It has been a banner week for extremist politicians linked to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC’s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, promoted and maintained close ties to…

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It has been a banner week for extremist politicians linked to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC’s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, promoted and maintained close ties to…
…closed-door session on Friday, denounces the Green New Deal as “socialist” and “un-American,” and calls instead for an “American Clean Energy policy” that is “technology neutral” and “doesn’t pick winners…
Texas’s 59 legislators with ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will have a short commute to ALEC’s 46th Annual Meeting this week. “The Lone Star State” is home…
…profound influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Texas. The report comes as ALEC prepares to hold its Annual Meeting in Austin tomorrow, where legislators and corporate lobbyists…
For Immediate Release: August 9, 2019 Contact: Arn Pearson, [email protected]; David Armiak, [email protected]; (608) 260-9713 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will take its legislative board members on a “confidential…
Pillars of the soda industry Coca-Cola and Pepsi have dropped out of the Plastics Industry Association (PIA), which uses the front group the American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA) to lobby…
…came.” All four are American citizens, and three of the four were born in the United States. Since then, Trump has doubled down on the attacks, saying the lawmakers “hate…
…giving them academic credibility. Those studies are then reported on by Bradley-funded groups’ “news outlets,” latched onto by political advocacy operations like Americans for Prosperity, and echoed by legislative members…
…grants for “Workplace Freedom Efforts” include: Americans for Fair Treatment: $50,000 (newchoiceny.com) Association of American Educators: $50,000 Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: $100,000 (workerschoose.org) California Policy Center: $50,000 Center…
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has gone on the record as supporting the right of workers to bargain collectively, and even strike, for better working conditions — as long…