As of last week, 28 lawmakers decided to end their membership in the corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Today, four Nebraska lawmakers — state senators Heath Mello (D), Jeremy Nordquist (D), Danielle Conrad (D), and Ken Haar (D) — announced that they are leaving ALEC or recently decided not to renew their membership. “They’ve
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The corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) does not handle criticism well. In a Marietta Daily Journal piece today, a number of Georgia legislators defended their membership in the corporate lobby. One in particular, Rep. Earl Ehrhart (R), a former national chairman of ALEC, bitterly lashed out at the ALEC critics at Better
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It’s been a bad month for the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). More than a dozen corporations and foundations have left the organization as it has come under fire for the laws it secretly helps corporations pass. Our friends at Color of Change have just announced that drug giant Procter & Gamble
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Our friends at Color of Change have just announced that Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has decided to leave the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): “This week I spoke with an executive at Blue Cross Blue Shield who told me that the company did not renew its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council this
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The past few weeks have not treated the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) well. At least ten companies or major foundations have dropped out of the group after protests raged over its role in drafting voter suppression and “Stand Your Ground” laws. In apparent response to these protests, ALEC has now announced in a press
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Following on the heels of the Arizona Public Service Company (APS), candy-maker Mars announced it has cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The corporate front group has experienced an exodus of members — Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Intuit, and KraftFoods all publicly quit the organization in the past week due to  public
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Over half a dozen corporations and major foundations have left the corporate front group American Legislative Exchange Council in recent days after intense scrutiny over its role in voter suppression and promoting lethal “Stand Your Ground” laws. Now, the Arizona Capitol Times reports that Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest energy company, will be leaving
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Republic Report was one of the first outlets to tell you about a dangerous bill in Georgia being pushed by a Waffle House executive and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce that would’ve outlawed picketing outside of private residences — a law that would’ve put the Founding Fathers themselves in jail. After we filed our report,
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