…Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), two important cogs in the Koch machine. Mackinac has long been one of the key groups leading the Michigan charge for the big ticket items on…
Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing’s War on Local Democracy
ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia
…more widely known. But Dominion Resources remains in ALEC, and Virginia lawmakers linked to ALEC continue attempts to block implementation of the Clean Power Plan. “ALEC helps large polluters in…
Lawyer Tormenting Scientists Revealed Working For Coal Company
…the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), where Chris Horner is also a Senior Legal Fellow. Both Arch and Alpha also fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), another…
CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week
…to their own legislative activities and interactions between ALEC legislators and ALEC corporations that undermine accountability.” In the letter, CMD wrote: As you know, the primary purpose of ALEC and…
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
…fortune underwrite ALEC in numerous ways making Koch money the biggest funder of ALEC. The total amount in millions that the Koch brothers’ company, foundations, and grantees have given ALEC…
House Republicans Get Secret Briefing from Koch Veterans Group
…the State Policy Network (SPN), which is part of the infrastructure tied to the Koch-fueled American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). SPN is a network of state-branded groups that purport to…
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
…other parts of the ALEC agenda may be pushed in 2016 sessions. ALEC Education Bills Moving in States in 2015 State ALEC Bill State Bill Passed AK Founding Principles Act…
Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village
…drawn straight from the Koch playbook. Koch-ALEC “Model” Bill Rolled Out in Lincolnshire Materials included in the November 23, 2015 Lincolnshire Board of Trustees agenda packet included a report from…
Ohio Charter School Scandal Grows as Kasich Ascends National Stage
…(ALEC), touting “high quality” charters. That’s the post he took after he left the “Buckeye Institute” and before Kasich put him in charge of charters for the state of Ohio….
Ford Becomes Latest Major Corporation to Dump ALEC
…decision to stop funding ALEC, Ford executives are responding to consumer concern over its membership in the controversial, Koch-funded ALEC, which has both an extreme anti-worker agenda as well as…
