Times-Union: Secret funds, ulterior benefits
At least 13 Republican senators use GLOP money for college guidebooks that also serve as free publicity for the lawmakers
Taxpayers are footing the bill for election-year publicity for several Republican senators, who secretly steered state funds to a former top Senate aide to buy slick magazines featuring each lawmaker’s picture, a Times Union investigation has found.
At least 13 GOP incumbents in the Senate are directing tens of thousands of dollars to the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities to print special publications with their faces and messages on the cover, including batches produced for some of them this election year.
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