…With the U.S. House in Democratic hands, Koch, like other fossil fuel companies, is forced to play defense on energy issues, along with pushing back against Trump trade policies. Koch…
Koch Network Dominates SPN Annual Meeting Attendees
…organizations that are called upon to provide the academic legitimacy for right-wing policies in the states — some of which are introduced in state houses as American Legislative Exchange Council…
Revealed: ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force Legislative Members
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will hold its fifth annual Life Sciences Academy by invitation-only today through September 27 in La Jolla, California, and the Center for Media and…
Election Manipulators Use ALEC To Push Their Partisan Power Grabs Against Voters
This article was first published by Common Cause here. Last week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) held its annual meeting in Austin, Texas. At the conference, state legislators and…
ALEC Fails to Denounce Dangerous and Racist Views of Its Leaders and Members
It has been a banner week for extremist politicians linked to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC’s Washington State Chair, Rep. Matt Shea, promoted and maintained close ties to…
ALEC Doubles Down on Trump, Corporate Agenda at Annual Meeting in Texas
…ALEC Annual Meeting. The DeVos groups American Federation for Children (AFC) and Alliance for School Choice, along with private sector board member K12 Inc., have long been the drivers of…
Everything Is Bigger in Texas, Including ALEC’s Influence
Texas’s 59 legislators with ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will have a short commute to ALEC’s 46th Annual Meeting this week. “The Lone Star State” is home…
BREAKING: ALEC Plans “Confidential” Helicopter Border Tour in Texas for Board Members
For Immediate Release: August 9, 2019 Contact: Arn Pearson, arn@prwatch.org; David Armiak, david@prwatch.org; (608) 260-9713 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) will take its legislative board members on a “confidential…
Koch, Bradley Money Fuels Trump’s Right-Wing Echo Chamber
…July 14, Trump called for the minority freshman lawmakers, fierce critics of his policies, to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they…
Right-Wing Network Fights Proposed Wisconsin Minimum Wage Hike
…giving them academic credibility. Those studies are then reported on by Bradley-funded groups’ “news outlets,” latched onto by political advocacy operations like Americans for Prosperity, and echoed by legislative members…