Press on ALEC Exposed

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About ALEC

ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Major Press

• Lisa Graves Appearances on National Television

• "GM Joins Walgreen In Splitting With ‘Stand Your Ground’ Group", (Jonathan Salent, Bloomberg, July 26, 2012)

• "Partisanship Disguised as Charity", (Editorial, The New York Times, July 11, 2012)

• "CVS Caremark, John Deere latest companies to withdraw from conservative legislative group", (The Washington Post, July 10, 2012)

• "CVS, Best Buy Quit Policy Group That Drafts Voter-ID Laws", (Jonathan D. Salant, Bloomberg, July 10, 2012)

• "When ALEC Takes Over Your Town", (Joe Nocera, New York Times, June 18, 2012)

• "Alec grows vulnerable as 11 legislators cut ties with lobbying network", (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, May 18, 2012)

• "How ALEC became a political liability", (Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, April 24, 2011)

• "Conservative Nonprofit Acts as a Stealth Business Lobbyist", (Mike McIntire, The New York Times, April 21, 2012)

• "Shutting Down ALEC", (The Wall Street Journal, April 18, 2012)

• "Embarrassed by Bad Laws", (Editorial, The New York Times, April 16, 2012)

• "Trayvon Martin shooting spurs protests against companies with ties to legislative group", (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, April 12, 2012)

• "Coke drops membership in conservative advocacy group", (Chicago Tribune, April 5, 2012)

• "Lobbyists, Guns and Money", (Paul Krugman, New York Times, March 25, 2012)

• The Big Money Behind State Laws, (Editorial, The New York Times, February 12, 2011)

• "Continuing Assault on Unions", (The New York Times, January 7, 2012)

• "The hollow democracy", (Robert Koehler, The Chicago Tribune, January 5, 2012)

• "The new wave of US voter suppression", (Amy Goodman, Guardian, December 28, 2011)

• "5 Myths about Voter Fraud Busted", (Washington Post, October 7, 2011)

• "Pro-Gun Group’s Call to Sell Seized Weapons Advances to States", (Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, August 10, 2011)

• "Wal-Mart Joins Amazon to Pitch State Law for Tax Benefit Plan", (Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, August 4, 2011)

• "Industry gets in on writing laws", (Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, July 25, 2011)

• ALEC, Koch, and Exxon, (Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg, July 21, 2011)

• Common Cause's call for ALEC IRS probe, (Neela Banerjee, LA Times July 14, 2011)

• ALEC, (Neela Banerjee & Tom Hamburger, LA Times July 13, 2011)

National Press

August 2012

• "On the News With Thom Hartmann: Texas Gov. Rick Perry Did It - Texas Executes Man Who Is Mentally Disabled, and More", (Jim Javinsky, Truth Out, August 8, 2012)

• "Energy policy: Follow the money", (Chris Nelder, Smart Planet, August 8, 2012)

• "Biotechnology Firm Amgen Becomes The 31st Company To Dump ALEC", (Ian Millhiser, Think Progress, August 7, 2012)

• "Why You Should Be Sick of Secret Health Insurer Politicking", (Jack Ucciferri, Huffinton Post, August 7, 2012)

• "Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Hits Philadelphia Blacks, Latinos Harder", (Dan Froomkin, Huffington Post, August 7, 2012)

• "George Zimmerman's Attorney To Address Gun Rights Activists At Second Amendment Foundation Conference", (Timothy Johnson, Media Matters, August 6, 2012)

• "Sierra Club: Clean energy 'under siege'", (United Press International, August 3, 2012)

• "Fox Hypes Voter ID Report From Organization That Claims To Continue ALEC's "Excellent Work", (Remington Shepard, Media Matters, August 2, 2012)

• "Why Citizens United Must Be Overturned", (RP Siegel, Triple Pundit, August 1, 2012)

July 2012

• "ALEC Lets Corporations Craft Environmental Policy", (Melanie Martin, Earth Times, July 29, 2012)

• "‘ALEC Rock’ cartoon explains corporate political influence", (Arturo Garcia, The Raw Story, July 28, 2012)

• "GM Nixes Support For Conservative Lobbying Group", (Richard Read, The Car Connection, July 27, 2012)

• "ALEC Dumped By GM, Walgreen", (Trymaine Lee, Huffington Post, July 26, 2012)

• "Conservatives talk energy at Utah ALEC convention", (Daily Herald, July 26, 2012)

• "Plaintiffs' attorneys against voter ID", (Carter Wood, Point of Law, July 26, 2012)

• "Lee Bright Family Fun", (FitNews.com, July 25, 2012)

• "Meet Mark Pocan, the Original ALEC Spy", (Molly Redden, The New Republic, July 25, 2012)

• "Lawmakers, advocates question ALEC’s role in crafting state legislation", (Free Speech Radio News, July 25, 2012)

• "The Wall Street Journal Covers Up ALEC Link to Anti-Union School Privatization Law", (Melody Johnson, Media Matters, July 24, 2012)

• "ALEC, the Koch Led CABAL & "The Amicus Project" - Fed Court Interference", (Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, July 24, 2012)

• "ALEC, Tech and the Telecom Wars: Killing America's Telecom Utilities", (Bruce Kushnick, The Huffington Post, July 24, 2012)

• "Behind ag-gag laws: Following the money trail", (Jonathan Reynolds, This Dish is Veg, July 24, 2012)

• "AT&T Should Be Begging California for Forgiveness, Not Regulatory Relief", (Bruce Kushnick, The Huffington Post Business, July 23, 2012)

• "Research Roundup: ALEC Economic Rankings Debunked, Business and the Minimum Wage, and More", (Progressive States Network, July 20, 2012)

• "NRA Back In Bed With ALEC", (Matt Gertz, Media Matters, July 19, 2012)

• "Express scripts right to end its participation in alec charade", (The Reporter, July 18, 2012)

• "FLASHBACK: Franklin Center's Full-Throated Defense Of ALEC, (Matt Gertz, Media Matters, July 12, 2012)

• "Corporate Exodus Continues From ALEC as Secretive Right-Wing Group’s Policies Come to Light", (Democracy Now! July 11 2012)

• "John Deere, CVS Caremark, HP, MillerCoors and Best Buy Drop ALEC", ( Suzanne Merkelson, Truth Out, July 11, 2012)

• "Civil Rights Advocates Assail Wal-Mart Links to ALEC", (Zenitha Prince, AFRO, July 11, 2012)

• "Complaint filed against corporate group ALEC over nonprofit status", (DJ Pangburn, Death and Taxes, July 10, 2012)

• "HP, Deere, CVS, MillerCoors, BestBuy Exit Controversial ALEC Post-Trayvon Martin Shooting", (David Zielenziger, International Business Times, July 10, 2012)

• "If Andy ran in Mayberry today: Big money could crush his hopes of being sheriff", (Kathy M. Newman, Post-Gazette, Jul 6, 2012)

• "Our Daughters, Moms, and Sisters: Republican Attacks on Women's Choice Should Also Mobilize Men", (Hans Johnson, Huffington Post, July 5, 2012)

• "ALEC Accused of Violating Its Tax-Exempt Status; Will the IRS Take Action?", (John Leopold, Truthout, July 5, 2012)

• "Vetoing Voter ID Is the (Historically) Republican Thing to Do", (John Nichols, The Nation, July 5, 2012)

• "Criminalizing Thinking" (Rodolfo Acuna, CounterPunch, July 5, 2012)

• "The British Pharmaceutical Crooks are Coming, the British Pharmaceutical Crooks are Coming", (Poptort, July 3, 2012)

• "Voting Wrongs" (Curt Guyette, Metro Times, July 3, 2012)

• "Corporate Media Untells the ALEC Story" (Peter Hart, Fair, July 3, 2012)

• "CPI: ALEC, the power behind legislation, faces tax complaint from clergy group", (John Dunbar, Center for Public Integrity, July 2, 2012)

• "Despite ‘Citizens United’, politics remains hazardous for corporations", (John Stodder, Idaho Business Review, July 2, 2012)

