the Gannett-owned Delaware News Journal exercises tremendous influence over public policy and political races. In the 2016 election, the paper endorsed candidates for governor, Congress, New Castle County executive, and Wilmington mayor.  But unlike DSF, which was scrutinized for its “electioneering communication,” the Journal was exempt from Delaware’s campaign finance laws.  Media exemptions protect First Amendment rights, but the criteria for those privileges are outdated, Riches said. Many modern news sources are owned by privately funded nonprofits. Additionally, the public turns to think tanks and public policy nonprofits to gather information, just as they would turn to a news network.  A paradox results. “A small nonprofit organization is subject to often onerous regulations whenever it speaks about policymakers or supports candidates and issues in the run-up to an election — while giant companies like Comcast, CNN, or Fox [News] can make movies, publish reports, and write editorials supporting or opposing those very same issues and candidates without facing any such restrictions whatsoever,” Riches writes in An Informed Citizenry: Broadening the “Media Exemption” to Include Nonprofit Communications.  No principled reason exists to treat public policy nonprofits differently than news organizations, especially since the purpose of the press exemption is preserving the collection and dissemination of information, he said.  That value doesn’t depend on the identity or corporate structure of the outlet.  “Some have argued that the institutional press should receive special constitutional protection not afforded to other corporations or associations because the institutional press is somehow unique,” Riches said. “These arguments are dangerously elitist.” Campaign finance laws enforce transparency and sometimes do, indeed, apply to news networks, countered Bob Phillips, executive director of Common Cause North Carolina.  Filing as a 501(c)3 or 501(c)4 doesn’t qualify an organization for a press exemption, Phillips said. Donor disclosures and other privacy regulations are determined by a nonprofit’s activities. For example, if a 501(c)4 campaigns on behalf of a candidate, it should disclose its donors.  Such laws exist to protect the public from corruption, Phillips said.  “The U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts throughout the nation have made clear that disclosure laws are a minimal burden on First Amendment activity and that they serve the very important public interest in maintaining a well-informed electorate,” he told CJ.  Courts should continue to apply a balancing test to Constitutional challenges, as in the Citizens United case, Phillips added.  But any law not “strictly tailored to campaign finance needs” is concerning, said Susanna Birdsong, policy counsel for the North Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.  “As ever we will oppose and challenge campaign finance reform laws that we believe are unconstitutionally overbroad,” Birdsong said. What’s next for the Rio Grande Foundation There’s a good chance RGF will win the lawsuit against Santa Fe, Miller said. On Aug. 24, the city filed an answer to the case, denying the foundation’s conclusion that requiring donor disclosure burdens a person’s right to free speech.   “The Rio Grande Foundation has alleged no facts that indicate that disclosure of its contributors’ names will subject them to threats, harassment, or reprisals from either government officials or private parties,” wrote Santa Fe attorney Kelly Brennan.  The case is on hold for several months while lawyers on both sides build their defense. No major developments are likely before the beginning of 2018, Miller said.  For now, Gessing and his staff are stuck waiting. “The idea of donor privacy is being totally undermined here,” Gessing told CJ. If foundation contributors sense a threat to their privacy, they will be far less likely to support RGF — or any other nonprofit. That’s a threat to free speech.  It’s one thing to have campaign or candidate oriented finance laws. It’s another to have ballot measure regulations, Gessing said. “You can always argue that there’s a quid pro quo with the candidate, whereas the ballot measure, pass or no pass, isn’t going to give us anything on the backside of the issue. We are purely involved in the ballot measure … because of principle.”  Perception is half the battle for conservative think tanks such as RGF, which are often branded as mouthpieces for the Koch brothers. This can sometimes evoke hostility from Left-leaning politicians.  Mayor Javier Gonzales, a Democrat, doesn’t necessarily have a vendetta against RGF, but the organization’s libertarian label hasn’t helped the situation, Gessing said.  “I think [city officials] were probably more gleeful in their enforcement than they would have been otherwise.”  The Constitution is clear on the issue, Miller said. Governments can’t silence nonprofits by threatening the privacy of their donors.  It is up to individuals to decide whether an organization is honest, he said.  “Groups may choose to make themselves very transparent to gain legitimacy. And it’s totally legitimate for listeners and voters to prefer messages from people who are totally transparent.” And, apparently, Santa Fe residents listened to RGF’s video and website. <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2017-05-01/soda-tax-rivals-spend-to-influence-final-vote-in-santa-fe" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">In May, the proposed soda tax fell flat among voters</a>.  Gessing only hopes his organization can continue to work as it should.  “We’ve been active and involved and taken positions on soda taxes before. It’s not like we just rolled out of bed one day and saw this tax and got … a big check from the soda industry and said, ‘OK, now we’ve got to do this.’”  “This is the core of what we do.”</div><div class="content-meta single-article__content-meta mt2" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 2em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">categories: <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/category/business-and-regulations/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Business and Regulations</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/category/cj-exclusives/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">CJ Exclusives</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/category/law-regulation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Law & Regulation</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/category/north-carolina/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">North Carolina</a>tags: <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/tag/campaign-finance/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">campaign finance</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/tag/first-amendment/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">First Amendment</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/tag/goldwater-institute/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">goldwater institute</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/tag/naacp/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">NAACP</a>, <a href="https://www.carolinajournal.com/tag/rio-grande-foundation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">rio grande foundation</a></div></div><div>=</div><div><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/850468446">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/850468446</a></div><div>
