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How SPN "Think Tanks" Will Spin ALEC's 2016 Agenda

This week, a shadowy network of state-based, right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups will convene with Koch operatives and other big donors in Grand Rapids, Michigan to coordinate their 2016 agenda for all 50 states.

The State Policy Network (SPN) is a network of state-branded groups, like the Civitas Institute in North Carolina and the Goldwater Institute in Arizona, which appear to be independent yet actually are operating from the same national playbook. SPN plays a key role in driving the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) agenda, particularly by providing academic-like cover for ALEC's corporate-friendly policies. Read the rest of this item here.

Scott Walker: Back in the Saddle, Back to His Old ALEC Tricks

On the heels of Scott Walker abandoning his presidential bid, the Wisconsin governor is returning to the state and flipping through the old American Legislative Exchange Council(ALEC) playbook for ideas.

Walker comes back to Wisconsin with his approval at an all-time low. Following a sneak attack on the open records law, a plan to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on a stadium for an NBA team co-owned by Walker's campaign finance co-chair, and mounting allegations of lawbreaking and political kickbacks at Walker's job creation agency (the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation), even Walker's longtime GOP supporters began to disapprove of the governor.

With his return to Wisconsin, some called on Walker to build bridges and mend fences.

Instead, Walker is returning to an old divide-and-conquer strategy: rallying the far-right base by scapegoating public workers, and pushing policies lifted from the ALEC playbook.

Read the rest of this item here.

Showdown in the "Show-Me State"

Local Democracy, Workers’ Rights at Stake in Missouri Veto Session

Missouri’s General Assembly met under pressure from corporations and their lobbyists to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of bills that would curb local government control over wages, paid sick leave, and other employment policies and make Missouri a Right-to-Work state.

Both bills vetoed by Nixon are high priorities of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Read the rest of this item here.

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+<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12945 How SPN "Think Tanks" Will Spin ALEC's 2016 Agenda]</h3>
+[[Image:SPN-red-map-spiderweb-slider270px.jpg|270|center]]This week, a shadowy network of state-based, right-wing think tanks and advocacy groups will convene with Koch operatives and other big donors in Grand Rapids, Michigan to coordinate their 2016 agenda for all 50 states.
+The [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_Policy_Network State Policy Network] (SPN) is a [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/12/12325/state-policy-network-stealth-network-dramatically-influencing-state-law network of state-branded groups], like the Civitas Institute in North Carolina and the [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/03/12021/reporters-guide-goldwater-institute Goldwater Institute in Arizona], which appear to be independent yet actually are operating from the same national playbook. SPN plays a key role in driving the [http://alecexposed.org/ American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC) agenda, particularly by providing academic-like cover for ALEC's corporate-friendly policies. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12945 here].
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 <h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12942 Scott Walker: Back in the Saddle, Back to His Old ALEC Tricks]</h3>
 [[Image:Walker_what_lies_ahead270px.jpg|270px|center]]On the heels of Scott Walker abandoning his presidential bid, the Wisconsin governor is returning to the state and flipping through the old [http://alecexposed.org American Legislative Exchange Council](ALEC) playbook for ideas.
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 With his return to Wisconsin, [http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/what-gov-scott-walker-needs-to-do-now-b99582108z1-328702211.html some] called on Walker to build bridges and mend fences.
-Yet rather than reach across the aisle or putting his weight behind broadly popular measures, Walker is returning to an old divide-and-conquer strategy: rally the far-right base by scapegoating public workers, and push policies lifted from the ALEC playbook.
+Instead, Walker is returning to an old divide-and-conquer strategy: rallying the far-right base by scapegoating public workers, and pushing policies lifted from the ALEC playbook.
 Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12942 here].
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 Both bills vetoed by Nixon are high priorities of the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council] (ALEC). Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12928 here].
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-<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/12916 Back to ALEC, Back to (Private) School]</h3>
-[[Image:Learning_Endangered-chalkboard270px.jpg|270|center]]''Op-ed by Rep. Chris Taylor''
-On the heels of a newly passed state budget that again leaves our K-12 public schools behind without ample and consistent funding, I recently headed back to where the school privatization push all began--the [http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed American Legislative Exchange Council], or ALEC.
-ALEC and its members, including the [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/The_American_Federation_for_Children American Federation for Children] (AFC), have become more powerful than our citizens’ voices at the State Capitol.
-Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/12916 here].
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