Wal-Mart latest to leave conservative advocacy group ALEC
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dumped its membership in conservative advocacy group ALEC ahead of what is expected to be a contentious annual shareholders meeting. …. In a Wednesday letter, Wal-Mart’s public...
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Following the money and influence for digital education
Patti Reid writes at The Revered Review: Call me silly, but I don’t want my representatives (do you hear this, Rep. Garrett and Rep. Frelinghuysen?) taking a pledge to an unelected official of a...
View ArticleALEC and Medicaid
Via DailyKos, MNDem999 posted an overview of ALEC’s agenda to privatize Medicaid, including ALEC’s stated objective: “The goal of health care public policy shouldn’t be to expand coverage but to have...
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You and I may know all about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — the corporate front group that spends millions of dollars a year co-opting state legislatures to pass business-friendly...
View ArticleWisconsin GOP is deleting corporate lobbyist emails, and it’s legal
Wisconsin’s GOP legislators are, according to PR Watch, “routinely deleting emails concerning their involvement with the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), exploiting a...
View ArticleMerck and Wells Fargo Dump ALEC, while Duke Energy Holds Out
Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and Wells Fargo, one of the largest banks in the United States, have joined 38 other major firms and cut ties with the American Legislative...
View ArticleWhat is ‘The United States of ALEC?’
via The Washington Post: Most people have no idea what ALEC, or the American Legislative Exchange Council, is or does, but everyone should. This week, Bill Moyers is helping get the word out with a...
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