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</div><div><h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.2;">RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION INC</h1>ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102-3247 | TAX-EXEMPT SINCE SEPT. 2000<div class="profile-info" style="margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px rgb(255, 255, 255);"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px; list-style: none;"><li style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px; line-height: 16px;">EIN: 85-0468446</li><li style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px; line-height: 16px;">Classification (<a target="blank" href="http://nccs.urban.org/classification/NTEE.cfm" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">NTEE</a>)
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (Public, Society Benefit — Multipurpose and Other)</li><li style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: 0px 0px; line-height: 16px;">Nonprofit Tax Code Designation: 501(c)(3)
Defined as: Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn’t provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.</li></ul></div><div>
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</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="mw-parser-output" style="">Rio Grande Foundation is an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy" title="Economic policy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">economic policy</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_tank" title="Think tank" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">think tank</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a> affiliated with the U.S. nationwide <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Policy_Network" title="State Policy Network" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">State Policy Network</a>. It was founded in 2000 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Stratton" title="Hal Stratton" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Hal Stratton</a>, a former state representative and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_New_Mexico" title="Attorney General of New Mexico" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Attorney General of New Mexico</a>, and Harry Messenheimer, an economist then at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George Mason University</a>. Paul Gessing became president in 2006.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a>The group is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.The Foundation maintains a website and a blog called Errors of Enchantment, and regularly contributes opinion pieces to local newspapers, as well as publishing reports on state economic policy. The Foundation's president, Paul Gessing, has been featured on local talk shows and radio programs to discuss economic issues.<div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 7px; display: table;"><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Policy_goals" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Policy goals</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Activities" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Activities</a><ul style="list-style-image: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Government_transparency" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.1Government transparency</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Cabinet_expansion" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.2Cabinet expansion</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Albuquerque_streetcar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.3Albuquerque streetcar</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Rail_Runner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.4Rail Runner</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Eminent_domain" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.5Eminent domain</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.6Education</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Film_subsidies" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2.7Film subsidies</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#Freedom_Index" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Freedom Index</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Policy goals[</h2>The Rio Grande Foundation supports tax cuts and reduced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_spending" title="Government spending" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">government spending</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[4]</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_choice" title="School choice" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">school choice</a>, specifically by means of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_credits" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax credits" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">tax credits</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_vouchers" class="mw-redirect" title="School vouchers" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">school vouchers</a>;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[5]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[7]</a> It opposes the use of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminent_domain" title="Eminent domain" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">eminent domain</a> and supports expansive private-property rights.<h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Activities[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Government transparency[</h3><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">The Wall Street Journal</a> ran an article on January 19, 2009, outlining several allegations of state corruption in New Mexico and pointing to the state's lack of comprehensive ethics laws as a possible cause.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-WSJ-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a> On January 29, The Wall Street Journal published a letter by Rio Grande Foundation president Paul Gessing, suggesting that government transparency would improve New Mexico's political situation. Gessing pointed out that the legislature had failed to follow through with any of the proposed ethics reforms of recent years. He suggested that the legislature begin Webcasting its sessions to give citizens the opportunity to monitor their government's actions.