…reducing carbon pollution. Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Mike Pence is due to speak at the ALEC event on Friday. Exxon is represented on the ALEC corporate board, and has funded ALEC…
Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America
…together to fight the legislation, ALEC cancelled its criminal justice task force and disavowed its bills. But ALEC has not worked to repeal the laws still on the books. Milwaukee’s…
ALEC 2016 Agenda Boosts Charters, Coal, and Other Corporate Funders
…ALEC ally, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as his running mate, while his party’s 2016 platform was clearly stamped in the Koch-fueled ALEC mold. Pence Pushed ALEC Agenda in the Hoosier…
Koch Brothers’ Fingerprints Can Be Found All Over GOP Convention
…backers of ALEC and the member organizations, think tanks, and advocacy groups that aid ALEC for decades. Here are some of the Koch-ALEC policies and priorities reflected in the platform….
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About CMD
…that right and ensure those in power follow the law. Since CMD first exposed ALEC in 2011, more than 100 corporations have dropped ALEC, including Verizon, Ford, Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, General…
Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Special Report on Reentry and Following the Money
…documented, ALEC is a corporate-funded group where corporate lobbyists vote as equals on task forces on “model” legislation, and the Koch fortune is the biggest funder of ALEC, through various…
Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate Denial Network Funding
…Fund ALEC Missouri State Scholarship Fund ALEC Montana State Scholarship Fund ALEC New Mexico State Scholarship Fund ALEC Scholarship Fund-Arizona ALEC Texas State Scholarship ALEC Wyoming Scholarship Fund ALEC-MO Night…
ALEC Appoints New Chair To Climate Denial Task Force
…was ending its funding for ALEC. At least 108 corporations have quit ALEC since the Center for Democracy (CMD) launched the award-winning ALEC Exposed project in 2011. The Jura appointment…
A Reality Check for “Charter School Week”
…and standards of most public schools due to the way they were created through state legislation pushed by ALEC. Charter school proponents have diverted billions of taxpayer dollars from public…