• Top Former Tax Code Enforcer Files Letter Asking IRS To Strip ALEC’s Non-Profit Status, (Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress, July 2, 2012)

June 2012

• "Dell drops membership in right-wing corporate front ALEC", (DJ Pangburn, Death and Taxes, June 22, 2012)

• "Dell Latest Company To Leave Controversial ALEC After Trayvon Martin Shooting" (David Zielenziger, IBTimes, June 21, 2012)

• "J&J Ends Support For ALEC Lobby", (Steve McClellan, Media Daily News, June 19, 2012)

• "NY Times Links ALEC to Woonsocket Fiscal Crisis", (Bob Plain, RIFutire.org, June 19, 2012)

• "BREAKING: Johnson & Johnson Drops ALEC", (Annie-Rose Strasser, Think Progress, June 12, 2012)

• "ALEC Tries to Salvage Brand as Members Exit to Protect Their Own", (Ana Radelat, AdAge, June 7, 2012)

• "Walmart Withdraws from ALEC, Wallows in Bribery Scandal", (Paul Chesser, National Legal and Policy Center, June 4, 2012)

• "ALEC Resignations Grow, Pressure on Others Mounts", (Mike Hall, June 4, AFL-CIO, 2012)

• "Wal-Mart Caves to Van Jones, Drops ALEC Support", (Vision to America, June 2, 2012)

• "Medtronic Leaves ALEC, Joining 19 Other Organizations", (Zaid Jilani, Republic Report, June 1, 2012)

• "Stand with State Farm as it Stands with ALEC", (John Berlau, OpenMarket.org, June 1, 2012)

May 2012

• "Wal-Mart Pulls Out Of Group That Advocates 'Stand Your Ground' Laws", (Marl Memmott, NPR, May 31, 2012)

• "Commentary: NAACP Commends Walmart for Dropping ALEC", (Cord Jefferson, BET, May 31, 2012)

• "How Jeb Bush Stood Up To ALEC For National Education Standards", (Josh O'Connor, StateImpact, May 31, 2012)

• "Gates Foundation Pulls Funds from Conservative ALEC, Sends Half a Million to Liberal NEA", (Joy Pullman, Somewhat Reasonable, May 30, 2012)

• "How ALEC Gets Real Tax Dollars for Fake Schools", (Jason Stanford, Huffington Post, May 29, 2012)

• "Success! How Progressives Stalled the Deregulation Agenda of Greedy Telecoms and ALEC", (Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet, May 27, 2012)

• "NO DISCLOSURE: WSJ, Fox Defended ALEC Without Noting News Corp. Is A Member", (Matt Gertz, Media Matters, May 25, 2012)

• "Amazon Drops Out of American Legislative Exchange Council", (Democracy Now, May 25, 2012)

• "At Shareholder Meeting Amazon Drops ALEC, Dodges Tax Questions", (Dave Johnson, Huffington Post, May 24, 2012)

• "'Huge victory' - Amazon drops ALEC, will spend millions on AC", (Ashley Gross & Jake Ellison, NPR, May 24, 2012)

• "ALEC Runs from NRA's Paranoid Trayvon Martin Agenda", (Brady Campaign, Opposing Views, May 23, 2012)

• "ALEC’s New Tactic – Defunding State Budgets", (The Pop Tort, May 23, 2012)

• "ALEC Puts the Screws to Asbestos Victims", (Sylvia Hsieh, Lwayers.com, May 22, 2012)

• "BREAKING: Eleven More Lawmakers Drop ALEC", (Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress, May 18, 2012)

• "The ALEC-IRLI Anti-Immigrant Push To Redefine Citizenship", (Simon Maloy, MediaMatters, May 16, 2012)

• "Common Cause obtains ALEC Agenda Materials, Files Requests for Investigations in 29 States", (Emily L., Care2.com, May 16, 2012)

• "Confirmed! Koch Was On ALEC Crime Task Force Led By NRA", (Global Grind, May 15, 2012)

• "ALEC's Secrets Revealed; Corporations Flee", (Brendan Greeley, BloombergBusinessWeek, May 11, 2012)

• "ALEC To Formally Oppose Common Education Standards, Leaving Struggling Students Behind", (Tehodora Chang, ThinkProgress, May 10, 2012)

• "ALEC Targets Laws Holding Corporations Accountable", (David Lyle, MediaMatters, May 9, 2012)

• "ALEC exempted from lobbyist status in three separate states", (Paul Abowd, HuffingtonPost, May 8, 2012)

• "Special Rights for ALEC: Three States Exempt Stealth Corporate Lobbying Group From Lobbying Rules", (Josh Israel, ThinkProgress, May 8, 2012)

• "A Year in the Life of an ALEC Bill", (Bloomberg Business Week, May 3, 2012)

• "ALEC’s Top Five Anti-Environment ‘Model’ Laws", (Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress, May 2, 2012)

April 2012

• "ALEC's Comeuppance", (Jim Hightower, TruthOut, April 30, 2012)

• "ALEC fights coal ash protections on polluters' behalf", (Sue Sturgis, The Institute for Southern Studies, April 30, 2012)

• "Meet the 28 Lawmakers Who Have Quit ALEC This Month", (Zaid Jilani, The Nation, April 26, 2012)

• "A Fight Bigger Than ALEC", (Editors, The Nation, April 25, 2012)

• "In Light of Coca-Cola's Surrender Over ALEC, Shareholder Activist to Tell Coca-Cola Executives to Stand Firm Against Future Radical Left Demands", (David Almasi, National Center for Public Policy Research, April 25, 2012)

• "Why hasn’t Wal-Mart dropped ALEC, too?", (The Miami Herald, April 25, 2012)

• "Two ALEC Campaigns Exposed: One Kills Renewables, One Boosts Fracking", (Brian Merchant, TreeHugger, April 24, 2012)

• "Microsoft Identified as Supporter of ALEC, Conservative Non-Profit Accused of Abusing Tax-Exempt Status", (Nina Shapiro, The Daily Week, April 24, 2012)

• "ALEC Says It Plans To Craft Legislation To Take Down State Renewable Energy Targets", (Stephen Lacey, ThinkProgress, April 24, 2012)

"Common Cause Files IRS Complaint Against ALEC, Seeks Audit", (Josh Israel, ThinkProgress, April 23, 2012)

• "ALEC Hit With IRS Complaint Filed By Common Cause", (Mike Baker, Huffington Post, April 23, 2012)

• "Palm oil industry, ALEC press EPA to reverse climate finding", (Ben Geman, The Hill, April 22, 2012)

• ""Companies end relationship with the controversial ALEC organization", (Michele Nash, Examiner, April 22, 2012)

• "Conservative Group With Abramoff Scandal Ties Picks Up Voter ID Issue Where ALEC Left Off", (Ryan Reilly, TPM, April 20, 2012)

• "Conservative Group's Charity Status Draws Questions", (Peter Overby, NPR, April 19, 2012)

• "GREENHUT: Attacks on ALEC hypocritical and unfair", (Watchdog Staff, Watchdog.org, April 19, 2012)

• "Lisa Graves on Hardball with Chris Matthews", (Lisa Graves, MSNBC, April 19, 2012)

• "ALEC to Right-Wing Bloggers: We Need Your Help!", (Andy Kroll, Mother Jones, April 18, 2012)

• "Corporations Donate To Groups On Both Sides Of Voter-ID", (Jonathan Salant, Bloomberg, April 19, 2012)

• "ALEC Disbands Controversial Task Force–But Continues Attack on Labor and Environment", (Lindsey Kratochwill, In These Times, April 18, 2012)

• "The Politics of Guns in America", (Diane Rhem radio program, April 18, 2012)

• "After Pounding From Progressives, ALEC Backs Off Of Social Issues", (TPM, April 17, 2012)

• ALEC Sharpens Focus on Jobs, Free Markets and Growth -- "Announces the End of the Task Force that Dealt with Non-Economic Issues", (MarketWatch, April 17, 2012)

