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ALEC Calls for Privacy Solutions to Protect Consumer Choice
ALEC has long recognized the importance of online consumer privacy and, to that end, developed model policy to ensure consumers have choices for protection when they go online. On Monday,…
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Free-Market Principles Apply to Light Bulbs, Too
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded appliance-maker Philips $10 million for devising an alternative to today’s 60-watt incandescent light bulb. The Philips bulb sells for $50, yet a standard incandescent…
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ALEC Calls for Privacy Solutions to Protect Consumer Choice
For Immediate Release: Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 ALEC Calls for Privacy Solutions to Protect Consumer Choice Today the chairmen of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Communications…
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Safer Communities at Less Cost Part II
Criminal justice reform: The solutions In part I of this series, we examined the state of criminal justice systems across the nation, and the need for reform in…
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Safer Communities at Less Cost Part I
Criminal justice reform: Defining the problem Other than Medicaid, which area of state spending has grown the fastest over the past two decades? Transportation? Education? Legal Fees? None…
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Palm Oil – Fueling Economic Growth in the Developing World
In a decision that could have serious economic implications for Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries located within the narrow global band where oil palm is grown, the Environmental Protection Agency…
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ObamaCare Continues to Strain Small Business
A Gallup Poll released in February found that nearly half of small business owners pointed to potential healthcare costs (48 percent) as a reason for not hiring new employees.
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Common Cause Continues to Propose Absurd Conspiracy Theories
March 28, 2012 Common Cause Continues to Propose Absurd Conspiracy Theories: Grassroots, Bipartisan Opposition Drive Action Against Industry-Supported Individual Mandate The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments this week to decide…
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Statement on Center for Media Democracy/PR WATCH Wisconsin GAB Complaint
March 28, 2012 The Center for Media Democracy/PR WATCH recently filed a complaint in Wisconsin on the grounds that PhRMA donated $356,000 to a Wisconsin Scholarship fund for ALEC. In…
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New Report Highlights Hidden Problems of Government-Owned Networks
A new report highlights the budgetary challenges facing local governments that build government-owned networks (GONs) to provide broadband. The report is a good read and useful for anyone…
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Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act in Arizona
An article ran in Arizona earlier this week detailing Arizona’s history with ALEC’s Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act—which preserves the right of patients to pay directly for…
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ALEC Response to Krugman’s Erroneous Claims – 3/27/12
Contrary to a few politically-motivated and poorly researched editorials and blog posts, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) today is no longer involved with the private prison industry. Corrections Corporation…
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ALEC Response to Krugman’s Erroneous Claims – 3/27/12
Contrary to a few politically-motivated and poorly researched editorials and blog posts, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) today is no longer involved with the private prison industry. Corrections Corporation…
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All Cost No Benefit: EPA Proposes Carbon Dioxide Regulation for Power Plants
Today, the EPA has proposed a carbon dioxide standard for new power plants. The EPA blames carbon dioxide and other human emitted greenhouse gases for an increase in global…
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The Right Solutions to Prison Problems: How Texas’ good policy is spreading across the nation
By Representative Jerry Madden, TX For more than two decades, the motto shaping our criminal justice programs had been “tough on crime.” It is the mindset that led legislatures across…
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Former Mississippi State Chair Defends ALEC
A former representative and ALEC State Chair for Mississippi, Jim Ellington wrote a great defense of ALEC in a Letter to the Editor at the Clarion Ledger: “The truth…
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Health Care Freedom Makes a Big Impact in 2012
As the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this week challenging the federal health law, the states are continuing to promote ALEC’s Freedom of Choice in Health Care…
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ALEC Statement on “Stand Your Ground” Legislation – 3/26/12
Trayvon Martin’s death was a great tragedy that brings sadness to all of us. Our hearts go out to his family, friends, and community. It is a great shame that…
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U.S. Supreme Court Begins Hearing Oral Arguments on the Constitutionality of ObamaCare
Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 Email: kbuss@alec.org U.S.Supreme Court Begins Hearing Oral Arguments on the Constitutionality of ObamaCare Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2012) – Today the U.S.