New Plan to Rein in Campaign Cash in Montana's Elections Draws Attention — and Skepticism

New plan to rein in campaign cash in Montana's elections draws attention — and skepticism

From 2008 to 2012, the two elections on either side of Citizens United, there was a 594% increase in independent expenditures, which went from $144 million to $1 billion.

Group aims to limit corporate political spending in Montana

For more than a decade, Montana has been at the center of debates about money in politics. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a century-old state law banning corporations from directly spending money in political campaigns. Now, an organization is proposing a novel legal approach that they argue could circumvent that ruling.I want to move back to a time where elections were elections, campaigns were campaigns, you knew what was being sa…

Former state leaders work to eliminate dark money from politics

Former Montana state leaders discuss a plan to eliminate corporate spending and dark money from local politics in a meeting on Wednesday morning.During the emet