Investigating Power
…and promoting questionable research saying that the soda tax harms the economy. An ALEC legislator successfully preempted local food and nutrition policies with an ALEC “model bill” in Kansas. And…
…institutions who are funding an array of “think tanks,” union-busting shops, climate change deniers, and right-wing attack dogs. Major Funder of ALEC, State Policy Network, Federalist Society, and More The…
…in state capitals around the country. Bill Anaya, head of government affairs for Alibaba operations in the Americas, spoke at ALEC’s States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tenn., last…
…Capital Fund has spent over $70 million. The cash flows to what some scholars call a “troika” of organizations: the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the State Policy Network (SPN)…
…annual meeting that took place in Denver, Colorado in July 2017. The document does not account for the entirety of ALEC’s membership–since not all of ALEC’s members registered for the…
…a bathtub, cheerfully declines an interview as he breezes by. Daniel Turner, who worked for the education reform task force of the far-right American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), waves a…
…small educational savings account (ESA) program to all 1.1 million school children over time. The bill was based on an ALEC “model bill,” and the lead sponsor was ALEC member…
…Saine was awarded the 2014 ALEC “Legislator of the Year,” an award that seems to be a requirement for its top post. Despite his ALEC accolades, Saine’s legislative career in…
…Northern Santa Fe was listed as a “Trustee Level Sponsor” at the 2016 ALEC conference; the other railroads funded ALEC in previous years. Their funding makes this industrial sector among…
…Legislative Exchange Council, an industry-backed group that promotes industry-friendly “model” legislation, plans to hold its 45th anniversary fundraising gala at the Trump International Hotel on September 26, 2018. ALEC is…
