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  • More Than 300 State Legislators Sign Statement Expressing Disappointment over Senator Durbin’s Letter image

    More Than 300 State Legislators Sign Statement Expressing Disappointment over Senator Durbin’s Letter

    More Than 300 State Legislators Sign Statement Expressing Disappointment over Senator Durbin’s Letter Letter asserts Constitutional right for businesses, legislators to freely associate Arlington, Va., (UPDATED, September…

  • State Legislators, Supporters Show Concern  Regarding Inappropriate Outreach by Senator Durbin image

    State Legislators, Supporters Show Concern Regarding Inappropriate Outreach by Senator Durbin

    State Legislators, Supporters Show Concern Regarding Inappropriate Outreach by Senator Durbin Chicago, Ill. (August 9, 2013)— Following the distribution of an open letter to more than 300…

  • Hey Chicago, Whattya Say? Chapter 9 On the Way? image

    Hey Chicago, Whattya Say? Chapter 9 On the Way?

    When Detroit filed for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy, observers offered many reasons for the city’s dire fiscal condition. A very narrow discussion just about Detroit’s condition fails to tell the the truth that approximately 100 cities across America face profound fiscal challenges very similar in scope—even with more diverse economies and steadier population. In fact, Chicago is one of those cities.

  • State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago image

    State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago

    State Legislators, Business Leaders Meet in Chicago  American Legislative Exchange Council 40th Annual Meeting Promotes Collaboration, Participation in Policy Research Chicago, Ill. (August 7, 2013)—More than 1,200…

  • Senator Durbin Letter – August 6, 2013 image

    Senator Durbin Letter – August 6, 2013

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  • ALEC is Right | Tax Analysts image

    ALEC is Right | Tax Analysts

    This segment is from David Brunori’s latest column, “Sales Tax Holidays and Planet of the Apes,” from Tax Analysts.  This is reproduced with permission from Tax Analysts – www.taxanalysts.com. Please…

  • ALEC Is Right  | Tax Analysts image

    ALEC Is Right | Tax Analysts

    ALEC is Right | Tax Analysts By: David Brunori This segment is from David Brunori’s latest column, “Sales Tax Holidays and Planet of the…

  • Affordable Care Act Problems Multiply Part II: Fraud Concerns and Privacy image

    Affordable Care Act Problems Multiply Part II: Fraud Concerns and Privacy

    By: Tony Glosson Welcome to Part II of our two-part series on pressing problems with implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In Part I, we explored some general…

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    Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas Use Act

    Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas Use Act Summary: The purpose of this bill is to create the Intrastate Oil and Natural Gas and Use…

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    ALEC Chemical Policy Principles

    ALEC Chemical Policy Principles Mission: To promote human progress, health, and safety by advancing a free-and-open marketplace in which competition and innovation guide the development and application of…

  • Justice Safety Valve Act image

    Justice Safety Valve Act

    Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} {Section 1.} Title. This Act shall be known as the Justice Safety Valve Act. {Section 2.} Sentencing. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,…

  • Transparency and Accountability for Public Employee Bargaining Act image

    Transparency and Accountability for Public Employee Bargaining Act

    {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Definitions} (A) “Employee” means any individual employed by a public employer. (B) “Public employer” means any state or local government, government agency, government instrumentality,…

  • Short-term Credit Services Act image

    Short-term Credit Services Act

    Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1.  {Short Title} This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Short-term Credit Services Act.” Section 2. {Definitions} As used…

  • The California Non-Comeback image

    The California Non-Comeback

    A version of this post originally appeared on Real Clear Policy.  An old adage cautions, “if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.” Such is the…

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    Model Policies Annual Meeting 2013

    In August 2013, ALEC members met in Chicago to discuss and debate new model policies. Below is a full list of newly adopted policies from the 2013 Annual Meeting. All…

  • Sneak Peek: Lawsuit Reform for Competitive State Economies Being Released Next Week image

    Sneak Peek: Lawsuit Reform for Competitive State Economies Being Released Next Week

    The last quarter century has seen a significant decline in the number of legislators with law degrees, down to only 17.2 percent of legislators currently. Whether you think this is…

  • FCC Moves to Reform E-Rate Program image

    FCC Moves to Reform E-Rate Program

    By Jon Anzur The number of digitally-connected schools has increased 83 percent during the past 15 years, thanks in part to E-Rate, a $2.3 billion federal program centered on providing…

  • WATCH: The Benefits of Digital Learning image

    WATCH: The Benefits of Digital Learning

    In this video, Utah Senator and ALEC Digital Learning Subcommittee Chairman, Howard Stephenson, explains to 53 education leaders from 16 states how students and teachers benefit from digital learning…

  • Myth of the Day: Raising Tax Rates on the Rich will Not Harm the Economy image

    Myth of the Day: Raising Tax Rates on the Rich will Not Harm the Economy

    By: Kati Siconolfi, Nick Oswald, and Will Freeland As states consider fundamental tax reform this session, misconceptions about sound tax policy abound. Perhaps one of the most popular misconceptions is…

  • “Build Flexibility”: ALEC to Consider Cybersecurity Principles, NAAG Opposition, at Chicago Meeting | Communications Daily image

    “Build Flexibility”: ALEC to Consider Cybersecurity Principles, NAAG Opposition, at Chicago Meeting | Communications Daily

    Article reproduced with permission from Warren Communications News Inc. — www.warren-news.com or 800-771-9202. Please do not further redistribute this or post online without permission from Warren Communications News.   The American…