ConocoPhillips ramps up lobbying spending during fight over an $8 billion Alaskan oil project
ConocoPhillips spent $4.6 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 as it sought final approval for a delayed $8 billion oil project in Alaska’s federally-administered National Petroleum Reserve.
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Trump-endorsed Mooney beats McKinley in West Virginia primary battle between GOP incumbents
Rep. Alex Mooney raised $1.4 million and snagged a key endorsement from Donald Trump to win the GOP primary in West Virginia’s 2nd District.
OpenSecrets' Anna Massoglia at the National Press Foundation
On May 9, OpenSecrets Editorial and Investigations Manager Anna Massoglia spoke to the National Press Foundation's Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellows about tracking dark money.
See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
Bitter feuds and crypto ties: Inside one of the most expensive Democratic primaries (NPR) [Oregon's 6th Congressional District] race has made for the third most expensive House Democratic primary in the country, according to the nonpartisan, nonprofit group OpenSecrets. By Monday, the Democratic race drew more than $13 million in outside money, OpenSecrets reported.
