/tags/campaign-spending campaign spending en-US Copyright Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:25:12 GMT /politics-government/2023-12-04/new-california-campaign-finance-laws-havent-had-much-effect-in-shasta-county Despite a 2019 California law limiting donations to political candidates, money is still pouring into upcoming elections in Shasta County. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:25:12 GMT /politics-government/2023-12-04/new-california-campaign-finance-laws-havent-had-much-effect-in-shasta-county Roman Battaglia /politics-government/2022-05-27/money-wars-special-interests-spend-big-in-california-primary Independent expenditure committees funded by special interest groups are spending millions of dollars to make their picks in the California primary. In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated. Fri, 27 May 2022 13:10:26 GMT /politics-government/2022-05-27/money-wars-special-interests-spend-big-in-california-primary Ben Christopher /politics-government/2022-04-25/conneticut-billionares-influence-in-shasta-county-curbed-with-new-state-law This upcoming June primary is the first chance to see the effects of new local campaign finance limits in California set by Assembly bill 571. Shasta County provides a window into how local elections are impacted by the change. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 12:41:42 GMT /politics-government/2022-04-25/conneticut-billionares-influence-in-shasta-county-curbed-with-new-state-law Roman Battaglia /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-11-04/ashland-screens-film-on-corporate-coup You can brush off the idea that America is run by corporations, but consider this fact: the money corporate America spends on lobbyists is now more than… Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:02:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-11-04/ashland-screens-film-on-corporate-coup The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-26/oregonian-connects-lax-campaign-laws-to-lax-pollution-enforcement Oregon's state constitution provides broad protections for free speech, somewhat broader than the federal constitution. One of the results is the great… Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:11:22 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-26/oregonian-connects-lax-campaign-laws-to-lax-pollution-enforcement The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-10/ventsday-heat-wave-climate-state-campaign-controls The high temperature in Medford hit 105 Monday, 26 degrees above what is considered "normal" for the date. So let's talk weather and climate in… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-10/ventsday-heat-wave-climate-state-campaign-controls Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-02-26/ventsday-internet-voting-timing-campaign-contributions Should making it easy to vote include voting via the Internet? And while we're on the subject of voting, should there be new limits on WHEN political… Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-02-26/ventsday-internet-voting-timing-campaign-contributions Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-09/ventsday-local-action-on-global-warming-money-in-politics We do not schedule guests for Wednesday at 8:30, because that's the time for VENTSday, your chance to vent (politely, please) on a pair of topics in the… Wed, 09 Oct 2013 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2013-10-09/ventsday-local-action-on-global-warming-money-in-politics Geoffrey Riley