…the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). This reporter has obtained a number of internal documents from ALEC that provide a rare glimpse into how this corporate-funded lobbying group is attempting…
How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels
One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded
…is publicly known of which groups seeking to change Americans’ rights receive money controlled or directed by Charles and David Koch and their operatives. The foundation formally dissolved in 2013,…
Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment
An internal tracking document— obtained from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by the Center for Media and Democracy under Texas public records law — reveals the scope of ALEC’s…
Documents from Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims that ALEC Is Legislator-Driven
New documents released as a result of the Center for Media and Democracy’s open records lawsuit against American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) vice-chair Senator Leah Vukmir provide more evidence that…
Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians
…lobby groups — the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) — and lists among its members leading oil companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell and BP…
Big Telecom Bankrolls a National Network of Stink Tanks
Do ALEC Denials of Bill Tracking Signal an IRS Examination?
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has secretly lobbied for the adoption of its corporate-backed bills and tracked them for years, is likely anticipating or actually under an IRS…
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…RAI Services Company (Reynolds American Inc.) Altria Client Services Inc. Microsoft AT&T GlaxoSmithKline White Hat Ventures, LLC Giving $5,000 to $24,000: Kraft Foods Atlantic Trust Company Philip Morris Reynolds American…
Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda
…funding proposals detailing its coordination by The Guardian — was “launched by the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC . . . and housed in the Chicago-based Heartland Institute.” So…
Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups’ Intent to Lobby
…proposals are from 40 SPN members to the Searle Freedom Trust, a private foundation that funds right-wing groups such as Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans…