The member organizations of Richard Berman’s Interstate Policy Alliance are not publicized. However, according to an Employment Policies Institute Grant Proposal Record dated November 10, 2015 in the Bradley files…
ALEC MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER THIS “LEGISLATOR OF THE WEEK” AWARD
Every week the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), together with the right-wing FreedomWorks, announces a “Legislator of the Week.” This week, as the fate of Roy Moore, the GOP…
Dispatches from COP23 Climate Change Summit in Bonn
…from groups doing this around the world, from Ende Gelände here, from others in Latin America, in Africa. Mushrooming horizontal self-organizing groups, learning about each other’s campaigns and tactics, so…
Koch Demands Corporate Welfare From One of America’s Poorest Cities
The Koch Brothers talk a good game against “special-interest handouts” and “corporate welfare”—and support eliminating popular tax deductions that benefit the middle class—but they are happy to squeeze out every…
ALEC’s Corporate Sponsors Top Nation’s Lawbreaker List
Fourteen of the pay-to-play group’s biggest corporate funders are among the 100 worst federal violators since 2000 The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has earned a reputation as a leading…
This Group Helps Lobbyists Influence Public Officials. The Trump Hotel Is Hosting Its 2018 Gala.
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a controversial group that brings corporate lobbyists together with state legislators to formulate business- and Republican-friendly policies, will host its 45th anniversary gala at the…
Consumer Product Safety Commission Cracks Down on Flame Retardants Linked to Health Problems
…a major step forward in protecting our members from the harmful effects of these toxic flame retardants.” Other petitioners included the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Women’s Association, Consumers…
Voter ID Suppressed the Vote Exactly as Wisconsin Republicans Predicted
…27.5% of African Americans. Roughly 80% of registrants who were deterred from voting by the law, and 77% of those actually prevented from voting, cast ballots in the 2012 election….
Trump Ally Sinclair Moves to Consolidate TV Empire
…Ruddy, is a close associate of President Trump, filed a petition urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny the Sinclair-Tribune combination. One America News Network, a cable network that has…
ALEC’s Corporate Board Leads…in Federal Violations
The federal government has slapped eight of the American Legislative Exchange Council‘s (ALEC) known corporate board leaders with more than $6.2 billion in federal fines and penalties for misconduct or…
