This week, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) unveiled new documents showing the role that lobbyists for state chambers of commerce play in thwarting measures that American workers and,…
Unmasking the Chamber of Commerce Networks
Highlights of Luntz Poll of American CEOs Shows Broad Support for Progressive Policies
When considering American CEOs as a category, “empathetic” is not the first word that comes to mind. Yet, the fact that these top executives have empathy for their workers is…
Exposed: Most CEOs Support Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage, and More But Chamber Lobbyists Told How to “Combat” These Measures
…frontlines of the local opposition, working with other local affiliates of the National Restaurant Association, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and other corporate trade groups to slow or stop…
WAR on Voters: Big Money Streams into WI Supreme Court Race with No Disclosure
…was registered in April 2015 by Lorri Pickens, a former associate director of state operations for David Koch’s Americans for Prosperity (AFP) astroturf organization. A well-connected right-wing operative with a…
Flint Is a Casualty in the Right Wing’s War on Local Democracy
March 29, 2016–How did an American city’s water end up being poisoned with lead? This month’s hearing in Congress about the crisis in Flint, Michigan shed more heat than light…
ALEC Exposed: Corporate Polluters Undermining Clean Power in Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 24, 2016 Contact: Kate Addleson, (703) 963-5800, kate.addleson@sierraclub.org Report Reveals the Dangerous Influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Climate Policy in Virginia…
Lawyer Tormenting Scientists Revealed Working For Coal Company
…the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), where Chris Horner is also a Senior Legal Fellow. Both Arch and Alpha also fund the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), another…
CMD Calls on ALEC to Disclose Information during Sunshine Week
…the spirit of national Sunshine Week, the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has written a letter to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its state chairs (see list)…
Barring Plastic Bag Bans, another ALEC Law Takes Aim at Local Democracy
…was registered by the American Chemistry Council, the trade association for chemical manufacturers that merged with the American Plastic Councils in 2002. APBA also directs visitors to bagtheban.com, a site…
House Republicans Get Secret Briefing from Koch Veterans Group
…the State Policy Network (SPN), which is part of the infrastructure tied to the Koch-fueled American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). SPN is a network of state-branded groups that purport to…
