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Spotlight on Federalism in Denver
As one of the ALEC guiding principles, federalism will take center stage at the ALEC Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, July 19-21, 2017, and here are some of the highlights.
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Postcards from Texas Part II
In 1842, Texans were just as wary of centralized government as they are today, a fact illustrated by a little-known episode in Texas history called the Archive War. In the…
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More headliners on the way for ALEC’s Denver gathering
The Trump administration’s Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke will join the speakers’ dais in Denver at next week’s annual meeting of the …
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Iowa legislators should shatter stereotypes, fix broken tax code
In today’s fractured political climate, the charges are typical: the left says “Republicans care only about tax cuts for the wealthy” and the right calls Democrats “tax and spend liberals.”…
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Avik Roy
Avik Roy is the President of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP.org), a non-partisan, non-profit think tank that deploys the tools of individual liberty, free enterprise, and technological…
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Grace-Marie Turner
Grace-Marie Turner is president of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that she founded in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. She…
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Bad news for Illinois
Time will tell, but recent actions in Illinois may result in more people leaving the state. Last week, the Illinois Legislature voted to override Republican Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto…
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Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich is well-known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to victory in 1994 by capturing the majority in the U.S. House of…
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Ken Buck
Congressman Ken Buck is a Republican from Windsor, representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. He was first elected to Congress on November 4, 2014, and is currently serving his second term…
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Walker Stapleton
Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton’s roots run deep in Colorado, his family has been actively involved in Colorado since the early 1900’s. As Colorado Treasurer, Walker continues this proud family tradition of…
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Cynthia Coffman
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman serves as the state’s 38th Attorney General. Since she took office in January 2015, General Coffman has focused on community outreach, consumer protection and protecting…
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The ALEC Free Speech Working Group
ALEC is here to help educate and inform legislators as they navigate complicated areas of the law and public policy. This is why the Center to Protect Free Speech formed…
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Three (Quick!) Lessons for Legislators about Commercial Speech
Proceed with caution when limiting or compelling commercial speech, the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) warns. “Government legislators and regulators should think long and hard before using any speech restraint or…
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ALEC will reel in the political right at its annual meeting in Denver
Lawmakers who lean right—and hope to reinvent government accordingly—have had a friend named ALEC for 44 years. The conservative, pro-free market American Legislative Exchange Council has been an advocate of limited…
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The Williams Report
Budget: Alaska: Alaska Legislature Will Likely quit for the Summer Without a Fiscal Plan, or Even a Capital Budget Connecticut: Malloy Details How He Would Manage the State…
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Pension Obligation Bonds Could Unravel Pension Reform Victory
Issuance of POBs will negate the recent pension reform victory by shifting current pension costs to future taxpayers and gambling the commonwealth’s fiscal health on risky arbitrage.
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Federalism is the answer to political violence
About a month ago, on the way back to Texas after a week hiking in New Mexico, some friends and I stopped at an isolated convenient store to stretch our…
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ALEC-FreedomWorks Legislator of the Week
Representative Elijah Haahr grew up on a farm in southwest Missouri. He graduated cum laude in 2005 from Missouri Western State University (MWSU) with degrees in history and government &…
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ALEC Applauds Michigan’s MPSPERS Pension Reform Efforts
This reform package preserves retirement security for existing and future employees while putting in place a more fiscally sustainable benefit for new workers. Both teachers and taxpayers win.
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SCOTUS Decision in Trinity Lutheran Sets the Stage for Expanded School Choice
Trinity Lutheran has the potential to set the stage for an even brighter future for education reform in the United States.