…least five states that would impose steep penalties on campus protesters who disrupt controversial speakers and weaken campus harassment rules, CMD previously reported. ALEC Embraces Christian Right ALEC has increasingly…
Wisconsin Governor Evers Signs ALEC-Inspired Bill to Criminalize Protest
…free speech and the right to assembly.” The law, now 2019 Wisconsin Act 33, echoes similar “critical infrastructure protection” model bills pushed out by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)…
Koch Invested $127.5 Million in Building Right-Wing Infrastructure in 2018
…(ALEC) model bills and introduced by lawmakers — almost all of whom are Republican — into their respective state houses. ALEC received $300,000 from CKF in 2018, and another $34,000…
Revenue for State Policy Network and State Affiliates Tops $120 Million
…at hearings or through the production of “studies.” That legislation is often drafted as model bills by corporate lobbyists and lawmakers at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In recent…
Anti-Protest Bill Heads to Wisconsin Gov. Evers
…or water company property a felony punishable by up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine. AB 426 was inspired by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s “Critical…
Koch Network Dominates SPN Annual Meeting Attendees
…(ALEC) model bills — while most of the associate members are national groups. The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) obtained an “attendee roster” of those registered for the 2019…
Bill to Criminalize Environmental Protests in Wisconsin Heads to the Assembly Floor
The Wisconsin State Assembly will convene for the first time this fall today to consider a bill backed by the oil industry and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) that…
Backlash Against Koch Agenda Leads to Recall Drive Against Alaska Governor
…49,000 petition signatures in early September for an application to recall Governor Dunleavy, substantially above the needed number. In response, Dunleavy ousted ALEC’s Donna Arduin as his state budget director…
Revealed: ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force Legislative Members
…the pharmaceutical industry’s role in the opioid crisis. ALEC does not disclose its members or, in this case, its meeting. Unlike the ALEC Annual Meeting held in mid-August, the Life…
Wisconsin Legislators Seek to Criminalize Climate, Environmental Protests with Latest Bill
…Exchange Council (ALEC) and the Council of State Governments over the last two years to prevent future protests like the one against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The bill would expand…