A wave of tech companies, including Microsoft, Yahoo, Yelp, and Facebook, have all distanced themselves from the American Legislative Exchange Council and its conservative politics. But one tech company with a relatively progressive history on...
READ MOREThe conservative think tank known for flooding state legislatures with its agenda is starting to think locally
READ MORERupert Murdoch’s News Corp., Occidental Petroleum, International Paper, and Overstock.com are the latest corporations to say they have left the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) after a wave of technology companies led by Google...
READ MOREWith Yahoo becoming the latest company to cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council in a matter of days, it’s official: ALEC has lost favor with tech giants.
READ MOREWASHINGTON – Just hours ago, Google co-founder Eric Schmidt denounced the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as liars on the nationally-syndicated Diane Rehm Show. This move comes two weeks after over 50 organizations...
READ MOREA majority of the Senate voted to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour recently, yet the bill failed to clear the 60 vote hurdle necessary for passage — thanks in no small part to the political power of the National Restaurant...
READ MOREFor a few days in March, the American Enterprise Institute welcomed scores of business and political leaders to a private annual meeting at a resort on the Georgia coast. But only those who attended know what issues were discussed, strategy...
READ MOREFor decades, city and state governments have seen contracting as a cost-saving panacea. But past experience has left some of today’s policymakers more skeptical.
READ MOREOn the state level, legislators pay a nominal annual fee to become ALEC members, enabling them to attend ALEC conferences, schmooze with deep-pocketed sponsors, discuss draft legislation, and “vote” alongside their corporate partners...
READ MORESome powerful players are coming to the aid of ALEC board member Thom Tillis, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives who seeks to challenge Democrat Kay Hagen for her U.S. Senate seat. The North Carolina race could determine...
READ MOREThe Israel trip was part of more than $200,000 that various industry and special interest groups have expended to pay for shuttling, lodging, food and activities — including golf — for Missouri lawmakers on trips to New Orleans, California, Utah...
READ MOREOn April 15, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) published the 2014 edition of its annual “Rich States, Poor States” economic competitiveness ranking, which claims to be “a forward-looking measure of how each state...
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