• "ALEC Drops Push for Voter ID, Stand Your Ground Laws After Public Outcry Sparks Corporate Exodus", (Lisa Graves, Democracy Now!, April 18, 2012)

• "More companies flee association with ALEC", (Marcos Restrepo, Colorado Independent, April 12, 2012)

March 2012

• "How ALEC Is Creating Florida-Style Messes in Other States", (John Nichols, The Nation, March 26, 2012)

• "Unarmed and dangerous?", (Cliff Schecter, Al Jazeera, March 26, 2012)

• "How The Right Wing 'ALEC' Teamed Up With The NRA To Get Copycat, 'Stand Your Ground' Laws In 21 States", (Bill Berkowitz, Huffington Post, March 25, 2012)

February 2012

• "How Scott Walker and ALEC Plotted the Attack on Arizona's Unions", (John Nichols, The Nation, February 2, 2012)

January 2012

• Talking Points Memo on why the "Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011" looks a lot like ALEC model legislation", (Zoe Schlanger, TPM, July 21, 2011)

• "GOP Anti-Labor Zealotry", (John Nichols, The Nation, January 11, 2012)

• "Holt Baker: Collective Action Key Tool to Building King’s Dream into Reality", (Mike Hall, AFL-CIO, January 13, 2012)

• "Norquist, ALEC and the Koch brothers", (Barbara Kelly, Savannah Morning News, January 11, 2012)

• "John Nichols: Right-to-Work threatens Rev. King’s legacy", (John Nichols, The Capital Times, January 11, 2012)

• "Snark Bites: Corporate sponsorship of lawmakers on the way", (Scott McNutt, Knoxville News Sentinel, January 8, 2012)

• "Why Is Public Education Being Outsourced to Online Charter Schools?", (Rania Khalek, Alternet, January 8, 2012)

• "ALEC leads the way to corporate governance", (Nancy Lindsay, Ohio Times News Reporter, January 8, 2012)

• "Right-to-Work Laws Reduce Wages and Don't Create Jobs", (AFT, January 2012)

• "Why You Can Be Branded a Terrorist for Fighting Animal Abuse", (Rania Khalek, Alternet, January 4, 2012)

• "Has America's Stolen Election Process Finally Hit Prime Time?", (HuffingtonPost, January 4, 2012)

• "Report exposes the lies behind ‘Right to Work’", (The Bloomington Alternative, January 3, 2012)

December 2011

• "If you can't beat 'em, enjoin them (from voting)", (Amy Goodman, Appeal Democrat, December 15, 2011)

• "Farley bill next session: The ALEC Accountability Act", (David Safier, Blog for Arizona, December 2011)

• "Indigenous Person of the Year: The Indigenous Woman", (Brenda Norrell, The NarcoSphere, December 15, 2011)

• "Corporate Education Reform and ALEC's Definition of Acceptable Risk", (Shaun Johnson, Huffington Post, December 15, 2011)

• "DOJ steps up voting rights scrutiny amidst activist groundswell", (Facing South, December 15, 2011)

• "The Koch Brothers, ALEC and the Savage Assault on Democracy", (John Nichols, Oped News, December 12, 2011)

• "Voter ID laws recall Jim Crow", (Neal Peirce, Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 11, 2011)

• "Black Group Targets Corporations Over Voting Laws", (Suzanne Gamboa, Boston.com, December 8, 2011)

• "Slavery: Alive and Well in the US, Sponsored by ALEC", (Open Salon, December 8, 2011)

• "Bill Gates Gives ALEC Big $$$ to “Reform Education”, (Kristina Chew, Care2, December 5, 2011)

• "Soros Cash, Left-Wing Talking Points Fuel ALEC attack", (Iris Somberg, Business & Media Institute, December 6, 2011)

• "Unitarian Universalists join protest at ALEC's States & Nation Policy Summit", (Steve Palm-Houser, Examiner, December 3, 2011)

• "Indigenous ALEC Protest: Border Rights and Prison Profiteers", (Brenda Norrell, The Narcosphere, December 1, 2011)

• "State Legislators Like Romney, A Lot", (Eli Lehrer, Frum Forum, December 1, 2011)

• "Pssst...Wanna Buy a Law?", (Alison Fitzgerald & Brendan Greeley, Business Week, December 1, 2011)

• "ALEC Enjoys A New Wave of Influence and Criticism", (Alan Greenblatt, Governing Magazine, December 2011)

November 2011

• "The Vacancies of Capitalism", (Counterpunch, November 30, 2011)

• "Locking up profits: Private prison companies strive to keep millions behind bars to keep their profits up, (James Ridgeway, Al Jazeera English, November 28, 2011)

• "How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools", (Lee Fang, Truthout, November 18, 2011)

• "Private Prisons Industry: Increasing Incarcerations, Maximizing Profits and Corrupting Our Democracy", (David Donnelly, Huffington Post, November 17, 2011)

• "Who Are the Koch Brothers? (Part 2: The Political Action Legacy)", (James Hamilton, All Voices, November 17, 2011)

• "Complaint against Upmeyer dismissed by House Ethics Committee", (Mike Wiser, Globe Gazette, November 16, 2011)

• "How to Make Congress More Corrupt", (Jamelle Bouie, The American Prospect, November 16, 2011)

• "Campaign and Lobbying Expenditures Promote Fracking Big Time", (Rick Cohen, The Nonprofit Quarterly, November 10, 2011)

• "Prisons of the 1%", (LubbockOnline, November 14, 2011)

• "Koch Brothers Poised to Raise Influence With Massive Conservative Database", (Patrick Glennon, In These Times, November 8, 2011)

• "Voting Limits Put Democracy in Peril", (Judith Browne Dianis, CNN, November 8, 2011)

• "Upmeyer Challenges Validity of Ethics Complaint", (John Skipper, Globe Gazette, November 7, 2011)

• "Assault on Democracy", (Judith Browne-Dianis, AFRO, November 4, 2011)

• "Introducing the Same Day Registration and Voter Access Protection Act", (The American Muslim, November 2, 2011)

• "Introducing the Same Day Registration and Voter Access Protection Act", (Keith Ellison, Huffington Post, November 2, 2011)

• "Don't Help Obamacare with State Healthcare Exchanges", (Lincoln Tribune, November 1, 2011)

October 2011

• "The Republican 'Voter Fraud' Fraud", (Diane Roberts, The Guardian, October 31, 2011)

• "Campaigning to Make it Harder to Vote", (Judith Browne-Dianis & Bob Hall, New Observer, October 2011)

• "Letter: Wants media to tell more on 'big money'", (Tom and Kay Downey, St. Augustine Record, October 31, 2011)

• "Photo IDs nothing more than vote suppression", (Hilton Head Island-Packet, October 26, 2011)

• "Letters: 'Bill mill' undermines our democratic society", (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, October 21, 2011)

• "This is what Plutocracy Looks Like", (Jim Miller, Ocean Beach Rag (CA), October 17, 2011)

• "Voting laws raise political controversy", (Charlie Kessler, Daily Illini (University of Illinois), October 13, 2011)

• "'Adviser' Adam Werritty ran charity from Liam Fox's office", (Rupert Neate, Robert Booth, Rajeev Syal and Simon Bowers, The Guardian (UK), October 6, 2011)

• "Wisconsin and Ohio: Resistance Rising", (Sara Robinson, Truthout, October 6, 2011)

• "New laws undermine core principles of U.S. democracy", (Steve & Cockie Roberts, Argus Press, October 6, 2011)

• "Requiring government-issued ID will decrease the voting populace", (Nayeli Carrillo, Daily 49er, October 3, 2011)

• "A War on Voting: Could Redistricting and Voting Law Changes Help Republicans Win in 2012?", (Democracy Now!, October 4, 2011)

• "Get Ready Not to Vote: Why 2012 Just Got More Interesting", (Charles Pierce, Esquire, October 3, 2011)

