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New Report Exposes "Big Ag's Gag Agenda"

Animal rights supporters hold up signs at a pork expo protest in June 2012. (Photo: Justin Norman/flickr/cc)

Defending Public Schools, Demonstrators Greet Betsy DeVos at ALEC Annual Meeting

Julia Conley, staff writer

Education Secretary promotes school vouchers in her keynote address to state legislators

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

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Pruitt is now the fifth member of Trump's cabinet to be caught having lied...

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

Robert Faturechi, Pro Publica

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Republicans have a two-thirds majority in the Pennsylvania Senate and can override vetoes by the state's Democratic governor. (Photo: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Meeting in private, enthused activists promise that the growing Republican...

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ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC's Upcoming Annual Meeting

US Chamber Works Behind the Scenes to Gut Whistleblower Protections

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

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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...

Newswire

Center for Media and Democracy

Exposed: Most CEOs Support Paid Sick Leave, Increased Minimum Wage, and More But Chamber Lobbyists Told How to "Combat" These Measures...

Center for Media and Democracy

Report Reveals the Dangerous Influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Climate Policy in Virginia

Center for Media and Democracy

"National School Choice Week" Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups...

Common Cause

On the Brink of a Constitutional Crisis

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Responds to Shell Leaving ALEC Over Climate Change Denial

Common Cause

Groups Add to Evidence in "Whistleblower" Tax Fraud Claim Against ALEC...

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Views

Mary Bottari, David Armiak

Trump Team, ALEC, Koch Industries Debate Gerrymandering the U.S. Senate in Denver

Michele Swenson

ALEC's Covert War on Democracy

John Nichols

The Right Way to Amend the Constitution

Alex Kotch

Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution

Lisa Graves

5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Education Choice

Jim Hightower

Laboratories of Democracy and the Mad Scientists of the Right

Candace Clement

Federal Court Delivers a Blow to Municipal Broadband

Dave Johnson

Did You Know That AARP Is A Paying Member Of ALEC?

Connor Gibson

ALEC in Indianapolis: ExxonMobil and the #WebOfDenial

Mitch Jones

The ALEC Attack on Solar Power

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