The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meets this week in Austin, the capital of the Lone Star State, for its 46th Annual Meeting at the posh JW Marriott hotel.
Education
Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus “Free Speech” Group
Speech First may look like a student group, but its staff and PR firm are paid for by the Koch operation’s DonorsTrust.
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills
The noted hate group is also a dues-paying member of ALEC, CMD has found.
American Federation of Teachers Targets Mass Incarceration, Private Prison Profiteers
2.7 million school children have an incarcerated parent.
Meet Scott Beightol: Anti-Worker Corporate Lawyer and Scott Walker’s Lame Duck Pick for UW Board of Regents
Scott Beightol defends corporations accused of racial, gender, and age discrimination, and employers who want to deny workers medical and family leave.
Billionaire Eli Broad Takes Public Education Private
Eli Broad is one of several mega-billionaires who have spent hundreds of millions on education think tank research and charter schools, shaping current trends in what they call education reform.
ALEC Embraces Trumpism, Climate Catastrophe, and School Privatization at Policy Summit
ALEC state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. today for ALEC’s States & Nation Policy Summit to promote an agenda only fossil fuel companies could love.
Wisconsin Nice Beats the Politics of Hate and the Scott Walker Money Machine
Holy mackerel! Tony Evers will be the next governor of Wisconsin!
Goldwater Institute’s Influence Apparent in AZ Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down Prop. 207
The unprecedented ruling was made possible thanks to controversial moves by Gov. Doug Ducey and his GOP allies in the legislature over the past two years.
ALEC Sets the Table for Gerrymandering, Union Busting, Protecting Fossil Fuels, and Privatizing Schools
ALEC’s annual meeting in NOLA continues war on workers and voters, with Janus v. AFSCME victory lap and pro-gerrymandering resolution.