…Georgia voters overwhelmingly rejected Amendment 1, 60-40, that would have allowed the state to intervene in “chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance.” This ALEC-style measure would…
“Independent” Women’s Group Backing Trump Skirts Law to Influence Elections
…that same period, Koch-controlled foundations gave IWF roughly $825,000. The investigation also unearthed an account of a meeting of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in July, at which…
Exxon and ALEC Running Illegal Lobbying Scheme, Watchdog Groups Charge in IRS Complaint
…ALEC ExxonMobil and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are running an illegal scheme to promote the oil giant’s climate denial policies and legislative agenda in violation of U.S. tax…
Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto
…lobbyists to ALEC meetings to advance its legislative agenda among pliable ALEC politicians. Monsanto is a known funder of ALEC and Bayer previously sat on ALEC’s corporate “Private Enterprise” Board,…
New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole
…way to divert cash from public schools to the private or quasi-private sector but with even less accountability. This comes in the wake of the numerous failures caused by ALEC’s…
Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use “Independent” Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters
…offered to help ALEC legislators “sell” corporate-backed alternatives to paid sick leave, equal pay, quality childcare, and workplace flexibility in their home states. IWV Spent to Help “War on Women”…
Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC
…Expedia funded ALEC as a one-stop shopping for state legislators to aid its corporate lobbying agenda or if there were specific bills Expedia’s lobbyists were backing through ALEC. At ALEC…
The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC
–A Special Report from Rep. Chris Taylor I walked into my sixth ALEC conference over a week ago as one of two familiar Wisconsin myths was being told by the…
AARP To Drop ALEC after Members’ Outcry
…120 private sector members that have publicly cut ties with ALEC since CMD launched the ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011. ALEC Has Worked Against AARP Members’ Health and Security While…
Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC
…and their families. The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that AARP has recently joined ALEC, and that it is a named sponsor of the ALEC annual meeting taking…