Category: In The News
Category: In The News (page 26)
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VIDEO: Jonathan Williams Discusses Rich States, Poor States on Tipping Point
Jonathan Williams, Vice President of the Center for State Fiscal Reform, discusses the 10th edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer Economic Competitiveness Index with Liz Wheeler. …
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VIDEO: Legislators Discuss Free Speech
Senator Leah Vukmir of Wisconsin, Representative Ron Simmons of Texas and Senator Kelly Hancock of Texas discuss the importance of free speech.
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VIDEO: What Does Free Speech Mean to You?
What does free speech mean to you? Hear what these folks have to say with the new free speech video from the ALEC studio.
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VIDEO: Ronald Lampard Discusses Freedom Caucus on OAN
Ronald Lampard, Director of the ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force, discusses President Trump, the Freedom Caucus and healthcare on Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler.
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States, Look Out: Don’t Let Licensing Boards Limit Access to Quality Care
Americans continue to experience an increase in the cost of healthcare, a trend largely advanced by the massive expansion of regulation triggered by implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Taxing Free Speech
Why should a small business owner be required to fund advertising for his competitors? David Gersenson and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy are demanding an answer from the Sleeping…
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Donor Disclosure or Donor Intimidation?
Who would have guessed the anti-slavery movement was once in danger of being intimidated out of existence? Throughout American history, politicians, policymakers and violent mobs have tried to expose donors…
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Priority-Based Budgeting is Right Solution for Wyoming
Wyoming can no longer afford to ignore the elephant in the room – budget shortfalls as far as the eye can see. Unfortunately, Wyoming’s fiscal problems will not improve by…
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2017 is Right-to-Work’s Watershed Year
Workers should have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they want to join or fund a union without fear of losing their jobs. With the recent adoption…
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VIDEO: Senator Leah Vukmir Announces ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech
The American Legislative Exchange Council has launched the Center to Protect Free Speech which will focus on three key areas: campus speech, donor privacy and commercial speech. Video created by Sarah…
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Reliving Campus Riots until They Respond Correctly: It’s Groundhog Day for State Legislators
On Wednesday night, protests at the University of California, Berkeley turned violent in response to a planned campus speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor at Breitbart. The unfortunate result was…
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The Case for School Choice
ALEC released the 21st edition of the Education Report Card on American Education which ranks states on their K-12 education and policy performance. Inez Feltscher Stepman, Director of the Education…
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The NH Advantage Grows with Right-to-Work
With the election of Chris Sununu as governor of the Live Free or Die state, New Hampshire may soon become the 28th Right-to-Work state. Lawmakers in Kentucky just passed legislation…
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A Monumental Week for Free Speech
This week’s events make it the perfect week to discuss free speech and the role the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Center to Protect Free Speech will play in the years…
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Incentivize Prescription Drug Policy by Encouraging Market Competition
The controversial and publicly scrutinized issue of prescription drug pricing is at the center of the debate about the high cost of healthcare in the U.S. and as a result,…
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How States Can Shape Obamacare’s Replacement
As Republicans prepare to hammer out the details of a replacement for Obamacare, governors and state insurance commissioners are asking for a seat at the table. Under the Affordable Care…
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Resolution in Support of Nonprofit Donor Privacy
WHEREAS, the first amendment of the United States Constitution protects an individual’s right to the freedom of speech and according to founding father Benjamin Franklin “is a principal pillar of…
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An Outbreak of Fiscal Responsibility in the States
For the second edition of its annual State of the States report, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Center for State Fiscal Reform reviewed each State of the State address given by an executive this legislative session.
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Are Millennials the Answer to Maine’s Declining Labor Force?
In recent years, millennials workers have shown an affinity for entrepreneurship.
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Intellectual Property: The Key that Unlocks Access to Medicines
It is widely acknowledged that IP rights contribute to the vitality of global economies—but what about the well-being of the world’s patients? As shown in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce…