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Unfunded Liabilities in State Pension Plans Total Nearly $5 Trillion, Threatening Taxpayers Nationwide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alexis Jarrett ajarrett@alec.org Unfunded Liabilities in State Pension Plans Total Nearly $5 Trillion, Threatening Taxpayers Nationwide Public…
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Unaccountable and Unaffordable 2019
Unfunded state pension liabilities total $4.9 trillion or $15,080 for every man, woman and child in the United States. State governments are often obligated, by contract and state constitutional law,…
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ALEC Statement on President’s Social Media Executive Order
After a week marked by protests, President Trump signed an executive order to regulate the promotion of free speech and debate on social media platforms. Below is our full statement.
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New EPA Rule Boosts Transparency, Stops Informal Regulation
Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new policy aimed at stopping informal regulation. While this new rulemaking was not headline news amid the pandemic, Americans should…
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ALEC Rejects Common Cause Corporate Intimidation
Karen Hobert Flynn Chief Executive Officer Common Cause 805 15th Street NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Dear Karen: I write in response to your letter…
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State Stay-at-Home Order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently struck down the state’s stay-at-home order that, among other things, forced businesses deemed “non-essential” to close. In the opinion, the court ruled that the…
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Six States Lead the Way in Easing Tax Burdens
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alexis Jarrett Email: ajarrett@alec.org Six States Lead the Way in Easing Tax Burdens ARLINGTON, VA – (MAY 19, 2020) Today, the…
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ALEC Legislators Make Their Voices Heard
This week, ALEC released a letter with more than 150 state legislator signers and nearly 1,400 additional leader and activist signers to say “no thanks” to a federal bailout.
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ALEC Strengthens Connection During COVID-19
In 100 years, America has weathered the storm of four pandemics. Today, we are in the midst of the fifth. One of the responses to the 1918 pandemic was to…
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A New Resource to Understand and Combat the Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Trade
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released Trade in Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Products, one in a series of joint OECD/European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reports to…
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May Day for Business
May Day for Business With emergency stay at home orders and business closure orders for Covid19 in every state, local law makers find themselves balancing a tight rope between…
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Empower States to Safely Open the Economy
To: President Donald J. Trump and State Leaders From: American Legislative Exchange Council and Partners 2900 Crystal Drive, 6th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202 Empower States to Safely Open the…
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World Intellectual Property Day Celebrates Innovation
April 26 was World Intellectual Property (IP) Day which launched a week of virtual events celebrating the sustainable technology made possible by IP. To mark the occasion, the International Property…
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Jonathan Williams Discusses Louisiana’s Budget and COVID-19
What should Louisiana do about its state budget and how can we avoid another fiscal cliff in the aftermath of COVID-19? ALEC Executive Vice President and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams…
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OPEB: The Trillion-Dollar Acronym
This article originally appeared in the March 23, 2020 edition of Tax Notes State. Upon hearing the term “OPEB,” most people look bewildered, not knowing that OPEB, short for…
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Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk: States Should Not Seek Federal Bailout
In their latest op-ed in The Hill, ALEC Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and Center for State Fiscal Reform Senior Director Lee Schalk explain…
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Will Legislatures Confront the Massive Growth in Executive Power?
When life returns to something resembling normal after the coronavirus lockdowns, state legislatures will be faced with serious questions. Putting aside for a moment the fiscal questions — how…
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Production Quotas: A Policy Cure Worse than the Disease?
For decades, the United States has feared a production quota from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that could drive up the global price of oil and spark a…
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Resources to Address Educational Challenges in the Face of Covid-19
Now that the lists of these resources have grown to rival the actual number of resources available, we hoped to compile them all in one central location to make it easier to find just what you need in these tiring times.
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In Illinois, Reckless Fiscal Policy Colliding with COVID-19
COVID-19 has affected every aspect of American life, and state and municipal governments are no exception. States that have large amounts of unfunded liabilities and debt, like Illinois,…