At its 45th annual meeting of legislators and corporate lobbyists, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) members will vote on a resolution to defend the right of politicians to keep hand-picking their voters.
“Not a single item in ALEC’s agenda would reduce pollution or protect the environment. In fact, they all do the opposite.”
This week the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a secretive free-market lobbying group that brings together conservative politicians and major corporate interests, is holding its annual policy summit at the Hyatt Regency in the nation’s capital. On Thursday, ThinkProgress ventured down to the scene to try and get into the Energy,
Americans United For Life (AUL) is the «ALEC of abortion,» a bill-mill creating model anti-abortion legislation that has passed in state legislatures nationwide.
On a mild afternoon last April, Randy Grau, a Republican representative from Edmond Oklahoma, took to the state House to argue in favor of Senate Bill 1848. The bill, later signed into law, regulates standards for abortion centers and requires abortion
Grassroots efforts will likely push a recount on an amendment to Missouri’s bill of rights that favors the interests of corporate agriculture.
AUSTIN, Texas --- On Aug. 5, Missouri residents voted on the state’s Right-to-Farm, Amendment 1, a new addition to the state's bill of rights. The results were extremely close: 498,751 voted in favor of the new amendment, while 496,223 opposed
MintPress was there as activists gathered in Dallas to protest ALEC’s persistent attacks on democracy.
DALLAS --- We'd gathered at Eddie Deen's Ranch to interrupt the American Legislative Exchange Council at dinner. I was wearing a pink cowboy hat, temporarily inducted into the CODEPINK Posse, an effort organized by the local branch of the well-known national rabble rousers for peace. About 30 of us stood along the sidewalk outside the Ranch,
A Breitbart News Network correspondent fabricates an encounter with real CODEPINK Dallas protesters amid American Legislative Exchange Council conference.
DALLAS -- In his recent article "Code Pink Stages Mini Protest at ALEC National Conference," Breitbart.com's California correspondent Jon Fleischman fabricates an encounter with an activist, erases a full day of anti-corporate
According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General, Exxon dumped 57,000 gallons of contaminated water in a 2010 incident.
Exxon Mobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy will have to face criminal charges for allegedly dumping tens of thousands of gallons of hydraulic fracturing waste at a Marcellus Shale drilling site in 2010, according to a
