Corporate spending in state politics and elections can affect everything from your wallet to your health
- Written by Richard A. Devine, Assistant Professor of Management, DePaul University
From Alaska to Alabama, corporations spend money to shape their local business environments, resources and regulations. Douglas Rissing/ iStock / Getty Images PlusPolitical spending by corporations is big business.
As one corporate executive with experience in business-government relations says, “A company that is dependent on government...




