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The Antiquities Act’s Potential for Executive Abuse Unites Conservatives and Progressives Alike
In recent years, the executive branch has used the Antiquities Act to place restrictions on federal lands without the approval…
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The World Turned Upside-down … Again
On October 25, 1774, the First Continental Congress started a movement that would ultimately turn the world upside down. With…
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States Have Been the Cultivators of Sound Criminal Justice Policies
For more than a decade, states have plainly demonstrated that prisoner reentry programs can have long-term positive impacts on communities…
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Rent Control Will Not Fix California’s Housing Crisis
On October 8th, California Assembly Bill 1482, which caps rent increases statewide at 5% plus inflation until 2030 and covers…
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State Legislator of the Month – VA Del. Tim Hugo
This month, we want to highlight Virginia Delegate Tim Hugo as the ALEC-FreedomWorks State Legislator of the Month for October.
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Lessons from Puerto Rico’s Struggles with Debt and Unfunded Pension Liabilities
In a recent press release from the congressionally-appointed Financial Oversight & Management Board (FOMB) for Puerto Rico, the board…
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Jonathan Williams and Skip Estes in Issues & Insights
An op-ed from ALEC policy experts Jonathan Williams and Skip Estes breaks down States of the States: An Analysis of…
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Solving a Perceived Privacy Problem: How the Market Reacts to Innovate Solutions in the Absence of Government Action
Markets innovate in the absence of government action. The Federal Communications Commission attempted to regulate Internet Service Provider (ISP)…
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DC Circuit Affirms Consumer Control Over the Internet
The American Legislative Exchange Council applauds the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to affirm a light-touch regulatory approach for…
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Jonathan Williams in The Hill: Alaska’s Budget Battle
In his latest piece, ALEC Chief Economist Jonathan Williams explains the current budget battle taking place in Alaska. Families…
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Standards are Policy, and They Change the Way We Live
State legislators are keenly aware of the public policy choices they face every day. They are also well tuned to…
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State Legislator of the Month – TX Rep. Tan Parker
For his constant leadership as a Texas State Chair, and for his continual work on sound state policies – such…
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Denying Pension Realities?
A recent paper published by the Brookings Institution claims that “there is no imminent ‘crisis’ for most pension plans.”…
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Michael Slabinski in Washington Examiner
Worker freedom activists have one more reason to celebrate following a key decision in the Last Frontier.
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New Model Polices from Annual Meeting
American City County Exchange Prohibition on Paid Union Activity (Release Time) by Public Employees Ordinance This ordinance prohibits “release…
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Is Congress Valid?
“Is Congress valid?” This was the question one of my bright, young American Federalism students at Utah Valley University…
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Anna Parsons in The Hill
In her latest piece in The Hill, ALEC Policy Coordinator Anna Parsons writes that a ban of facial recognition technology in…
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An Evidence-Based Market of Ideas
Those developing public policy related to technology or innovation almost predictably have an interest in science, technology, entrepreneurship, creativity and…
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Great Success at the Great Lakes Policy Academy
From August 6th – 8th, ALEC hosted the Great Lakes Regional Tax and Fiscal Policy Academy at Northwood University in…
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State Legislator of the Month – MI Rep. Brandt Iden
It is often said that states are the laboratories of democracy. But they also compete with one another to get…