• "GOP, ALEC Could Make It Harder For 5 Million To Cast Ballots", (Adam Sewer, Mother Jones, October 3, 2011)

• "Rick Perry and ALEC", (Dennis Kaiser, OpEdNews, October 1, 2011)

September 2011

• "The truth about voter suppression", (Ed Kilgore, Salon, September 30, 2011)

• "Democracy Under Attack", (Judith Brown Dianis, The Huffington Post, September 28, 2011)

• "ALEC ‘scholarships’ raise ethics concerns", (Brendan Fischer, The Cap Times, September 28, 2011)

• "The Radical Republican Political Strategy is Failure", (The Daily Kos, September 26, 2011)

• "Rick Perry, Pay-for-Player Jailer", (William Fischer, Truthout, September 25, 2011)

• "Rick Perry’s Attack on Democracy", (John Nichols, The Nation Magazine, September 21, 2011)

• "Lead letter: Health care plan had roots in the GOP", (The Florida Times Union, September 22, 2011)

• "Targeting Immigrants", (Kade Crockford and Nancy Murray, Truthout, September 22, 2011)

• "Taking Back the Vote", (Terrance Heath, Truthout, September 21, 2011)

• "COURT CHALLENGES AWAIT GOP VOTER EXCLUSION LAW", (Dominique Paul Noth, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, September 21, 2011)

• Common Blog, "Money, Power and the American Legislative Exchange Council", (Nikki Willoughby, Common Blog, September 21, 2011)

• "Vote suppression in the US revs up", (Heather Parton, Al Jazeera English, September 19, 2011)

• "ALEC EXPOSÉ WINS SIDNEY AWARD", (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, September 16, 2011)

• "ALEC’s influence should be call to citizen vigilance", (Bangor Daily News, Septemeber 15, 2011)

• "Hiding the Sausage", (Billy Manes, Orlando Weekly, September 15, 2011)

• "ALEC Exposed wins Sidney Award for Excellence in Socially Conscious Journalism", (Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, September 14, 2011)

• "ALEC corporations pay big to Congress", (Yana Kunichoff, The American Independent, September 13, 2011)

• "ALEC: EXPOSED" WINS SEPTEMBER SIDNEY AWARD", (Lindsay Beyerstein, Big Think, September 13, 2011)

• "Jim Cooper and Dick Durbin Rap Voter ID and ALEC", (Jonathan Meador, Nashville Scene, September 12, 2011)

• "Corporations Represented on ALEC's Private Enterprise Board Are Big Spenders in Washington", (Brad Hooker, Open Secrets, September 12, 2011)

• "The War on Higher Education" (John McNay, George Mason University’s History News Network, September 11, 2011)

• "GOP reveal depth of its voter-exclusion plan", (Roger Bybee, In These Times, September 12, 2011)

• "Congress Investigated GOP War on Voting", (Ari Berman, Rolling Stone, September 8, 2011)

• "Inside the ALEC Dating Service", (Marc Pocan, The Progressive, September 2011)

• "LePage’s Koch Brothers connection revealed", (Colin Woodward, Portland Phoenix, September 7, 2011)

• "ANNOUNCEMENT: Looking For Feedback on Anti-ALEC/Koch Progressive led Bus Tour this Fall", (Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, September 6, 2011)

• "LePage’s Koch Brothers connection revealed", (Colin Woodard, Portland Phoenix, September 7, 2011)

• "New Evidence of ALEC Connections in All Successful Voter ID Legislation", (Campus Progress, September 8, 2011)

• "Courtesy Of The GOP, Jim Crow Is Back In A National Voter Suppression Campaign", (Shaun Mullen, The Moderate Voice, September 7, 2011)

• "Remembering the Moment Our CEO’s Dug In", (Sam Pizzigati, Truthout, September 6, 2011)

• "Taking Back Labor Day", (Amy Dean, Truthout, September 5, 2011)

• "No Jane, It’s Not Baldwin", (Neil Ferstand, CT News Junkie, September 2, 2011)

• "'ALEC', UN-Elected, Writing U.S. Legislation Under Koch-Influenced Direction In Many States Costly 'Hidden-Tunnel Operation'", (Henry Clay Ruark, Salem News, September 1, 2011)

• "AT&T bought more than 700 copies of Rick Perry’s book", (Eric Rolan, The Raw Story, September 1, 2011)

August 2011

• "Voter ID Laws 101", (Tobin Van Ostern & David Halperin, Campus Progress, August 31, 2011)

• "Lisa Graves Sheds Light on ALEC’s Fracking Agenda", (Don't Frack with NY!, August 31, 2011)

• "The GOP War on Voting", (Ari Berman, Rolling Stone, August 30, 2011)

• "Public Education and the Tentacles of Profit", (Emanuele Corso , NMPolitics, August 30, 2011)

• "Halloween Danger Comes Early: Smart ALEC’s Concept of a Nasty Trick or Treat", (The Michigan View, August 29, 2011)

• "Rep. Lewis: Voter ID ‘A Poll Tax by Another Name’", (Campus Progress, August 29, 2011)

• "‘Profiteers of Misery’ The U.S. Private Prison Industrial Complex", (Kanya D'Almeida, IPS News, August 24, 2011)

• "Thom Hartmann & State Represenative Mark Pocan: ALEC exposed in New Orleans. 5 August '11", (The Thom Hartmann Program, August 23, 2011)

• "Koch/ALEC...attacks upon public education. Looking deep into the Rabbit Hole", (Bob Sloan, Daily Kos, August 23, 2011)

• "America’s Day Of Rage Is Coming, And It’s Just The Beginning", (Dustin Slaughter, The Public Record, August 23, 2011)

• "The Lewis Powell Memo - Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy", (Charlie Cray, Greenpeace, August 23, 2011)

• "Elite Privilege and the Prison-Industrial Complex", (Forbes, August 23, 2011)

• "Voter ID Legislation Politically Motivated", (Nashua Telegraph, August 19, 2011)

• "VIDEO: Corporate Lobbyist Concedes He Does Not Always Register As A Lobbyist For ALEC Bills He Helps Write", (Lee Fang & Scott Keyes, Think Progress, August 17, 2011)

• "Corporate influence over state lawmakers and legislation undermines individual rights and voices", (Cleveland.com, August 16, 2011)

• "How the ALEC corporate bill mill works", (Brendan Fischer, Madison.com, August 16, 2011)

• "As It Stands: Meet ALEC: a wolf in sheep's clothing", (Dave Stancliff, Times Standard, August 14, 2011)

• "Politics as Usual", (The Morning Call, August 13, 2011)

• "Politicians, Corporations Turn to ALEC to Find Policy Solutions", (Ed Silverstein, TechZone360, August 10, 2011)

• "Brendan Fischer: CO2 is good for you, and other ALEC talking points", (Brendan Fischer, Capitol Times, August 10, 2011)

• "ALEC Annual Meeting Censors Journalists, Lays Out Corporate Agenda", (Uprising Radio, August 8, 2011)

• "US lawmakers and corporations join in unholy alliance", (Robert Wiley, Athens News, August 2011)

• "Top Companies Claim To Fight Global Warming, But Sponsor ALEC’s Climate Denial", (Brad Johnson, Think Progress, August 8, 2011)

• "Who's behind those crazy bills?", (Cynthia Chase, Concord Monitor, August 6, 2011)

• "Journalist Kicked out of ALEC Conference, Threatened With Arrest", (Eric Carlson, PR Watch, August 5, 2011)

• "The ALEC Wars Escalate", (David Weigel, Slate, August 5, 2011)

• MSNBC asks CMD's Lisa Graves "Who's in charge of America?", (MSNBC, August 5, 2011)

• "Perry’s Legislative Agenda Bears Strong Resemblance To ALEC’s Corporate-Backed Model Bills", (Sarah Bufkin, Think Progress, August 4, 2011)

• PR Watch, "ALEC Model Bills Create Hardship for Average Americans" Eric Carlson, PRWatch, AUgust 4, 2011)

