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Generations of Opportunity: Right to Work
See how policies like Right to Work are transforming states across the nation.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Addresses ALEC 44th Annual Meeting
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos talks educational choice at the 44th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
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ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week
Ken Ivory was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah in 1963. He grew up in Tempe, Arizona, graduating from McClintock HS…
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Emmett Talks Campus Free Speech in Michigan Senate
Shelby Emmett, Director of the ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech returned to her home state of Michigan and joined…
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ALEC Is Newest Member of Advisory Council of the Speaker’s Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs
Earlier this month, ALEC was invited to join the Advisory Council of the U.S. House Speaker’s Task Force on Intergovernmental…
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The Williams Report
Fiscal Arkansas: Ends Fiscal Year with $15 Million Surplus After unexpectedly high revenue from sales tax in June,…
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Release of the 2017 International Property Rights Index: On the (Property) Right Track
On July 11, the Americans for Tax Reform Property Rights Alliance released its 2017 International Property Rights Index, which…
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Spotlight on Federalism in Denver
As one of the ALEC guiding principles, federalism will take center stage at the ALEC Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado,…
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Postcards from Texas Part II
In 1842, Texans were just as wary of centralized government as they are today, a fact illustrated by a little-known…
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The Net Neutrality Day of Action Was A Flop
Companies large and small across the United States participated in yesterday’s day of action to protest the Federal Communications Commission’s…
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ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week
Representative Kim Coleman was born in New Orleans and spent her early childhood years in Louisiana and Texas. Before entering…
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Three (Quick!) Lessons for Legislators about Commercial Speech
Proceed with caution when limiting or compelling commercial speech, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) warns. “Government legislators and regulators should…
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VIDEO: Foreign Aid Explained
“What if I told you that one of the most effective weapons in America’s national security arsenal is also one…
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ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week
Representative Mike Nearman is currently serving his second term in the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing the 23rd district. Rep. Nearman…
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The Williams Report
Budget: Alaska: Alaska Legislature Will Likely quit for the Summer Without a Fiscal Plan, or Even a Capital Budget…
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Pension Obligation Bonds Could Unravel Pension Reform Victory
Issuance of POBs will negate the recent pension reform victory by shifting current pension costs to future taxpayers and gambling the commonwealth’s fiscal health on risky arbitrage.
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Federalism is the answer to political violence
About a month ago, on the way back to Texas after a week hiking in New Mexico, some friends and…
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Without Title II, is the Internet the new ‘Wild West’?
Without government regulation, some have argued, the Internet is like the Wild West. The idea is to paint…
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ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week
Representative Elijah Haahr grew up on a farm in southwest Missouri. He graduated cum laude in 2005 from Missouri Western…
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ALEC Applauds Michigan’s MPSPERS Pension Reform Efforts
This reform package preserves retirement security for existing and future employees while putting in place a more fiscally sustainable benefit for new workers. Both teachers and taxpayers win.