ALEC has named Jennifer Jura of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) as the new corporate chair for its task force that works to oppose action to tackle climate change.
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A Reality Check for “Charter School Week”
It’s “National Charter School Week” but it’s no week to celebrate given the billions spent and hundreds of millions squandered on fraud and waste by charter school operators.
ALEC’s 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot
Working in tandem with deep-pocketed corporations and funders like Koch Industries, ALEC is driving an agenda in the states you need to know about.
DCI Group Subpoenaed in Expanding Exxon Climate Denial Investigation
The investigation into ExxonMobil climate change denial continues as court filings show a subpoena has been issued to the PR firm, DCI Group.
ALEC Touted “Transparency” in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement
An unprecedented leak of millions of documents has revealed how some of the world’s most powerful figures hide their wealth from taxation and public scrutiny.
ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia
New Report by the Center for Media and Democracy and the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter.
CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week
In the spirit of national Sunshine Week, CMD has written a letter to ALEC and its state chairs calling on them to release basic information about their operations.
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
Part of an emerging national trend, the Wisconsin Senate voted along party lines to approve a bill that would prohibit local communities from issuing their own rules on plastic bags and other containers.
Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2015
ALEC continues to push a corporate-driven school privatization agenda through legislatures across the country.
Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village
How did an ALEC anti-union “model bill” end up in a small town in Illinois?