Investigating Power
…American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has kept Shea in a leadership role as its Washington State Chair despite major controversies. In November 2018, Shea found himself in hot water with…
…energy interests and sued to stop the emails’ destruction. The correspondence records led to national coverage of Pruitt’s close relationships with Devon Energy, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers trade…
…Dominion Energy Ohio, Duke Energy, and Marathon Petroleum Company Eshenbaugh was previously a lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute, and his lobbying firm represents two other ALEC corporate backers, Caterpillar,…
…Santiago to Madrid, was that I wanted to interview indigenous South American activists. I got lucky, as an amazing Paraguayan indigenous activist named Zunilda Flores agreed to tell me her…
…American Federation for Children. “It appears they actively recruited Native American families into unknowingly breaking the law (by using ESA at an out-of-state school) and now that the state has…
…cuts, orchestrated by Americans for Prosperity, the Koch machine’s grassroots operation. Charles Koch’s political network is usually well-represented at ALEC’s meetings. Close to 70 staffers from Americans for Prosperity, Stand…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is holding an “Inaugural Free Speech Dinner” with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a Christian Right litigation outfit, on December 4, the first day of…
…current Education Sec. Betsy DeVos’s son, Rick, was on the Student Free Press Association board as of 2017. Conservative outlets The American Spectator ($7,700 from CKF) and National Review ($6,000…
…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)…
…policy ideas in the states through reports, public hearing testimonies at state capitals, and, increasingly, in the media. Many of the right-wing policies are drafted as American Legislative Exchange Council…
