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Legislator of the Week: All ALEC State Legislators
This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council celebrates 45 years of legislators coming together to collaborate, learn, and work to create a better future for their constituents. Each week ALEC…
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Dan Reynolds
Dan serves as the Director of Public Affairs at the American Legislative Exchange Council. In this role, he directs the communications and outreach strategies of the organization and…
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The Williams Report, September 2018
Budget: Connecticut: Small Surplus Projected with Current Budget Two months into Connecticut’s fiscal year, the state’s budget chief is projecting a nearly $138 million operating surplus, driven…
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Congress to Stop States from Making Their Own Bets?
In 1992, Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) that effectively prevented any state from legalizing sports gambling unless the state had already legalized it.
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ALEC on Annual Meeting Speaker David Horowitz
Common Cause and Documented Investigations (an offshoot of the Center for Media and Democracy) have launched a corporate pressure campaign with the news that Verizon had ended its ALEC membership.
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The Latest Trends of Asset Forfeiture Transparency and Juvenile Justice
This State Factor examines trends across the states in Civil Asset Forfeiture reform, as well as in juvenile justice for the latest legislative sessions. It also examines the driving policy ideas…
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Legislator of the Week: Florida State Representative Amber Mariano
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Florida State Representative Amber Mariano. Representative Mariano serves District 36 in the Florida House of Representatives,…
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Jonathan Williams on the Lars Larson Show, 9/13/18
ALEC Chief Economist and Vice President of the Center for State Fiscal Reform Jonathan Williams joined the Lars Larson Radio Show to discuss Tax Reform 2.0, as well as recent…
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Telemedicine Apps Help Solve Supply and Demand in Healthcare
The mid-century ideal of a doctor arriving at the doorstep with a black bag and sitting at ones’ bedside sharing reams of advice is a rosy image many people long…
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FCC Proposes Rules to Help America Win the Race to 5G
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission released a proposed order to help the United States win the race to 5G. The order, if adopted, would limit the types of…
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ALEC Speaker Identification and Engagement Statement
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation’s largest and oldest voluntary membership organization of state legislators, recently hosted nearly 1,500 state legislators and stakeholders at the 45th ALEC Annual…
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Legislator of the Week: Texas Representative Dennis Paul
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Texas State Representative Dennis Paul. Representative Paul is currently serving his second term in the Texas Legislature. He is a lifelong area…
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Seattle Learned There’s No Brain Behind a Head Tax
In May, Seattle, Washington, enacted an employment head tax on large firms but then abruptly repealed the tax just weeks later after an alliance of businesses and labor unions voiced…
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The Pension Crisis is not a Black Swan Event
Close your eyes and envision a swan. What color is it? Most likely, it is a white swan. Because most of us go our entire lives coming across only white…
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Taxes Threaten Affordable Energy
Since 2013, new processes for extracting natural gas revealed a bountiful resource that burned cleaner, cheaper, and more efficiently than many alternatives. The natural gas boom has created thousands of…
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How Facial Recognition Technology Keeps Children Safe
Above all, parents want safety and security in schools when they drop their child off each day. Currently, anyone can walk into a school building, including people who intend to…
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