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ALEC’s Annual Economic Survey Puts Profits Before People The American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual economic survey gives top rankings to states that roll out the red carpet for corporations, not those with better wealth equality, more insured residents, or decent labor rights. Read the rest of this item here. Top ALEC Official Is Ringleader of Arizona Election Audit Circus ALEC’s national board treasurer, Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, leads the charge on the highly controversial Maricopa County ballot audit widely denounced by election officials from both parties. Read the rest of this item here. New Report: The Big Oil and ALEC Ploy for Getting Unions to Help Chill Climate Protests The Center for Media and Democracy released a new report today, “Using Unions to Carry Big Oil’s Water,” detailing how the fossil fuel industry and the American Legislative Exchange Council cynically use unions to win Democratic support for legislation that criminalizes and chills environmental protests under the guise of “worker safety.” Read the rest of this item here. Rand Paul Is Working with ALEC to Suppress the Vote In a video with the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation, the Kentucky senator made it clear that he’s teaming up with the American Legislative Exchange Council to back Trumpian voter suppression efforts this year. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Big Pharma Members Hit with Billions in Fines and Penalties in 2020 Novartis and Mallinckrodt topped the list of ALEC corporations with expensive legal violations last year. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC-Led Effort to Preserve Conservative Majority on Supreme Court Gains Steam in the States Faced with the potential expansion of the Supreme Court, the political Right wants to amend the Constitution to limit the Court to nine justices. Read the rest of this item here.