…lobbyists to ALEC meetings to advance its legislative agenda among pliable ALEC politicians. Monsanto is a known funder of ALEC and Bayer previously sat on ALEC’s corporate “Private Enterprise” Board,…
Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto
New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Black Hole
…way to divert cash from public schools to the private or quasi-private sector but with even less accountability. This comes in the wake of the numerous failures caused by ALEC’s…
Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use “Independent” Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters
…offered to help ALEC legislators “sell” corporate-backed alternatives to paid sick leave, equal pay, quality childcare, and workplace flexibility in their home states. IWV Spent to Help “War on Women”…
Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC
…Expedia funded ALEC as a one-stop shopping for state legislators to aid its corporate lobbying agenda or if there were specific bills Expedia’s lobbyists were backing through ALEC. At ALEC…
The Anti-Transparency Agenda Hailed Inside ALEC
–A Special Report from Rep. Chris Taylor I walked into my sixth ALEC conference over a week ago as one of two familiar Wisconsin myths was being told by the…
AARP To Drop ALEC after Members’ Outcry
…120 private sector members that have publicly cut ties with ALEC since CMD launched the ALEC Exposed investigation in 2011. ALEC Has Worked Against AARP Members’ Health and Security While…
Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC
…and their families. The Center for Media and Democracy has learned that AARP has recently joined ALEC, and that it is a named sponsor of the ALEC annual meeting taking…
Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC
Centaur Gaming, which runs casinos, horse tracks, and off-track betting parlors in Indiana, was not previously known as a funder of ALEC, but is a Vice Chair-level sponsor of the…
ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting
…reducing carbon pollution. Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Mike Pence is due to speak at the ALEC event on Friday. Exxon is represented on the ALEC corporate board, and has funded ALEC…
Black Lives, Blue Lives, and the Fight Over Criminal Justice in America
…together to fight the legislation, ALEC cancelled its criminal justice task force and disavowed its bills. But ALEC has not worked to repeal the laws still on the books. Milwaukee’s…