• "ALEC Watch: What I did on my Summer Vacation", (Mark Pocan, The Progressive, August 4, 2011)

• "Big Business Woos ALEC Legislators in the Big Easy", (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, August 3, 2011)

• "Profit motive underlies outbreak of immigration bills", (Brendan Fischer, Capital Times, August 2, 2011)

• "Our Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding ALEC’s Influence on Your State Laws", (Lois Beckett, ProPublica, August 1, 2011)

• "The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor", (Mike Elk & Bib Sloan, The Nation, August 1, 2011)

• "Legislating Under the Influence: Money, Power, and the American Legislative Exchange Council", (Common Cause, August, 2011)

July 2011

• Reno News & Review on ALEC scrutiny (Dennis Myers, News Review, July 28, 2011)

• "A taxpayer-supported campaign against Big Government", (Daniel Denvir, Salon, July 28, 2011)

• "Progressives target national legislative organization behind many state proposals", (Jo Mannies, St. Louis Beacon, July 27, 2011)

• "Students Take on ALEC", (Emily Wood, The Nation, July 22, 2011)

• "House Speaker Harwell stops payment for some out-of-state legislator travel", (Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News, July 14, 2011)

• "At Koch's Conference: 'The Many Benefits of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment", (Think Progress, July 2011)

• ALEC's active pursuit of state lawmakers, (Edwin Bender, FollowTheMoney, July 20, 2011)

• ALEC and who really writes state legislation, (NPR, July 21, 2012)

• CMD's potentially "world changing" document leak, (Ruth Conniff, The Isthmus, July 21, 2011)

• The mechanics of the ALEC scholarship fund (Beau Hodai, D.B.A. Press, July 2011)

• John Nichols and Julie Underwood segment on Majority Report Radio (Majority Report Radio, July 18, 2011)

• ALEC media reports, (Scott Rothschild, LJWorld, July 18, 2012)

• Rise of ALEC reports in media, (Dominique Paul North, Milwaukee Area Labor Council, July 18, 2011)

• ALEC and the Koch brothers, (Allison Kilkenny, Truthout, July 18, 2011)

• ALEC and Milton Friedman, (Mary Bottari, Huffington Post July 18, 2011)

• on ALECexposed.org, (Death & Taxes, July 14, 2012)

• Release of ALEC documents, (Lois Beckett, ProPublica July 15, 2011)

• ALEC threat to healthcare, (Andrea Grimes, Ms. Magazine, July 15, 2011)

• Calls for an IRS investigation into ALEC, (John Nichols, The Nation July 15, 2011)

• Spotlight aimed at ALEC, (Mike Hall, AFL-CIO, July 14, 2011)

• ALEC: Match.com for industry lobbyists, (Alex Pareene, Salon, July 14, 2012)

• on ALEC Exposé, (David Dayen, Fire Dog Lake, July 13, 2011)

• ALEC's Dirty Secrets, (Kert Davies, Greenpeace, July 13, 2011)

• CMD's ALEC document bomb, (Jesse Russel, Dane 101, July 13, 2011)

• ALEC Exposed, (Ruth Conniff, The Progressive July 13, 2011)

• Getting to Know ALEC, (David Waldman, Daily Kos July 13, 2011)

• ALEC "Publicopoly", (Beau Hodai, In These Times July 11, 2011)

Reports Connecting State Legislation to ALEC Model Bills

Alabama

• "Does ALEC influence politics, laws?", (Dana Beyerle, TuscaloosaNews, June 17, 2012)

• "Corrections Corporation of America Lobbyists in Alabama", (Alabama Corruption, December 5, 2011)

Alaska

• "Reactions to Health Care Ruling Mixed" (Pat Forgey, Morris News Service, July 4, 2012)

• "Our view: Suite life; who pays?", (Anchorage Daily News, August 22, 2011)

Arizona

• "Arizona State Report

• "Transparency Missing in Arizona's Legislature", (Kathleen Ingley, iWatch News, August 1, 2012)

• "ALEC's PR Fail", (Tucson Citizen, June 16, 2012)

• "(http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/LaurieRoberts/163299 ALEC finally under investigation]", (AZCentral.com, May 30, 2012)

• "Arizona Governor Issues Surprise Veto Of ALEC-Endorsed Bill Allowing The State To ‘Take Back’ Public Lands", (Public Lands Team, ThinkProgress, May 15, 2012)

• "Top Lobbyist and ALEC Members Host Emergency Meeting with Arizona Legislators and Staff", (People for the American Way, April 26, 2012)

• "SB 1070-Backer ALEC Under Fire for its Legislative Influence", (Luke Witman, Examiner (AZ), April 22, 2012)

• "Groups Protest ALEC", (The Arizona Republic, April 12, 2012)

• "Progressives call for lawmakers to quit group", (MyFox Phenix, April 12, 2012)

• "Arizona's Largest Energy Company Will Leave ALEC", (Zaid Jilani, Republic Report, April 12, 2012)

• "ALEC in Arizona: The Voice Of Corporate Special Interests In The Halls Of Arizona’s Legislature" (PFAW/CC/CMD/PN, April 11, 2012)

• "State lawmakers push to take over millions of federal acres" (Shaun McKinnon and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Arizona Republic, March 27, 2012)

• "As Supreme Court reviews health care law, Arizona’s position is clear" (Cronkite News Service, Today's News-Herald, March 26, 2012)

• "Will Arizona Hold ALEC Accountable?", (Beau Hodai, In These Times, January 12, 2012)

• "Is Arizona, US seeing a change in politics?", (ABC 15 News, January 1, 2012)

• "Can ALEC Dim Arizona Solar on Tuesday?", (Susan Kraemer, Clean Technica, December 15, 2012)

• "Report: ALEC in Arizona influences lawmakers", (Tucson Citizen, December 12, 2011)

• "VIDEO: Arizona police pepper-spraying protesters at ALEC convention", (Tucson Citizen, December 11, 2011)

• ""Brewer: Arizona’s current personnel system problematic" (Tucson Citizen, December 11, 2011)

• "What Happened At ALEC’s Arizona Conference?", (Staff Report, Modern Times, December 9, 2011)

• "24 Arrested in Occupy ALEC in Arizona (video)", (Kristina Chew, Care2, December 4, 2011)

• "Indigenous target ALEC in Phoenix, Shell in South Africa", (Brenda Norrell, Narcosphere, November 30, 2011)

• "Anger at Corporate Legislative Meeting Boils Over - Phoenix", (Demotix, November 30, 2011)

• "Occupy ALEC in Arizona: Fight Corporate Influence In State Laws" (Kristina Chew, Care2.org, November 29, 2011)

• "Governor Jan Brewer to Speak on First Day of ALEC Convention", (Stephen Lemons, Phoenix New Times, November 28, 2011)

• "Legislative Council", (Arizona Republic, November 27, 2011)

• "Senate's Dead Tree Not Quite What Staffers Had in Mind", (Tucson Citizen, November 27, 2011)

• "ALEC IN ARIZONA: THE VOICE OF CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS IN THE HALLS OF ARIZONA’S LEGISLATURE", (PFAW & Common Cause, November 2011)

• "Arizona prison businesses are big political contributors", (Bob Ortega, The Arizona Republic, September 4, 2011)

• "Arizona group will fight visit from ALEC", (AZ Central, August 16, 2011)

Arkansas

• "Lawmaker aims to expose ALEC", (Max Brantley, Arkansas Blog, July 24, 2012)

• "Council’s bill-writing sway raises questions", (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, August 21, 2011)

California

• "AT&T should be begging California for forgiveness, not regulatory relief", (Bruce Kushnick, Nieman Watchdog, July 20, 2012)

• "Who is ALEC?", (Bill Buck, CBS Sacramento, July 5, 2012)

• "Are Community Colleges Meant Mainly to Crank Out Workers for Business?", (La Mesa Patch, November 29, 2011)

