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ALEC in the Associated Press: GOP directs culture war fury toward green investing trend
BY SAM METZ ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 20, 2022 Republicans are coming out swinging against Wall Street’s growing efforts to consider factors like long-term environmental risk in investment decisions,…
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ALEC in Real Clear Investigations: It’s Conservative David vs. the Woke Corporate Green Giant
RealClearInvestigations By Ben Weingarten, May 17, 2022 Eight years ago, a holder of a modest amount of Apple stock found himself in the peculiar position of being told…
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ALEC in Orange County Register: To empower patients, price transparency is key
Orange County Register By LISA B NELSON and BROOKLYN ROBERTS | PUBLISHED: May 16, 2022 Across the…
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ALEC in the Albuquerque Journal: Give public lands to states for management
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL PUBLISHED: SUNDAY, MAY 15TH, 2022 AT 12:03AM BY KARLA JONES Last month, the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires…
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ALEC in the Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico behind in reducing youth incarceration
New Mexico behind in reducing youth incarceration Santa Fe New Mexican By Steven Greenhut May 15 New Mexico continues to have one of the nation’s highest rates of juvenile…
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ALEC in the Washington Times: Proponents of ESG see business as a type of social welfare organization
By Editorial Board – The Washington Times – Sunday, May 15, 2022 OPINION: Wall Street has gone woke up at its highest levels. Titans of American finance like BlackRock CEO…
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ALEC in Center Square: Businesses fail to find workers, and experts say federal policies have made it worse
By Casey Harper | The Center Square May 12, 2022 (The Center Square) – A new labor market survey found that a majority of employers, particularly restaurants, still cannot find…
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ALEC in the New York Sun: Biden Administration Moves Quickly To Counter Elon Musk’s Commitment to Free Speech
THE NEW YORK SUN Jonathan Hauenschild Monday, May 2, 2022 With the left about to lose…
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ALEC on Talkback Radio: Cutting Taxes Attracts New Residents
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy Jonathan Williams joined Talkback Radio host Chuck Wilder this week to talk about why some states thrive…
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ALEC in Deseret News: How Utah has had the nation’s best economy for 15 straight years
Instead of cowering to mounting pressure from the liberal media and outside states, Utah remained determined to forgo mandates and unnecessary government overreach and instead focused on personal freedoms and Utahns’ ability to make sound decisions
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ALEC in The American Conservative: State Pension Funds Gamble Workers’ Retirement On ESG
“If individuals believe in the cause of however they define ESG and they want to spend their own money and sacrifice their own returns and pay higher fees, God bless them,” Williams said. “But don’t put that on the backs of state workers and pensioners that are relying on those checks in retirement.”
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ALEC in Kaiser Health News: Judge’s Ruling on the CDC Mask Mandate Highlights the Limits of the Agency’s Power
By Sam Whitehead and Julie Appleby APRIL 21, 2022 The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of this…
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ALEC in the Deseret News: Why Utah leaders call this economic ranking for the state ‘monumental’
Utah’s economic outlook tops the nation for 15 years in a row By Katie McKellar Apr 18, 2022 For the 15th year in a row, Utah has again…
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ALEC on Liberty Watch Radio: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Must Be Made Permanent
State Sen. Vince Leach of Arizona, chairman of the ALEC public Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, joined Tucson radio host Charles Heller on Freedom Watch Radio this week to talk…
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ALEC in Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: States That Tax Less Have Better Economic Prospects, Study Shows
DAILY CALLER SAMANTHA RENCK April 18, 2022 States with lower taxes and less spending have a stronger economic outlook than states with higher taxes and more spending, according to…
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ALEC in Washington Times: Fighting to Protect Pension Funds from ‘Woke’ Investment Schemes
WASHINGTON TIMES By Sean Salai – The Washington Times – Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Conservative investors are becoming shareholder activists to battle what they call the “woke” gender and race…
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ALEC on Talkback Radio: California should not be able to dictate farm policies for entire country
Host Chuck Wilder: In 2018 California voters approved the Farm Animal Confinement Proposition, which sounds like a good idea, sort of like, we’re going to have a proposition where you…
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ALEC in RealClear Politics: ‘Great Opportunity Project’ Spreads Best State Economic Policies Nationwide
REALCLEAR POLITICS By Alfredo Ortiz & Jonathan Williams Next Monday is Tax Day, the last day for Americans to file their 2021 tax returns. This year’s Tax Day coincides…
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ALEC in Wall Street Journal: Conservative Group Wants to Stop State Pensions From Pursuing ESG Initiatives
WALL STREET JOURNAL April 6, 2022 State pension funds should be barred from considering social and environmental factors in their investment decisions, a conservative association said in a push…
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ALEC in the Kennebec Journal: How a Soros-backed Group Seeks to Cancel ALEC
“The political left in this country is intent on silencing ALEC, canceling them from all public discourse for the simple reason that ALEC is effective.” – Richard H. Campbell, former…