…of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). In the current Wisconsin fight, The Badger Institute, formerly known as the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, commissioned a “policy brief” through Marquette University’s…
ALEC Says “Strike!” Just Do It Without Unions
…teacher pay by Republican controlled legislatures — ALEC’s core constituency. ALEC is a corporate bill mill that brings together global corporations and state politicians behind closed doors to write state…
Kochs’ Dark-Money Network Bankrolls Campus “Free Speech” Group
…Industries. Speech First recently joined the State Policy Network, ALEC’s sister group of “think tanks” that provide academic legitimacy for ALEC’s corporate-sponsored legislative agenda in the states. (1) JEP also…
Franklin’s Right-Wing Watchdog.org Rebrands as The Center Square
…the State Policy Network (SPN) — a web of right-wing “think tanks” and tax-exempt organizations that often provides a veneer of academic legitimacy to ALEC bills. A 2017 investigation by…
Comcast Is Latest Telecommunications Company to Drop ALEC
…the sort of toxic, inflammatory claims ALEC has embraced” and leave ALEC. Following that campaign, Verizon, AT&T, and Cox Communications all quit ALEC. Comcast received ALEC’s State Chair of the…
Corporate-Funded Groups Continue Campaign to Cripple Public Sector Unions
…“studies” to back the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) agenda. Bradley Foundation grants to SPN “affiliate” and “associate” members stretch back decades and amount to approximately $133 million, according to…
ALEC Teams up with Anti-LGBT Alliance Defending Freedom to Promote So-Called “Campus Free Speech” Bills
…for signing the bill. ALEC’s Ties to Hate Groups ALEC’s ties to hate groups and extremists are on the rise. ALEC continues to seat Washington Rep. Matt Shea as a…
How the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity Hijacked Alaska’s Tax and Budget Hearings
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), and a number of other Republican governors. Alaska’s Senate Democrats strenuously objected to the unusual arrangement with AFP and called on Governor Dunleavy to cancel…
ALEC’s Washington State Chair Discussed Violence, Surveillance Against Constituents
…and surveillance of left-wing activists, as revealed by The Guardian. Rep. Shea is the Washington state chair for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and has served on its Civil…
Trump Appoints Stephen Moore, ALEC’s Favorite Economist, to Fed
…2014 ALEC Annual Meeting; he “talked ideas and policy” at the 2015 ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit; he had a “terrific time with dedicated state legislators” at an ALEC…