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  • 5th Circuit Upholds PPACA’s Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals image

    5th Circuit Upholds PPACA’s Limits on Physician-Owned Hospitals

    Last Thursday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a  lawsuit challenging provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) that effectively limit expansion of physician-owned hospitals. The…

  • Rep. Linda Upmeyer on What ALEC Means image

    Rep. Linda Upmeyer on What ALEC Means

    ALEC’s Second Vice Chair Rep. Linda Upmeyer (IA) writes what ALEC means, and why it is good. Click here for entire article in The Gazette. “I chose to be a…

  • ALEC Weighs in on EPA’s Proposed Carbon Dioxide Standard image

    ALEC Weighs in on EPA’s Proposed Carbon Dioxide Standard

    On Monday June 25, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) submitted a public comment in opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed carbon dioxide standard for new…

  • ALEC in Investor’s Business Daily image

    ALEC in Investor’s Business Daily

    ALEC And The Left’s War On Free Speech – Investors.com. “If you want an insight into today’s left, look at its multifront war against the American Legislative Exchange Council…

  • Letter to Detroit News: ALEC’s Contribution Worthwhile image

    Letter to Detroit News: ALEC’s Contribution Worthwhile

    The Detroit News published a special letter from ALEC today on Michigan’s economic improvements over the past year as well as the attacks on ALEC from radical extremist groups:…

  • Former Mississippi State Chair Defends ALEC image

    Former Mississippi State Chair Defends ALEC

    A former representative and ALEC State Chair for Mississippi, Jim Ellington  wrote a great defense of ALEC in a Letter to the Editor at the Clarion Ledger: “The truth…

  • Balancing the Federal Budget Can Start in the States image

    Balancing the Federal Budget Can Start in the States

    Time is running out. Our nation is trillions of dollars in debt without a credible plan to stop spending. The battle in Congress has escalated to a point where…

  • Priority-Based Budgeting: Protecting Taxpayers image

    Priority-Based Budgeting: Protecting Taxpayers

    By Patricia Cuadros Back in October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a performance audit bill from the California state legislature, calling it the “siren song of budget reform”. Soon…

  • Improving Government Efficiency image

    Improving Government Efficiency

    Members of the Commerce, Insurance, and Economic Development Task Force are dedicated to making government more efficient, cost-effective and competitive. States across the nation are looking for opportunities and…

  • Highway Robbery – Why Power on Transportation Issues Should Be Restored to the States image

    Highway Robbery – Why Power on Transportation Issues Should Be Restored to the States

    Envision a mafia-like scheme. The federal government shows up uninvited and says, “Ya gotta keep your highways in good shape, but since we’re lookin’ out for ya, we’re gonna hold…

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    Article V Handbook

    Time is running out. Our nation is trillions of dollars in debt without a credible plan to stop spending. The battle in Congress has escalated to a point where politics…

  • Devolution of State Highway Systems Study Act image

    Devolution of State Highway Systems Study Act

    Devolution of State Highway Systems Study Act Summary Concerning a study of the options for devolution of state highways that are commuter highways to…