…Exchange Council (ALEC), a corporate bill mill that has long pushed a library of anti-union measures. ALEC’s 2018 Union Recertification Act has its roots Wisconsin’s 2011 Act 10 bill, a…
ALEC Union Busting Proposal Defeated in Michigan Lame Duck
Michigan GOP Defies Voters, Rams ALEC, Koch Priorities Through Lame-Duck Session
…recertifications. Meekhof paid ALEC membership dues with taxpayer funds in 2009, during his tenure as a state representative. In 2015, he followed ALEC’s agenda and supported repealing prevailing minimum wage…
Truckers Run Over Railroads at ALEC
Occasionally there are major disputes among the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) corporations that set the corporate lobby front group’s legislative agenda. Thanks to ALEC, railroad members now pay to…
ALEC Lost Membership Worth Over $7 Trillion in Market Cap
…won’t ALEC publish a list of its members? What ALEC members wrote the current model bills and resolutions? Will the reality of ALEC’s shrinking popularity with corporations be discussed at…
AT&T Drops ALEC for Hosting Hate Speech
…telecom giants are concerned about the impact ALEC’s extremist policies and associations will have on their brand-sensitive customer base. Sprint left ALEC in 2012 after public uproar over ALEC’s promotion…
Wisconsin GOP Hopes to Pull Rug Out from Under New Governor, Rig Key Supreme Court Election in Lame Duck Session
…years ago when Justice Prosser quit the court. It is almost as if Walker is channelling right-wing political strategist and American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) founder Paul Weyrich who famously…
ALEC Embraces Trumpism, Climate Catastrophe, and School Privatization at Policy Summit
With the 2018 midterm elections now over, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) state legislators, lobbyists, and Koch operatives return to Washington, D.C. today for ALEC’s annual “policy summit” to promote…
How Tammy Baldwin, Target of $14 Million in Outside Spending, Sent the Koch Brothers and Their Minions Packing
…Used Vukmir’s ALEC Ties to Define Her Baldwin was the first candidate in a high-profile race that used the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to effectively frame her opponent as…
Koch’s New Super PAC Loses Six of Nine Incumbents in Key Targeted House Races
…where its candidate Leah Vukmir — an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) champion — got crushed by over ten percentage points by incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D). And AFP Action…
Wisconsin Nice Beats the Politics of Hate and the Scott Walker Money Machine
…put an end to Wisconsin’s role as a national petri dish for right-wing policies promulgated by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), including austerity budgeting, union-busting,…
