Search
Displaying search results
-
Arizona Leads Again by Banning Union Release Time
With the explosion of remote work due to COVID-19 came managerial concerns about employees not working or even working another job during business hours. While workers have largely allayed…
-
Video: Making America Safe Again
This week on ALEC TV, ALEC Criminal and Civil Justice Reform Task Director Nino Marchese and ALEC Public Affairs Director Catherine Mortensen spoke with Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis, the…
-
Prosperity & Security from Below: America’s Natural Resources are Vital to the Economy
As inflation in the U.S. surges to 8.5%, the regulatory nightmare for two of America’s essential industries, oil and mining, is poised to exacerbate America’s…
-
President Biden’s Department of Education Wages War on Charter Schools
A recent regulatory proposal issued by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) takes aim at charter schools nationwide, marking the Department’s latest overreach on state-run education systems. The new…
-
Video: Western lawmakers fight the Biden Administration land grab
This week, Karla Jones, ALEC Senior Director, Federalism and International Relations Task Force and Catherine Mortensen, ALEC Director of Public Affairs, interviewed Western lawmakers to discuss how they are fighting…
-
ALEC in The American Conservative: State Pension Funds Gamble Workers’ Retirement On ESG
“If individuals believe in the cause of however they define ESG and they want to spend their own money and sacrifice their own returns and pay higher fees, God bless them,” Williams said. “But don’t put that on the backs of state workers and pensioners that are relying on those checks in retirement.”
-
ALEC in Kaiser Health News: Judge’s Ruling on the CDC Mask Mandate Highlights the Limits of the Agency’s Power
By Sam Whitehead and Julie Appleby APRIL 21, 2022 The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of this…
-
ALEC on Liberty Watch Radio: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Must Be Made Permanent
State Sen. Vince Leach of Arizona, chairman of the ALEC public Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, joined Tucson radio host Charles Heller on Freedom Watch Radio this week to talk…
-
ALEC in Daily Caller: EXCLUSIVE: States That Tax Less Have Better Economic Prospects, Study Shows
DAILY CALLER SAMANTHA RENCK April 18, 2022 States with lower taxes and less spending have a stronger economic outlook than states with higher taxes and more spending, according to…
-
2022 State Economic Competitiveness Rankings Reveal Taxpayers Voting with Their Feet
Top-ranked Utah and bottom-ranked New York tell story of migration into well-run states and exodus from poorly-run states Arlington, Va. – (April 18, 2022) The American Legislative Exchange Council…
-
Taxpayers Voting with Their Feet
2022 Rich States, Poor States Report: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index “The number one reason on census surveys that people give for moving from one state to another…
-
State Lawmakers Urge Congress to Permanently Extend 2017 Federal Tax Reform
Arlington, Va. – Today, members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) approved a new model resolution urging Congress to permanently extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA),…
-
Examining the Risks of No-Knock Raids
A no-knock raid in Minneapolis which resulted in the death of Amir Locke has reignited the conversation over how and when the controversial law enforcement practice should be utilized.
-
ALEC in Washington Times: Fighting to Protect Pension Funds from ‘Woke’ Investment Schemes
WASHINGTON TIMES By Sean Salai – The Washington Times – Tuesday, April 12, 2022 Conservative investors are becoming shareholder activists to battle what they call the “woke” gender and race…
-
ALEC on NTD News: Politically motivated investment schemes hurt retirees
ALEC Chief Economist Jonathan Williams was recently featured on NTD News talking about ALEC’s newest model policy STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PROTECTION ACT. Host Paul Greaney: The American Legislative Exchange…
-
New ALEC Model Policy Protects Retirees from Politically Motivated Investment Schemes
Arlington, Va. – The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) today released new model policy today, the State Government Employee Retirement Protection Act. This model strengthens fiduciary rules to protect…
-
Waste Not, Want Not: How Lawmakers Can Make the Most of Federal Infrastructure Funds
After significant pushback from US senators and 16 governors, the Department of Transportation has clarified its guidance on how infrastructure funds from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and…
-
ALEC in the Kennebec Journal: How a Soros-backed Group Seeks to Cancel ALEC
“The political left in this country is intent on silencing ALEC, canceling them from all public discourse for the simple reason that ALEC is effective.” – Richard H. Campbell, former…
-
ALEC on One America News: Bad Governors Double Down on Growing Government
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Policy joined One America News Network this week to share insights from the 2021 Laffer-ALEC Governors Scorecard ranking…
-
ALEC CEO Lisa Nelson to Young Women: Always take the cookie
So much of success is about having an open mind to different ideas and different ways of approaching things. With how fast things are moving in the fast-paced world we're living in right now, being prepared, being flexible and being able to pivot easily is important.