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-WSJletter-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a>The New Mexico Watchdog was initially funded by the Rio Grande Foundation, and subsequently became affiliated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Center_for_Government_and_Public_Integrity" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity</a>.<h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Cabinet expansion[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cabinet expansion" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>In 2009, the Rio Grande Foundation president Paul Gessing criticized the creation of a Department of Motor Vehicles and Hispanic Affairs Department in New Mexico, an idea proposed in two bills introduced in the New Mexico legislature. In an interview with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_New_Mexican" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Fe New Mexican" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Santa Fe New Mexican</a>, Gessing said, "the last thing we need is to hire more highly-paid cabinet-level state bureaucrats."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-SFNM-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Albuquerque streetcar[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Albuquerque streetcar" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The Rio Grande Foundation "made a big splash" in its fight against a streetcar project in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque" class="mw-redirect" title="Albuquerque" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Albuquerque</a>; several members of the group spoke in opposition to the streetcar at the City Council, and the Foundation supported an anti-streecar group called Stop Wasting Albuquerque Taxes (SWAT).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Rail Runner[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rail Runner" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The foundation has been consistently opposed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Rail_Runner_Express" title="New Mexico Rail Runner Express" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">New Mexico Rail Runner Express</a> on fiscal grounds.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> Transportation policy expert and frequent critic of light rail <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randal_O%27Toole" title="Randal O'Toole" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Randal O'Toole</a> spoke on the subject of public transit at a 2010 event sponsored by the Rio Grande Foundation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a> In a 2011 report, the Foundation noted that early projected costs were far below its actual costs and suggesting that the subsidies it receives could produce many more passenger-miles if spent on other transportation projects; for these and other reasons including low daily ridership (an estimated 3,700 as of the second quarter of 2013<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a>), the report advocated the termination of the Rail Runner line.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Eminent domain[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Eminent domain" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The Foundation opposes eminent domain, and in 2006, Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing wrote an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">op-ed</a> published in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque_Journal" title="Albuquerque Journal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Albuquerque Journal</a> that criticized Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Richardson" title="Bill Richardson" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bill Richardson</a> for vetoing a bill to restrict the use of eminent domain.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-shocking-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Education[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The Rio Grande Foundation advocates <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_choice" title="School choice" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">school choice</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a> The Foundation has written frequently about perceived shortcomings in New Mexico's Lottery Scholarship Program.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a> The Foundation published report in 2012 and 2013 on the transparency and executive compensation at New Mexico's institutes of higher education.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a><h3 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 1.6;">Film subsidies[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Film subsidies" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h3>The Rio Grande Foundation has been critical of New Mexico's film tax credit program. Gessing argues that despite the visible gains of the policy, it places a greater tax burden on the rest of the state's taxpayers and it not a net gain.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a> It co-hosted a debate with the Motion Picture Association of New Mexico on January 1, 2011,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a> and was critical of a 2009 report rating the subsidy policy favorably.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a> Before the 2011 New Mexico Legislative Session the Foundation proposed a cap of $30 million on the industry credit; the credit was ultimately capped at $50 million.<h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">Freedom Index[</h2>The Rio Grande Foundation’s website hosts its Freedom Index, a legislative tracking tool that allows visitors to see the Foundation’s numerical ratings and written analyses of selected bills in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Legislature" title="New Mexico Legislature" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">New Mexico Legislature</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_note-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a> Legislators are not scored directly but receive scores based on their votes on bills that have been rated. The Freedom Index began in 2013.<h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_Grande_Foundation&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-parent 0 list-item 0; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-Charity_Ratings-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_Foundation#cite_ref-Charity_Ratings_1-0" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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</div><div></div><div>if you own land on the Southern border, Big Government may be coming for it.</div><div>
</div><div>“On Friday, the federal government filed its first land acquisition case to condemn nearly 13 acres of private property in the Rio Grande Valley, a parcel near the river levee in Hidalgo County. The owner was offered $93,449 in compensation for the land,” reported The Washington Post.</div>==</div></div></div></div>