Colorado

• "Critics question organization's motives, (John Stroud, Glenwood Springs Post Independent, July 17, 2012)

Connecticut

• "Connecticut businesses, lawmakers, keep ties to controversial group", (Ana Radelat, The CT Mirror, July 13, 2012)

Florida

• "Florida State Report"

• "Independent Report Finds Ron Saunders Under ALEC Influence", (Kartik Krishnaiyer, The Political Hurricane, August 8, 2012)

• "ALEC’s Influence in Florida Is Broad Among Business and with State Lawmakers", (Florida Education Association, accessed August 6, 2012)

• "Happytown", (Billy Manes, Orlando Weekly, August 2, 2012)

• "Report: American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Exerts Unprecedented Influence Over Florida", (Mel Fabrikant, The Paramus Post, July 28, 2012)

• "FL-Corporate Success Through Legislation", (WJHG.com, July 27, 2012)

• "Report: Among Florida Lawmakers, ALEC’s Influence Runs Deep", (Ashley Lopez, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, July 27, 2012)

• "Groups Claim Conservative Nonprofit Lobbies Fla. Legislators, Influences State Law", (Jessica Palombo, WFSU, July 26, 2012)

• "Report: ALEC's influence in Florida broad", (Brandon Larrabee, Napels News, July 26, 2012)

• "Groups Claim Conservative Nonprofit Lobbies Fla. Legislators, Influences State Law", (Jessica Palombo,WFSU, July 26, 2012)

• "Report Says ALEC Has Growing Influence In Florida Education Policy", (Gina Jordan, State Impact, July 26, 2012)

• "New report contends state lawmakers linked to ALEC", (James Call, The Florida Current, July 26, 2012)

• "ALEC is an enemy of liberty", (Nathan Goodman, Herando Today, July 19, 2012)

• "The politics of ‘Stand your ground’ law", (David Donnelly, The Miami Herald, July 9, 2012)

• "Space Coast Progressive Alliance To Host Stand Your Ground Forum", (Brevardtimes.com, July 8, 2012)

• "Corporations drop membership in group that promotes 'Stand Your Ground' laws" (Palm Beach Post, April 10, 2012)

• "Right-wing think tank leaks salaries of Florida public employees via new website", (Ashley Lopez, The American Independent, January 9, 2012)

• "Scott, state lawmakers make today a dark day", (James Hoffa, Tampa Bay Online, September 5, 2011)

• "Lawmakers should open up about ALEC", (Orlando Sentinel, August 14, 2011)

• "Nelson Wants Congressional Hearing on State’s New Voting Rules", (Ashley Lopez, Florida Independent, November 2, 2011)

• ALEC ‘Guide to Repealing ObamaCare’ echoes Florida legislative action", (Ashley Lopez, The Florida Independent, September 1, 2011)

• "Stealth ALEC courts Tallahassee Republican lawmakers", (Sun Sentinel, August 19, 2011)

• "Rep. Randolph seeks opinion on gift-ban exemption", (TampBay.com, August 8, 2011)

• "It's tough to sugarcoat Florida politicians' shenanigans", (Orlando Sentinel, August 6, 2011)

Georgia

• "(IPS) Citizens Challenge Corporate Ties to ALEC, Heartland Institute", (Matthew Cardinale, Atlanta Progressive News, May 23, 2012)

• "The link between Trayvon Martin and your state Capitol", (Jim Galloway, Atlanta Political Insider, April 18, 2012)

• "Georgia lawmaker quits ALEC, calls it ‘radical’ group with ‘dangerous agenda’", (David Ferguson, The Raw Story, April 17, 2012)

Idaho

• "Editorial: Conference an unfit use of taxpayer dollars", (The Spokesman-Review, August 1, 2012)

• "Protesters target wrong folks at ALEC meeting", (Idaho Press Tribune, July 30, 2012)

• "Eye on Boise: Lawmakers bill state for conference costs", (Betsy Russell, The Spokesman Review, July 29, 2012)

• "Idaho lawmakers in Salt Lake this week for ALEC conference, including defeated Rep. Hart", (Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman, July 24, 2012)

• "Idaho lawmakers attend ALEC conference in Utah", (My SanAntonio, July 24 2012)

• "States’ legislation packaged and promoted by big business", (Idaho Mountain Express, August 10, 2011)

Illinois

• "Voting Rights Act anniversary celebrated, yet threats rising", (Chicago Sun-Times, August 7, 2012)

• "Bellock Named ALEC's 2012 Legislator of the Year, (Illinois Review, July 30, 2012)

• "Convicted felon to speak at NCSL event, as ALEC mole returns to hype his campaign", (Capitol Fax, July 26, 2012)

• "The Corporate Takeover of America—A Government of the Elites, by the Bureaucrats and for the Corporations", (John W. Whitehead, Prairie Advocate, July 9, 2012)

Indiana

• "'Right to Work' Advances in Indiana over Protests", (Theresa Moran, Labor Notes, January 10, 2012)

• "Indiana doing fine without right to work", (Indianpolis Star, December 15, 2011)

• "Ind. schools chief Bennett headlines national conservative lawmaker conference", (The Republic (Columbus, Indiana), December, 2011)

Iowa

• "Why Are Corporate Members Of ALEC Writing Iowa’s Laws?, Trish Nelson, Blog for Iowa, July 16, 2012)

• "IOWA DEMOCRAT DROPS TIES TO ‘EXTREME’ AND ‘PARTISAN’ ALEC", (Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress, May 16, 2012)

• "Progress Iowa continues campaign against American Legislative Exchange Council", (Iowa Politics, April 17, 2012)

Kansas

• "Statehouse Live: At least 8 GOP legislators registered to attend ALEC meeting", (Scott Rothschild, LJWorld.com, July 27, 2012)

• "NRA helped spread 'stand your ground' laws across nation" (Susan Ferris, Center for Public Integrity, Kansas City Star, March 27, 2012)

• "State lawmakers outsourcing duties to ALEC", (Barb Shelly, The Wichita Eagle, August 16, 2011)

• "Corporate-funded ALEC has strong ties to Kansas Legislature", (Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal, July 24, 2011)

Kentucky

• "Ky. Voices: Foes trying to block conservative advances", (Richard L. Roeding, Kentucky.com, July 23, 2012)

• "Cracks in ALEC's non-partisan facade show it's a corporate-GOP front, not a charity", (Ron Fromisano, Kentucky.com, July 9, 2012)

• "Ky. voices: ALEC helps legislators", (Mike Harmon, Kentucky.com, June 2, 2012)

• "Liberal Group Opposed to ALEC Opening Shop in Kentucky", (Kenny Colston, WKU Public Radio, May 31, 2012)

• "Battle Over ALEC Reaches Commonwealth", (Kenny Colston, KPR - Frankfort, May 2, 2012)

Louisiana

• "La. legislators to attend nationwide conferences", (Marsha Shuler, The Advocate, July 27, 2012)

• "Speer’s ALEC public record request defense is Louisiana House of Cards", (Guest OpEd, BayouBuzz, July 19, 2012)

• "State Rep. Joe Harrison uses state stationery to solicit $1,000 contributions in order to support ALEC agenda", (Louisiana Voice, July 5, 2012)

• "Louisiana Voucher Applications Roll Forward Despite Union Lawsuits", (Kevin Mooney, The Pelican Post, July 2, 2012)

• "ALEC and school reform: La. plan mirrors think tank's blueprint", (Mary Nash-Wood, Shreveporttimes, June 3, 2012)

• "Rep. Vos heading to New Orleans for ALEC convention; local progressives call group concerning", (Stephanie Jones, Racine Journal Times, August 5, 2011)

Maine

• Maine State Report

• "Maine Lawmaker Defends ALEC as Corporate Sponsors Jump Ship", (A.J. Higgins, MPBN, June 1, 2012)

• "Who is Writing Maine's Laws?" (Maine's Majority Education Fund, March 15, 2012)

