Tag: ALEC
Anti-regulation law, favored by Kochs, used to sue Wisconsin Education Agency
The Dairy State is once again serving as a test case and battleground for the implementation of the Koch agenda.
ALEC, corporate-funded bill mill, considers model state bill cracking down on...
“We are concerned this Bill would target peaceful protests in certain contexts, such as protests which focus on environmental rights, imposing disproportionate penalties on protesters.”
Former head of energy, environment at ALEC, Todd Wynn, hired by...
Wynn's new job at Interior will parallel his past role at ALEC.
A corporate supercell spawning a hailstorm of special-interest legislation
Protecting corporate profits and power by overruling democratically made local policies is a crime that's easily understood and loathed by nearly all Americans.
Infighting, legal questions slow ALEC push for second constitutional convention
Documents reveal a new legal analysis that casts serious doubt on claims that ALEC is within striking distance of calling a convention to propose amendments to the Constitution.
Trump team, ALEC, Koch Industries debate gerrymandering the US Senate in...
Right-wing extremists want to roll back the clock to enable Republican state houses and Republican governors to hijack at least 10 U.S. Senate Seats held by Democrats.
ALEC’s push for a constitutional convention reaches Wisconsin
The risks of a constitutional convention in this day and age far outweigh the benefits.
Pruitt emails reveal communications with ALEC and Koch groups
After Pruitt became attorney general, he stayed engaged with ALEC on energy and environmental issues.
Billionaires are tampering with our constitution
A corporate-backed lobbying group is pushing a slate of amendments to transfer power from people to big business.
ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting
Exxon is represented on the ALEC corporate board, and has funded ALEC since as early as 1981, providing at least $1,730,200 between 1998 and 2014.
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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ slashes healthcare and food aid while delivering massive tax cuts...
New CBO analysis confirms steep losses for poorest Americans under GOP-backed plan as Medicaid, SNAP, and public programs are gutted to fund tax cuts for the top 1 percent.
Elon Musk has the blood of 19 Kentuckians on his hands
DOGE cuts are killing Americans.
More than a dozen US officials sold stocks before Trump’s tariffs sent the market...
Ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the markets.
Department of government chaos, revenge, and patronage
And MAGA, in the end, is just a load of DoGCRaP
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.