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Press Releases

"Secret Justice" Lawsuit Heard by Federal Judge, October 1, 2003

Texas Lawmakers Go Out of District for Election Funds, September 22, 2003

Prop. 12 Proponents Gave $5.3 Million To Politicians,  August 29, 2003

Are Bush's Big Bankers Fixing To BBQ Eliot Spitzer? ,  August 8, 2003

Pryor, Cornyn Must Disclose Stealth RAGA Donors, July 21, 2003

TPJ Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Rep. Canales' Court Delays, April 04, 2003

TPJ Files Complaint Against Texans for Republican Majority, March 31, 2003

Six Allied Donor Sources Give the TAB 23 Half of their War Chest, July 2, 2003 updated

29 Luddite Lawmakers Fail To File Computerized Campaign Reports On $3 Million In Political Donations, February 28, 2003

Did Insurance Industry Pay for TAB Ads?, February 18, 2003

Groups Ask Sen. Hutchinson & Cornyn To Co-Sponsor Free Air Time Bill, February 10, 2003

Letter to Pres. Bush from the Texas Ad Hoc Coalition on Judicial Nominees, January 2, 2002

Luddite PACs & Candidates Hide $8 Million In Political Funds From Electronic Disclosure, October 24, 2002

Studies Probe $66 Million That TX Gubernatorial Candidates Raised, October 2, 2002

Vote of No Confidence, August 27, 2002

Texas Groups Announce Opposition to Owen Appointment to Federal Appeals Bench, July 9, 2002 Also read:
     Coalition Letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy
     Talking Points on Texas Justice Priscilla Owen

‘Austin’s Oldest Profession’ Grows Older and Fatter, July 2, 2002

Foundations Award Texans for Public Justice $125,000 To Follow Money Trail in Texas, June 24, 2002

Lawsuit Targets "Secret Justice" By Texas Supreme Court , May 21, 2002

Wall St. Journal: Insurers Caused Insurance Crisis, April 11, 2002

Gov. Perry Misdiagnoses Causes of Doctors’ Insurance Woes, April 5, 2002

43 "Pioneer" Fundraisers Get Bush Appointments, March 5, 2002

Lawsuit Seeks Public Disclosure Of Court Delays, February 26, 2002
   -Background on Legislative Continuances-

Corporate Sponsors Flooded Cornyn’s AG War Chest, January 14, 2002

Despite President's Denials, Enron & Lay Were Early Backers of Bush, January 11, 2002

TPJ Receives $50,000 Soros Research Grant, December 20, 2001

TPJ Awarded Arca Research Grant, December 17, 2001

Tort Tycoons Poured Millions into 2000 Texas Elections, November 27, 2001

Group Urges Cornyn To Halt ‘Bundling’ Scheme, Disclose Campaign’s Secret "Patriots" & "Underwriters", October 31, 2001
   or download the pdf version

Read the Letter from TPJ to Cornyn, October 30, 2001
   or download the pdf version

Big Donors Enjoy Greater Access To Texas High Court, New Report Finds, April 24, 2001

Group Congratulates, Challenges Newest Texas Supreme Court Justice, March 14, 2001

Clerk Perks Spawn Hundreds Of Potential High-Court Conflicts, January 30, 2001

Lobby Expenditures Jump 13 Percent From 1998 to 2000, January 29, 2001

Bush Got $1.4 Million From Officials Whom He Appointed to State Office, October 24, 2000 

Texas Trails National Curve, September 25, 2000 

Texas Broadcasters Do Brisk Political Business During Primaries, September 20, 2000 

Alliance for Better Campaigns Launches GREEDYTV.ORG, September 14, 2000 

Texas Supreme Court Urged to Disclose All Its Clerks’ Perks, September 12, 2000 

Court Takes One Step Forward, One Step Back In Horizon v. Auld, August 24, 2000 

Bush’s Pioneer Fundraising Network Detailed in New Report, July 28, 2000 

Texas Supreme Court Silences Whistleblowers and Juries, June 29, 2000 

High Court Delivers Ruling Class Actions, May 11, 2000 

Texans for Public Justice Receives Court-Reform Grant, May 9, 2000 

Court Quickly, Unanimously Goes With Cash, April 13, 2000 

Cornyn Gives Aetna a Sweetheart Deal, April 11, 2000 

Supreme Court Fundraising Tops $11 Million, April 11, 2000 

Texans for Public Justice Announces New Research Grant, April 6, 2000 

Texas RAGA Event Smells Like Bad Government, March 30, 2000 

Did Chicken Droppings Fuel Wyly Attack Ad Against McCain?, March 6, 2000 

Wily Bush Donor Trashing McCain Record Himself Has Dubious Green Credentials, March 3, 2000 

Bush's Latest $100,000 "Pioneers" Profiled, February 28, 2000 

Throwing Stones From the Glass Mansion, February 9, 2000 

Bush's Texas Money Network Uncovered, January 20, 2000 

Texas Chemical Council Members Dump Toxins and Money, August 11, 1999 

Bush $100,000 "Pioneers" Identified, July 21, 1999 

Watchdog Group Calls on Bush to Release Names of $100,000 "Pioneers", July 19, 1999 - in an open letter, TPJ director Craig McDonald asks Bush to release the names of his network of campaign financers. 

Texas PAC Spending Leaps 20%, June 29, 1999

Forecast: Digital Sunshine Coming to Texas, May 30, 1999

Special-Interests Spend Up to $180 Million On Lobby Services in 1999 Legislative Session, May 20, 1999

Report Demonstrates Need For Electronic Disclosure of Campaign Money, May 14, 1999

Incumbents Wield Preemptive Fundraising Power, Apr. 21, 1999

Watchdog Group Criticizes Bush Plan to Dodge Presidential Spending Limit, Apr. 12, 1998

TPJ Releases Campaign Finance Reform Factsheets, Dec. 10, 1998

Texas PACs Give $56 Million, Oct. 15, 1998

Time For Texas Politicians To Join Information Revolution, Aug. 18, 1998

Tainted Supreme Court Justices Expand Tolerance of Judicial Bias, July 7, 1998

Smog Lobby Blankets Texas With Campaign Cash, June 9, 1998

Bush's Legislative Director Wins Hopwood Attorney-Fee Lottery, Mar. 25, 1998

Texas Supreme Court Fundraising Closely Tied to Court's Case Load, Feb. 23, 1998

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Caps Would Limit "Issue" PAC Money Laundering by Tycoons, Jan. 30, 1998 (13Kb)

Big Money Rules Texas House, Jan. 26, 1998 (14Kb)

Tobacco Baron Ghosts Haunt Cancer Society's 'Cattle Baron' Host, Sept. 18, 1997 (13Kb)

Governor Bush Should Return Campaign Cash from Tobacco Lobbyists, Aug. 28, 1997 (10Kb)

Three San Antonio Politicos Gone Loco for Tobacco, June 10, 1997 (16Kb)

Partisan Skew Revealed in Key Tobacco Votes, June 10, 1997 (16Kb)

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