ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software.
Red States Are Suddenly Cracking Down on Squatters — Despite No Evidence of a Crisis
The legislative assault on housing-insecure Americans is being pushed by the corporation-friendly American Legislative Exchange Council....
by Matthew Cunningham-Cook | Aug 11, 2025
A Conversation with California Congressman Mark DeSaulnier About Bipartisan Climate Action
Guest contributor Alex Carlin spoke with U.S. Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D–CA) about the climate emergency and the need to push beyond partisan acrimony to restore healthy oceans with innovative solutions....
by Alex Carlin | Aug 08, 2025Prominent Right-Wing Groups Bankroll the Guru Behind the Texas Gerrymander
Major right-wing funders bankroll the GOP gerrymandering guru responsible for engineering new Texas maps to lock up MAGA control of the U.S. House of Representatives, an examination of tax filings by the Center for Media and Democracy shows....
by David Armiak | Aug 07, 2025Who Funds ALEC?
ALEC’s largest identifiable funder is the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, which funneled $3.6 million into its coffers between 2019 and 2024. Some of the funds were used to bankroll ALEC CARE, the pay-to-play group’s controversial voter management campaign software....
by David Armiak | Jul 18, 2025ALEC Brings Voter Suppression Activities Out of the Dark and Coddles Fossil Fuel Industry at This Week’s Annual Meeting
The American Legislative Exchange Council is bringing together state lawmakers, corporate lobbyists, MAGA followers, and right-wing operatives and funders at the four-star JW Marriott Indianapolis this week for its annual meeting, where once again it will strategize about how to further suppress the vote, prop up the fossil fuel industry, push Trump’s priorities, and more....
by David Armiak | Jul 17, 2025
