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Supreme Court Set to Review Forced Union Contributions from Teachers
Teachers’ unions, like other unions, spend a great deal of money engaging in explicitly political activity like lobbying legislators and supporting candidates. Teachers’ unions have so far represented the strongest political challenge to transformative education reform, such as charter schools, voucher programs and education savings accounts. Unfortunately, that clout is built, at least in part, on the forced contributions of teachers who do not necessarily agree with the actions of the unions.
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Public Reporting
The American Legislative Exchange Council is committed to transparency and proactively shares its tax documents with the public. Form 990 is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)’s designation for the tax…
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ALEC Certification
Certificate in Innovation, Efficiency and Accountability in Government The American Legislative Exchange Council is pleased to announce the opportunity for member certification in Innovation, Efficiency and Accountability in Government. As part of…
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Legislative Membership
For just $200 for a two-year membership, you can be part of America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state policymakers. ALEC brings together nearly one-third of the country’s state…
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Private Sector Membership
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the leading free-market organization for member-driven state policy solutions and exchange. ALEC provides public and private sector members with a collaborative forum to…
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Bard College: “Drone Sightings and Close Encounters with Airplanes on the Rise”
A recent study from the Bard College Center for the Study of the Drone evinces an increase in the dangers drones pose to manned aircraft since late 2013. Pilots…
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More Adults Have Access to Broadband Internet
Policy makers should be encouraged that more Americans are adopting different forms of broadband. Access to broadband, whether landline or mobile, is essential for education, ecommerce, health, and different industries driving success in this country. According to an American Legislative Exchange Council model resolution:
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Inez Feltscher to Breitbart: Washington Budget Deal Neglects Kids in Need
American Legislative Exchange Council Education and Workforce Director Inez Feltscher went on Breitbart News Daily with host Stephen K. Bannon to discuss a critical bipartisan failing in the recent budget deal…
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New CDC Guidelines May Lead to Patient Suffering
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted new draft guidelines for primary care physicians who prescribe prescription opioids to patients suffering from chronic pain. The…
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American City County Exchange
The American City County Exchange (ACCE) is America’s only non-partisan forum for local government officials who believe taxpayers should come first in every decision. Always putting their neighbors and constituents…
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Big Government Can Now Choose Your Neighbors and Property Value
The Omnibus budget bill contains a laundry list of items being funded, which continue the failed big government policies of the federal government. One of the most egregious items is…
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Susan Wagle
Kansas State Senator Susan Wagle (R-30) was sworn in as the 47th Kansas Senate President on January 14, 2012. She is currently serving her fourth term in the Kansas…
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Bill Howell
Under the leadership of Speaker William James “Bill” Howell, Virginia has become known for its sound fiscal management. While Washington deals with massive debts and deficits, Virginia has produced four…
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Jason Saine
Representative Jason Saine represents the 97th North Carolina House District which encompasses Lincoln County. Representative Saine is serving his third full term in the North Carolina House after being appointed…
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Mary Kiffmeyer
Senator Mary Kiffmeyer is a member of the Minnesota State Senate and currently represents Senate District 30, which includes parts of Hennepin, Sherburne, and Wright counties. She is currently serving…
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Lisa B. Nelson
Lisa B. Nelson is the CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a 50-year-old nonprofit think tank dedicated to the Jeffersonian principles of limited government, free markets and…
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Campus Protests Highlight Need to Protect Free Speech
Students at Yale and the University of Missouri have been exercising their First Amendment free speech right to protest—well—the right of others to exercise their right to free speech. Textbook…
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Massachusetts Caps Boston Students’ Potential by Restricting Charter Growth
Looking in from the outside, one would think this would be a great time to be a charter school operator in Boston. The city’s charter sector has garnered praise for…
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An “Unconscionable Decision”: League of Women Voters et al., v. State of Washington
Late last Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court denied all motions to reconsider its decision in a case last month that sent shockwaves through the state’s charter schools. Just earlier…
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Workforce Development
American businesses are increasingly worried about the quality of the workforce pool from which they will be hiring. Too few American students are graduating high school or college with the…