“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025.
In a North Dakota Courtroom, the Battle for Standing Rock Continues
Greenpeace and the owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline square off in court....
by Winona LaDuke | Feb 20, 2025
GOP and Koch Groups Want to Slash Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts
In launching a $20-million campaign last month to persuade Congress to extend President Trump’s first-term Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Charles Koch’s astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, boasted about making the largest investment of any other conservative group in support of Trump’s second-term legislative agenda....
by Don Wiener | Feb 14, 2025Who is Brad Schimel, the Extremist Running for a Seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court?
Schimel, a Republican, previously served as Wisconsin’s attorney general from 2015–19. He has held close associations with several right-wing organizations and taken far-right positions on hot-button issues from abortion to guns, health care, and the J6 rioters who attacked the Capitol....
by Tom O'Connor | Feb 13, 2025ALEC Publishes Its Own Project 2025 — for the States
“Now, more than ever, is the time for states to lead.” This assertion by leaders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) opens the organization’s Essential Policy Solutions playbook for 2025. ...
by Colleen Scerpella | Feb 10, 2025Utah Outlaws Collective Bargaining by Public Employees as Part of a Broader Assault on Unions
The Utah Senate passed a House bill on Thursday that would outlaw public sector collective bargaining. Once signed by the governor, it will usher in one of the country’s most severe and restrictive rollbacks of union rights in recent memory. ...
by Juliana Broad | Feb 07, 2025
