ALEC holds annual Spring Task Force Summit April 27 in Grand Rapids.
ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors
By David Armiak and Mary Bottari | at
Economy
Pruitt Plot Thickens: Koch Industries Bought Stake in LNG Giant Cheniere
By Don Wiener | at
Koch Industries bought a stake in LNG giant Cheniere during same period that EPA’s Scott Pruitt traveled to Morocco at taxpayer expense to promote LNG exports and rented a townhouse co-owned by the wife of its lobbyist.
ALEC Legislator Fast Tracks a Bill to Block Local Campaign Finance Ordinances in Arizona
By David Armiak | at
A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.
Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat
By David Armiak | at
The soda industry spent big backing soda tax foes.
Corporate Criminals Unleashed: Federal Penalties Imposed on Largest Corps Plunged During Trump’s First Year
By ExposedByCMD Editors | at
A New Violation Tracker Report
GOP Angles for More Campaign Cash, Less Disclosure
By Arn Pearson | at
Policy riders buried in tax and spending bills would let in more political money, less light.
ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite, Corporate Wish List at Nashville Summit
By David Armiak | at
ALEC States & Nation Policy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee December 6-8
GOP Tax Bill Will Trigger Fiscal Crisis, Conservative Group Warns
By Don Wiener | at
SPN group says a multitrillion-dollar bailout of cities and states will be needed if Congress eliminates the SALT deduction.
ALEC Corporate Members Lay Off Over 12,000 Workers in 2017
By Don Wiener | at
Pharma leads the way.
Tough Trade Talk Fades as Trump and Pence Toe the Koch Line
By Richard Eskow | at
When he was running for president, Donald Trump had very harsh words for deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the then-pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).