Posts by Paul Demko

MINNEAPOLIS — Corporate donors to the Republican and Democratic presidential conventions have spent more than $700 million on lobbying and contributed nearly $100 million to political campaigns since 2005, according to a report released today by the Campaign Finance Institute (CFI). The nonprofit organizations charged with raising money to put on the lavish celebrations in Denver and [...]

 The Minneapolis-St. Paul 2008 Host Committee is a nonprofit organization charged with raising millions of dollars to produce an eye-popping, Republican party extravaganza in September. Under a contract signed with the Republican National Committee (RNC), the group is on the hook for roughly $40 million. The actual fund-raising target, however, according to the host committee, [...]