Draft: A legislator with an idea for a new law he or she would like the state to follow, or to change an existing law, asks the staff at the Office of Legislative Services to draft it into a bill. These ideas can be the lawmaker’s own, come...
READ MORESOME WILL TRY to spin this episode in partisan terms, but that’s the wrong way to look at it. Vukmir is the third-ranking officer for the American Legislative Exchange Council’s board, an organization that drafts model legislation for...
READ MOREThe Kochs are famous nationally for using their fortunes to advance causes that promote their interests or simply their philosophy, and increasingly they are getting involved in state legislatures. Invariably, their agenda is anti-worker...
READ MOREKilling that bill was a well-timed slap at conservative forces that are used to getting their way in the Legislature, such as Americans for Prosperity, the American Legislative Exchange Council and the state Chamber of Commerce.
READ MORESome Connecticut workers probably wish their new state law would come into effect earlier than 2017. But for the majority of other states, passing a minimum wage above $10 is a lofty goal in itself. The American Legislative Exchange Council...
READ MOREMeanwhile, conservative politicians and the American Legislative Exchange Council, another group funded partly by the Kochs, work against millennial voters with legislation designed to make it harder for students to vote where they go to school...
READ MOREIssue 4 was based on a model provided by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a national group backed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch that sponsors tea party candidates and pushes right-wing legislation in states...
READ MOREThe most startling part of the report – apart from the price of a steak and a shot of Senate Appropriations Chairman Don Shooter carrying around what appeared to be a bottle of bourbon — was that this open-bar soiree was a membership drive...
READ MOREThe American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, put on the event. The organization advocates for limited government, federalism and free markets. But critics argue ALEC is nothing more than a massive lobbying group that uses legislators...
READ MOREIt turns out the charter-school changes were recommended by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group supported by the Kochs. Kelley and Rhoades took the opportunity to add this outside group’s recipe to the...
READ MOREDemocrats have no say in Columbia, while the corporate-owned American Legislative Exchange Council, claiming a membership of 65 South Carolina legislators, exercises undue influence with their model legislation. Democrats must step forward. The...
READ MOREIt has been a long battle to get to this level of implementation — and the fight hasn’t ended yet. From Republicans’ initial resistance to repealing Obamacare in its entirety to their relentless effort to chip away at the law by targeting...
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