Investigating Power
…Governor’s action’s are part of a power struggle going on all over America, pitting corporate lobbyists, their legislative allies, and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), against popular efforts to…
…was most interested in the corresponding meeting of the American City County Exchange (ACCE), an offshoot spawned by ALEC in 2014 to spread ALEC’s ideas about “limited government, free markets,…
…Exxon used a charity, ALEC, to advance legislation of direct benefit to the company. According to CMD’s evidence, over a 17-year period, Exxon and its foundation spent more than $1.7…
…Trump nation with an ALEC land are actual people. But that is a sacrifice ALEC is always willing to make. See CMD’s reporting on the ALEC agenda this week here….
…to fill key positions in government including Koch Congressman Mike Pompeo, school privatizer and ALEC funder Betsy DeVos, and South Carolina Governor and ALEC stalwart Nikki Halley. The ALEC agenda…
…or public present. AFC has been a “trustee” level sponsor of ALEC and is a member of ALEC’s Education Task Force. AFC works alongside ALEC to push so-called “model bills”…
…ALEC corporations, including fracking operators, have worked through ALEC and state legislatures to try to supplant local democracy and preempt/prevent cities from regulating corporate activities. ALEC legislators who are members…
…Georgia voters overwhelmingly rejected Amendment 1, 60-40, that would have allowed the state to intervene in “chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance.” This ALEC-style measure would…
…that same period, Koch-controlled foundations gave IWF roughly $825,000. The investigation also unearthed an account of a meeting of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in July, at which…
…ALEC ExxonMobil and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are running an illegal scheme to promote the oil giant’s climate denial policies and legislative agenda in violation of U.S. tax…
