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The Market-Power Renewables Act
The Market-Power Renewables Act Section 1. Intent The legislature finds that the current system of mandated purchase of renewable energy has created negative economic and…
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Lowering Costs in Water Infrastructure through Procurement Reform
A Strategy for State Governments Every year in North America, 300,000 water main breaks threaten the safety of our communities and place enormous financial burdens on states already struggling to…
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The Death Tax – Taxes on Death
By: Will Freeland and Matt Portu It has been said that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Thankfully, across the states it’s becoming less likely for Americans…
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Government Threatens Montanans Privacy
By: Representative Daniel Zolnikov, House District 47, Billings Heights We take privacy for granted. Too often we mistakenly assume that we are the only ones privy to our personal information.
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New Guide: Illinois Pension Reform is Possible
The American Legislative Exchange Council Center For State Fiscal Reform’s latest publication, Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for Government Pension Reform, offers a solution-based perspective that should be valuable…
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Ronald Coase, Titan of Economic Thought, Passes Away at 102
Ronald Coase, an economist hailed as one of the top 10 greatest economic thinkers of all time, passed away Monday, September 2, 2013, just shy of 103 years…
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Promises Made, Promises Broken – The Betrayal of Pensioners and Taxpayers
Comprehensive research into the funded status of state level defined benefit public pension plans reveals that public employee retirement promises are underfunded by $4.1 trillion. Combined, state public pension plans…
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Alaska’s Bold Pension Reforms
By Nick Oswald Unfunded pension liabilities are becoming a greater and greater threat to state budgets. However, the American Legislative Exchange Council’s publication, Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for…
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Massachusetts Targets Tech Sector for Revenue
With a pool of tech-focused firms and a slew of graduates from top-notch universities like MIT and Harvard, it’s no surprise that Massachusetts is home to a flourishing tech economy.
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Myth of the Day: Real Household Income Has Not Grown in the Last 20 Years
One key tax myth that drives much of the desire for redistribution is the notion that real household income is not growing for any group but the wealthiest Americans. The…
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Michigan Pension Reform: A Model for the Nation
Americans have become accustomed to hearing about unfunded liabilities generated by the various federal entitlement programs, but many state and local governments have serious public finance problems looming as well.
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Successful Pension Reform in Rhode Island
In ALEC’s latest publication, Keeping The Promise: State Solutions For Government Pension Reform, former State Senator Dan Liljenquist details how the state of Rhode Island successfully addressed its unfunded…
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Private Sector Strives to Close Digital Divide
The Internet is no longer a luxury—it is essential. The Internet brings not only all the modern conveniences—the ease of paying bills online or shopping from anywhere at anytime—but it…
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Medicaid Expansion: The Wrong Prescription for Virginia
Medicaid has fallen short of delivering proper health care to low income residents, and other expansions of Medicaid, done in a similar fashion to what is provided in the ACA, have fallen short of delivering the promised cost reductions.
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The Utah Pension Reform Model
At a time when nearly all state government pension funds are suffering from severe underfunding, there are a few bright spots that stand out. Utah is one such bright spot…
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American Legislative Exchange Council considers Washington’s new tax preference transparency law
This article written by Jason Mercier originally appeared on washingtonpolicy.org. This is reproduced with permission from Washington Policy Center. Please do not further redistribute this or post online without permission…
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New Release: Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for Government Pension Reform
By: Nick Oswald and Jonathan Williams. Detroit recently became the largest U.S. city in America to declare bankruptcy. While many factors contributed to this unfortunate reality, government pensions were a…
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Keeping the Promise: State Solutions for Government Pension Reform
Navigating the difficult waters of unfunded liabilities and public pension reform can be a daunting task, which is why the American Legislative Exchange Council Center for State Fiscal Reform has…
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Tax Neutrality Key to Pro-Growth Economy
One common accusation levied against the American Legislative Exchange Council is that we advance an agenda that is pro-“big business” or built on crony capitalism. This misunderstanding is based on…
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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.