• "ALEC-Linked Group Revealed As Major Secret Donor In Referendum On Maine Voting Rights", (Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress, December 28, 2011)

• "Last-minute donations now flood Maine campaigns", (Eric Russel, Bangor Daily News, December 22, 2011)

• "Rep. Andre Cushing Billed Taxpayers $2,100 for ALEC Travel Expenses", (Maine’s Majority, September 16, 2011)

• "Same-Day Voter Advocates: Maine a Pawn in National Voting Restriction Campaign", (A.J. Higgins, The Maine Public Broadcasting Network, September 15, 2011)

• "American Legislative Exchange Council’s long arm reaching into Maine policy", (Jody Spear, Bangor Daily News, September 15, 2011)

• Maine Governor Paul LePage's Copy-and-Paste Corporate Agenda, (Colin Woodard, Portland Phoenix, July 20, 2011)

Michigan

• "'Occupy' Movement Member Ticketed for Trespassing as Fire Alarm Is Pulled Disrupting Free-Market Conference", (Tom Gantert, Mackinac Center, July 30, 2012)

• "GM withdraws support from ALEC", (Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, July 27, 2012)

• "GM ends ties to controversial business-funded group", (David Shepardson, The Detroit News, July 26, 2012)

• "Advocacy group says GM cut ties with controversial non-profit ALEC", (David Muller, MLive, July 26, 2012)

• "U.S. economy still in doldrums", (Timothy Nash, Midland Daily News, July 8, 2012)

Minnesota

• Minnesota State Report

• "Attacks on ALEC undermine efforts to reach common ground", (Peter Nelson, MinnPost, June 5, 2012)

• "ACLU Challenge to Photo ID Ballot Measure May Succeed in MN Supreme Court, Yet Fail in Court of Public Opinion", (Ernest A. Canning, The Brad Blog, July 2, 2012)

• "Minnesota campaign finance board to investigate complaint against ALEC", (Bill Salisbury, TwinCities.com, May 29, 2012)

• "Minnesota's Scantron becomes latest ed-related firm to quit ALEC", (Beth Hawkins, MinnPost, May 29, 2012)

• "Common Cause MN files complaints against ALEC", (Jake Grovum, PoliticsInMinnesota, May 15, 2012)

• "Common Cause complaint: ALEC skirting lobbying laws", (Beth Hawkins, MinnPost, May 15, 2012)

• "ALEC and corporate fingerprints are all over national push for online learning" (Beth Hawkins, MinnPost, March 26, 2012)

• "Minnesota's War on Voting", (Ari Berman, The Nation, March 26, 2012)

• "Legislating Under the Influence: How Corporations Write State Laws in Minnesota" (Common Cause)

• "Experts say ALEC should register as Minnesota lobbyist", (Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent, August 12, 2011)

• "ALEC balks after experts say it should register as Minnesota lobbyist", (Jon Collins, The American Independent, August 12, 2011)

• "ALEC may have violated Minnesota campaign finance ruling", (Jon Collins, American Independent, August 11, 2011)

• "Getting lawmakers on the record about ALEC", (Jeff Severns Guntzel, Minnesota Post, August 9, 2011)

• "Kiffmeyer: 30 Minnesota legislators are ALEC members", (Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent, August 5, 2011)

Mississippi

• "Mississippi Voter ID Law Poses Catch-22 For Some Voters Who Don't Have Proper Identification", (Nick Wing, The Huffington Post, July 6, 2012)

Missouri

• Missouri State Report

• "Missouri Tort Reformers Flunk History Test As Court Strikes Down Damage Caps", (David Lyle, Media Matters, August 2, 2012)

• "Republican lawmakers in Utah for ALEC event", (Elizabeth Crisp, St. Louis Post Dispatch, July 27, 2012)

• "Editorial: Express Scripts right to end its participation in ALEC charade", (Editorial Board, STL Today, July 17, 2012)

• "Wal-Mart should end support of ALEC", (Bill Flethcher Jr., Columbia Daily Tribune, April 24, 2012)

• "ALEC Controversy Stirred at Missouri Capitol", (Tim Sampson, Missouri News Horizon, April 16, 2012)

• "REP. MIKE COLONA: ALEC IS "TOO EXTREME FOR ME AND THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI", (Progress Missouri, April 4, 2012)

• "Missouri's Right to Work for Less bills are functionally identical to ALEC models", (Progress Missouri, December 2011)

• "tracks ALEC model legislation as it moves through the State Capitol", (ProgressMissouri, November 2011)

• "Free-market group draws criticism for potential role in bills", (Jason Hancock, St. Louis Dispatch, August 5, 2011)

• "Corporate Interest Group Accused of Writing Missouri Laws", (Chad Garrison, River Front Times, July 27, 2011)

Nebraska

• "Lawmakers kill voter ID bill" (Paul Hammell, Omaha World-Herald, March 28, 2012)

• "on ALEC's war on voting", (Jane Kleeb, Bold Nebraska, March 10, 2011)

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire State Report

• "ALEC no friend of New Hampshire", (Letter to the Editor, NashuaTelegraph, May 10, 2012)

• "on ALEC Right to Work model legislation in New Hampshire", (Granite State Progress, November 2011)

• "ALEC Exposed John Nichols The Nation", (John Nichols, New Hampshire AFL-CIO, September 20, 2011)

• "on ALEC bills in New Hampshire government", (New Hampshire Labor News, July 2011)

New Jersey

• New Jersey State Report

• "Johnson & Johnson right to pull out of ALEC", (Star-Ledger Editorial Board, NJ.com, June 13, 2012)

• "Johnson & Johnson becomes first N.J. company to part ways with ALEC", (Salvador Rizzo, NJ.com, June 12, 2012)

• "Watchdog group wants Attorney General to investigate ALEC's activities in N.J.", (Salvador Rizzo, NJ.com, May 3, 2012)

• "Some of Christie's biggest bills match model legislation from D.C. group called ALEC" (Salvador Rizzo, New Jersey Star-Ledger, April 1, 2012)

• Gov. Christie and Koch brothers share anti-environment agenda", (Jeff Tittel, New Jersey Newsroom, September 7, 2011)

New Mexico

• "ALEC struggles to retain members", (Steve Terrell, The New Mexican, July 16, 2012)

• "Pulling back the curtain on ALEC in NM: A chat with the ALEC state chairman", (Progress Now New Mexico, April 28, 2012)

New York

• "State senators question ALEC influence in NY", (The Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2012)

• "Senate Dems’ ALEC hearing features uncut Grandeau", (Casey Seiler, Capitol Confidential, June 13, 2012)

• "Common Cause/NY Calls on Attorney General to Investigate ALEC Compliance with State Tax and Lobbying Laws", (ReadMedia, April 26, 2012)

• "New York Could Get Gun Law Like Florida's" (Times Herald-Record, March 28, 2012)

• "African-American State Senators Adams, Parker, Perkins To Wear Hoodies For Trayvon Martin" (Celeste Katz, New York Daily News, March 26, 2012)

• "Whistleblower Exposes ALEC", (Bruce Fealk, The Rochester Citizen, July 14, 2011)

North Carolina

• "ALEC Legislators, Companies Convene In Charlotte, N.C.", (ENews Park Forest, May 11, 2012)

• "ALEC comes to Charlotte to craft model legislation", (Newsobserver, May 10, 2012)

• "Dome: Common Cause asks N.C. attorney general to investigate ALEC", (Newsobserver.com, May 8, 2012)

• "Dome: N.C. Democrats will pick new leader Saturday" (David Parker, Newsobserver, February 14, 2012)

• "Tillis enjoys defending his record", (Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2011)

• "Behind the Bill: ALEC and Tort Reform", (North Carolina's WRAL TV, April 1, 2011)

Ohio

• Ohio State Report

• "ALEC's Influence in Ohio Runs Deep" (CMD, PFAW, Common Cause & Progress Ohio, February 6, 2012)

• "Who Writes Ohio’s Legislation?", (Ohio Public Radio, July 27, 2011)

