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ALEC 2020 Annual Meeting Attendees and Sponsors Revealed The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual meeting continues this week online with workshops on rewriting the U.S. Constitution, reopening schools amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school privatization. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC Leading Right-Wing Campaign to Reopen the Economy Despite COVID-19 Documents obtained by CMD show the extent of the corporate lobby group’s role in pressuring the states to force a rapid reopening of the economy despite strong public resistance and health concerns. Read the rest of this item here. ALEC’s Post-Janus Wishlist Revealed in Policy Document A “labor reform” booklet of 50 “state factsheets” obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy reveals the ambitious agenda of the ALEC to further weaken public sector unions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. Read the rest of this item here.