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https://i0.wp.com/publicintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/casino.jpg?fit=1260%2C900&ssl=11260900Key findings: More than three-quarters of the $266 million given by the top 50 donors to ballot measure groups nationwide ahead of the 2014 elections came from corporations or business trade groups. Business interests among the top 50 donors were almost always successful, winning 96 percent of the time. Four out of every five dollars […]