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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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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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Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Ed Emery
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Missouri State Senator Ed Emery. Senator Emery represents the newly formed 31st District comprising Barton, Bates, Cass, Henry, and Vernon counties. He previously…
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Legislator of the Week: Nebraska State Senator Lou Ann Linehan
This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Nebraska State Senator Lou Ann Linehan. Senator Linehan was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 2016. She has been honored with several awards…
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FIRST STEP Act Temporarily Stalls, but States Continue to Make Waves on Laws Helping Ex-Offenders and Improving Public Safety
Yesterday, President Donald Trump and Jared Kushner met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions in order to evaluate the Senate’s willingness to move the revised version of the FIRST STEP Act…
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Legislator of the Week: Missouri State Senator Bob Onder
This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Missouri State Senator Robert (Bob) Onder. Senator Onder has served the residents of Missouri’s second Senatorial District in St. Charles County since 2015.
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Legislator of the Week: New Hampshire Representative Ken Weyler
This week, ALEC and Freedom Works introduce New Hampshire State Representative Ken Weyler. Representative Weyler is serving his 15th term in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, first elected…
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Ed Tech Spotlight: Western Governors University
Disruption in higher education has become a hot topic of late. With predictions about widespread university closure and speculation about which colleges will go down first, many have…
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Legislator of the Week: Ohio State Senator Bill Coley
This Week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Ohio State Senator Bill Coley. Senator Coley is serving his second full term in the Ohio Senate, representing the majority of Butler County…
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Legislator of the Week: Maine Representative Trey Stewart
This week, ALEC and FreedomWorks introduce Maine Representative Trey Stewart. Rep. Stewart is serving his first term in the Maine House of Representatives in the 147th district encompassing…
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ALEC ExxonMobil Statement
The American Legislative Exchange Council values partnership with ExxonMobil and stakeholders across the business community. Organization government relations strategies change over time, and we have valued ExxonMobil’s work and leadership…
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Resolution Supporting States Establish Transparency with the Cost of Legislation Affecting Regulated Utilities Be Shown as Line Items on Consumer Bills
WHEREAS, hidden costs of taxes, fees, and government imposed regulations are anathema to the very core of our system of government, to our beliefs of how a free people are…
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An Act Relating to Recovery Audits for Government Overpayments of Tax Dollars
Section 1. {Title} Section 2. {Statement of Purpose} (A) The Legislature finds that overpayments are a serious problem for state agencies given the magnitude and complexity of state…
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Criminal Justice Data Transparency Model
SECTION 1. Legislative Purpose and Findings a) The purpose of this act is to create a model of uniform criminal justice data collection by requiring local and state criminal justice…
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Public School Financial Transparency Act
Model Policy Section 1. {Title} The Public School Financial Transparency Act Section 2. {Legislative Declaration} (A) The Legislature finds that: (1) Taxpayers…
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Statement of Principles on School Safety and Security
The American Legislative Exchange Council recognizes the presence of violence every day in America’s schools. This school-based violence, much of it committed by our youth, speaks volumes about the current…
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Administrative Procedures Act
Section 1. {Short Title} Section 2. {Purpose} a. Rules shall be as simple and clear as possible. They shall achieve legislative goals effectively and efficiently. They shall not…
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Independent Performance Audits Act
Section 1. Short Title. (A) This Act may be cited as the “Independent Performance Audits Act.” Section 2. Definitions. (A) “Government” means an agency, department, office, officer, board, commission, bureau,…
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Resolution Opposing Government Involvement in Commercial Negotiations
Resolution Opposing Government Involvement in Commercial Negotiations WHEREAS, it is the mission of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to advance the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and…
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Executive Branch Public Advocacy Transparency Act
Model Policy Section 1. Preamble: WHEREAS, the Framers established, and the States ratified, the United States Constitution for purposes of protecting our rights and ensuring that citizens direct the course…