…weakening democratic society by creating a forum where unelected corporate lobbyists actually vote in secret with legislators on bills that advance corporate interests but undermine their constituents opportunities for better…
Edelman Makes a Climate Change Pledge, But Forgets About ALEC
…quasi-independent voice for the policies of big polluters, hiding the true financial interests, which would continue to pollute the environment whatever the cost to our climate or human health, providing…
Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
…fancy word for the earned retirement pensions and health care obligations of the men and women who toiled in underground mines for decades building Peabody’s wealth. The operations that were…
Big Telecom Bankrolls a National Network of Stink Tanks
The State Policy Network’s Cozy Relationship with Big Tobacco
…Public Policy Americans for Tax Reform The Independent Institute Americans for Prosperity Foundation MP Plumbing Co. American Enterprise Institute Campaign Marketing Strategies U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Center…
Did ALEC Found SPN? 1991 Report Suggests So, Exposes SPN Agenda
…makes abundantly clear that ALEC’s role is to facilitate what most would define as lobbying. It quotes ALEC materials saying, “The cornerstone of the ALEC program is the forum it…
Guardian Documents Expose State Policy Network Groups’ Intent to Lobby
…Director Tracie Sharp peddled disinformation to The Guardian and other press outlets when she told them in a November statement responding to CMD’s report that SPN members are “fiercely independent,…
State Policy Network: The Stealth Network Dramatically Influencing State Law
… spoke at the 2011 ALEC Annual Meeting in a Workshop titled, “Rationing By Any Other Name: Medicare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board” OH Opportunity Ohio Task force membership Michael C….
SPN: Right-Wing Stink Tanks Pushing the ALEC Agenda in the States
…renewed efforts to privatize and otherwise alter pensions being introduced in 29 states in that year. Moreover, many SPN think tanks hold “legislative forums,” seminars, “policy previews,” “policy orientations,” etc.,…
Tracie Sharp: Bursar of Mystery Money and “IKEA Model” Materials to Stink Tanks
…many of SPN’s member organizations claim to be nonpartisan and independent, our in-depth investigation reveals that SPN and its member think tanks are major drivers of the right-wing, America Legislation…