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<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12549 ALEC Agenda in Dallas: Evisceration of Medicaid, School Privatization and Expansion of Gas Exports]</h3>
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects]</h3>
[[Image:Coal_and_oil_funders_2014_july.png|center|350px]]ALEC holds its 41st annual meeting in Dallas, Texas starting on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. At this largest of its three annual national conferences, state legislators from across the country will meet with corporate and special interest lobbyists behind closed doors to vote on "model" legislation to change state laws. Numerous agenda items are reviewed below.
Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.  


ALEC's 40th annual meeting in Chicago was met by over a [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/07/12549/alec-agenda-dallas-evisceration-medicaid-privatization-public-schools-expansion-gas-exports thousand protesters]. Local groups in Texas held an [https://www.facebook.com/unwelcomeALECdallas/events educational event] on Saturday, July 26, and are planning [https://webiva-downton.s3.amazonaws.com/402/fd/4/5791/ALECFLYERSPrev1.pdf protest activities for Wednesday, July 30].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2025/01/31/alec-member-strikes-a-blow-against-rule-requiring-union-labor-on-federal-construction-projects/ here].
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This year, ALEC has a [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Staff new executive director], Lisa Britton Nelson, who is a former lobbyist for [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Visa Visa] and [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AOL AOL Time Warner] -- both of which have had [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Corporations ties to ALEC] -- and also worked with Newt Gingrich and GOPAC. Several new companies also [http://www.noodls.com/view/4EE2771DC0D3F0CD480EBD83F8481D462B82F5E3?5053xxx1406302284 recently joined] its "Private Enterprise Advisory Council": NetChoice, the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business National Federation of Independent Business], and [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K12_Inc. K12 Inc.]
<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism]</h3>
On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.


Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12549 here].
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/07/top-leonard-leo-lieutenant-leads-alec-bootcamp-against-woke-capitalism/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC]</h3>
[[Image:Koch_exposed_image.jpg|200px|right]]We suspected it all along, but now we have the goods that prove that [http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/07/187769/his-dad-charles-koch-was-bircher-new-documents Charles Koch was a member of the John Birch Society] at the height of their attacks on the civil rights movement and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King.
ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.


In the early 1960s Charles moved back to Wichita and followed in the footsteps of his dad Fred Koch who helped found the John Birch Society in 1958. We broke the story on [http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/8/kochs_anti_civil_rights_roots DemocracyNow!], provided [http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/07/187769/his-dad-charles-koch-was-bircher-new-documents detailed excerpts] of the anti-civil rights agenda, and launched a new wiki resource called [http://www.kochexposed.org/ Koch Exposed] (of course). You can see our full [http://www.progressive.org/news/2014/07/187769/his-dad-charles-koch-was-bircher-new-documents special report] in the new "Robber Barons" edition of ''The Progressive'' magazine.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/12/04/alec-maps-out-right-wing-legislative-agenda-for-2025-in-dc/ here].
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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/09/23/an-ex-con-promoted-campaign-software-at-alecs-annual-meeting/ An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting]</h3>
Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).


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<h3>[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November]</h3>
<h2 style="margin:3px; background:#CC0000; font-size:140%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #CC0000; text-align: left; color:#ffffff; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">ALEC Open Records Lawsuit</h2>
Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.  
<h3>After Unprecedented Claim of Legislative Immunity, Vukmir Releases ALEC Records, Pays Damages</h3>
After nearly a year of litigation, the Center for Media and Democracy has settled its open records lawsuit against American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) National Board member and Wisconsin State Senator Leah Vukmir.


Senator Vukmir, who had previously insisted that she had no records in her possession and made an unprecedented claim of legislative immunity, is anticipated to release numerous emails from her private email account, and pay $2,500 in damages. This may be the first time a Wisconsin legislator has had to pay damages under Wisconsin's open records law.
Read the rest of this item [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/08/28/eight-states-will-vote-on-amendments-to-ban-noncitizen-voting-in-november/ here].
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Read the full article [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12430 here].
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More ALEC News

ALEC Member Strikes a Blow Against Rule Requiring Union Labor on Federal Construction Projects

Contractors engaged in large federal construction projects can’t be required to enter collective bargaining agreements with building trade unions, a federal claims court ruled last week.

Read the rest of this item here.

Top Leonard Leo Lieutenant Leads ALEC Bootcamp Against “Woke” Capitalism

On December 5, right-wing culture warriors instructed lawmakers attending the American Legislative Exchange Council’s States and Nation Policy Summit in Washington, D.C., on the steps their states can take to upend policies and practices designed to help address the unfolding climate emergency and diversify workforces.

Read the rest of this item here.

ALEC Maps Out Right-Wing Legislative Agenda for 2025 in DC

ALEC state politicians, corporate lobbyists, and right-wing operatives are gathering at the four-star Grand Hyatt Washington to discuss and vote on model policies and resolutions to further climate delayism and preserve the use of fossil fuels, alter state election codes, protect purveyors of misinformation, privatize education, and push their extremist agenda in other ways.

Read the rest of this item here.

An Ex-Con Promoted Campaign Software at ALEC’s Annual Meeting

Just before the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual meeting in July, a former Oklahoma legislator and convicted felon reached out to ALEC state chairs to market a campaign data management platform favored by the Republican National Committee (RNC).

Read the rest of this item here.

Eight States Will Vote on Amendments to Ban Noncitizen Voting in November

Americans for Citizens Voting is partnering with ALEC to pass noncitizen amendments in at least 11 more states.

Read the rest of this item here.

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