ALEC

EPA Chief and "Polluter's Tool" Pruitt Lied to Senate About Private Email Use

Conservatives Plot Their Course on the Rising 'Sea of Red' in State Capitals

Robert Faturechi, Pro Publica

Shortly after the November election, with the nation’s political attention focused on the Trump transition, an influential advocacy group met outside Washington to discuss how to leverage the extraordinary shift of power to Republicans in the rest of the country. The American Legislative Exchange Council — a nonprofit better known as ALEC —...

ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC's Upcoming Annual Meeting

Nick Surgey, PR Watch

ExxonMobil , facing multiple state investigations connected to its funding of...

US Chamber Works Behind the Scenes to Gut Whistleblower Protections

Jessica Mason

Efforts to gut the federal False Claims Act backed by the U.S. Chamber of...

State Efforts to Stymie Climate Action Drawn from ALEC's National Playbook

Pro-Democracy Group Warns of Secret Right-Wing Push to Rewrite Constitution

Shell Cuts Off ALEC, But Greenpeace Says PR Stunt Won't Save Arctic

'Dark Cloud' of ALEC Converges at Annual Corporate-Political Lovefest

Wisconsin Becomes 25th State with Anti-Worker Law on Books

In Blow to Unions, Anti-Worker Bill Heads to Wisconsin Governor's Desk

Wisconsin Workers Rally As Anti-Worker Bill Nears Walker's Desk

Newly Unveiled Texas School 'Reform' Proposals In Step With Right-Wing Agenda

'Supermajority'? GOP Poised to Gain Major Ground in State Legislatures

Corporate Victory Will 'Screw' Local Farmers as Amendment Passes in Missouri

ALEC's 2013 Plan: Sweeping Privatization of Education

Five Corporations Add Their Names to Growing List of Groups Dumping ALEC

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0 For 13: Beating ALEC

Good news, a bit. When the fossil-fuel-and-Koch-Brother-funded ALEC meets in Chicago this week, they'll have some explainin' to do to their corporate lackeys: Despite declaring their #1 priority the repeal or rollback of states' clean energy standards via the usual slimy disinformation campaign - like the model legislation ingenuously dubbed the "Electricity Freedom Act" - they failed in every state they hit. Alas, they're still at it. More on what they tried to do, how it failed, and what...