Oklahoma

• "ALEC-Supported Disability Scholarship Program Challenged in Oklahoma, Threatens Public Schools and Church-State Separation", (Ameilia, People for the American Way, June 26, 2012)

• "American Legislative Exchange Council to hold spring summit in OKC", (M. Scott Carter, The Journal Record, June 25, 2012)

Oregon

• "Our Oregon Legislature is infested", (Rich Harisay, Williamettelive.com, July 27, 2012)

• "The ALEC 22 in the Oregon Lege", (Kari Chisholm, BlueOregon, June 1, 2012)

• "Oregon Politics Roundup: ALEC, natural gas, Salem's lot", (Harry Esteve, Oregon Live, May 29, 2012)

• ALEC gains foothold in Oregon, with one-fourth of legislators as members", (Michelle Cole, Oregon Live, May 26, 2012)

• "Oops! Fact that matters overlooked by ALEC", (Chuck Sheketoff, BlueOregon, April 18, 2012)

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania State Report

• "American Legislative Exchange Council endures liberal firestorm", (Brian Bumsted, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 6, 2012)

• "In PA: The Battle Against ALEC Rages On", (Patrick McAteer, PoliticsPA, May 16, 2012)

• "Common Cause Pa seeks investigation of ALEC", (Dave Davies, NewsWorks, May 3, 2012)

• "State's economic state not great, report suggests", (Reading Eagle, November 26, 2011)

• "Rep. Matthew Baker Threatens Citizen Activists for Exposing His Ties to Corporate Lobbyists", (Keystone Progress, August 10, 2011)

• "Keystone Progress vs. ALEC", (Keegan Gibson and Jared Edgerton, PoliticsPA, August, 2011)

Rhode Island

• "Long: Woonsocket ‘is in a death spiral’ that’s not ALEC’s fault", (Ted Nesi, WPRI Rhode Island, June 20, 2012)

• "Lots of pushback to Joe Nocera’s ALEC-in-Woonsocket column", (Ted Nesi, WPRI Rhode Island, June 19, 2012)

• "RI Senate passed resolutions backing ALEC; now Dems scurry", (Ted Nesi, WPRI, April 25, 2012)

South Carolina

• "Wining And Dining In Utah", (FitNews, July 26, 2012)

• South Carolina's Anti-Municipal Broadband Bill Passes, AT&T Lobbying Blamed, (Tiffany Kaisser, Daily Tech, July 2, 2012)

• "ALEC Singled Out for Exemption from Lobbying Law in South Carolina", (ALLGov, May 9, 2012)

• "Common Cause questions ALEC’s S.C. tax status", (Robert Behre, The Post and Courier, May 9, 2012)

• "Lawmakers Exempted ALEC in S.C. Lobbying Law", (Corey Hutchins, Free Times, April 26, 2012)

• "American Legislative Exchange Council has a hand in S.C. politics" (The Post and Courier, April 23, 2012)

• "Nikki Haley “Love Nest,” Open Marriage Alleged", (Fits News, November 4, 2011)

• "S.C. Republicans Determined to Disenfranchise Black Voters", (Will Moredock, Charleston City Paper, November 2011)

Tennessee

• "ALEC under fire for perceived shift Members, sponsors dropping out of position change", (Tom Humphrey, Knox News, July 29, 2012)

• Lawmaker used lobbyist template", (Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News Sentinel, July 16, 2011)

• "Local Legislators in ALEC", (Knoxville Metro Post, Cari Wade Gervin, August 9, 2011)

Texas

• Texas State Report

• "Hightower Report: Abandoning ALEC", (Jim Hightower, The Austin Chronicle, June 15, 2012)

• "Progress Texas Releases Report on ALEC and Virtual Schools in Texas", (Phillup Martin, Progress Texas, May 22, 2012)

• "ALEC Exposed in Texas" (Progress Texas)

• "Some say the American Legislative Exchange Council influences legislation too much in Texas and U.S.", (Aman Batheia, Star-Telegram, December 3, 2011)

• "ALEC Exposed Wiki releases previously restricted documents", (Nicole, Texas Prison Bid'ness, July 14, 2011)

• "Texas tobacco tax law matches ALEC model legislation introduced in other states", (Patrick Michels, American Independent, August 5, 2011)

• "ALEC model legislation echoes TPPF, Perry-backed higher ed reforms in Texas", (Mary Tuma, American Independent, July 29, 2011)

Utah

• "Utah State Report"

• "Campbell: Controversial ALEC has helped open government", (Joel Campbell, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 3, 2012)

• "Organize like ALEC", (Cindi Shields, The Salt Lake Tribune, August 1, 2012)

• "Loophole lets thousands in lobbyist expenses go unreported", (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 30, 2012)

• "Loophole lets thousands in lobbyist expenses go unreported: Money spent feedingand entertaining lawmakers doesn’t have to be reported (Salt Lake Tribune, July 30, 2012)

• "Interest groups affecting legislation and Utah lands", (Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb, Desert News, July 29, 2012)

• "Pyle: SuperPacs for better papers", (George Pyle, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 27, 2012)

• "McEntee: ALEC works in secrecy, Utah activists in public", (Peg McEntee, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 27, 2012)

• "Utah Senators say it’s time for ALEC to be more open", (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 27, 2012)

• "A Wounded ALEC Assembles In Utah", (John Guzzon and Charles Parke, Modern Times Magazine, July 27, 2012)

• "ALEC In Utah", (The Salt Lake Tribune, July 27, 2012)

• "ALEC provides receptive crowd for Utah’s land battles", (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 26, 2012)

• "Immigration Activists Rally Against ALEC Friday", (Eric Peterson, City Weekly, July 26, 2012)

• "Peaceful Uprising To Commemorate DeChristopher Anniversary", (Stephen Dark, City Weekly, July 26, 2012)

• "Protesters gather outside ALEC meeting in SLC", (Aaron Vaughn, Fox 13 Now Salt Lake City, July 26, 2012)

• "DeChristopher supporters stage peaceful protest at ALEC convention", (Wendy Leonard, Deseret News, July 26, 2012)

• "Protestors rally against conservative lawmaker's group; 1 arrested", (Paul Foy and Nkoyo Iyamba, KSL.com, July 26, 2012)

• "Conservative lawmakers gather in Utah", (Paul Foy, ABC 4 News Salt Lake City, July 26, 2012)

• "Utah’s Highest Court Hears Arguments in Anti-Corporate Personhood Initiative", (Jessica Gail, KCPW, July 26, 2012)

• "Anti-ALEC Protest And Rally For Public Education Thursday", (Eric Peterson, City Weekly, July 25, 2012)

• "ALEC Names Utah #1 For Economic Outlook Five Years Running", (Jessica Gail, KCPW, July 25, 2012)

• "Glen Warchol's Crawler: David calls out Goliath", (Glen Warchol, Salt Lake Magazine, July 25, 2012)

• "Common Cause criticizes American Legislative Exchange Council and its impact on public policy", (Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 25, 2012)

• "ALEC meeting sparks support from governor, protests", (Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News, July 25, 2012)

• "American Legislative Exchange Council and backers say they won’t be intimidated by threats", (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 25, 2012)

• "Geese and Ganders", (Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune, July 25, 2012)

• "ALEC Under Fire", (Max Roth, Fox Salt Lake City, July 25, 2012)

• "ALEC Holds Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City", (People for the American Way, July 25, 2012)

• "Idaho lawmakers attend ALEC conference in Utah", (Associated Press, KIVI-TV, July 25, 2012)

• "ALEC Begins Annual Conference in Utah Protests Follow", (Inspired Actions, July 25, 2012)

• "Conservative policy group kicks off conference in SLC", (Meredith Forrest Kulwicki, July 24, 2012)

• "ALEC members gather to advance economic work in the states", (Ron Scheberle, Deseret News, July 24, 2012)

• "ALEC: Utah's Controversial "Houseguest"", (Public News Service, July 23, 2012)

• "Conservative organization to hold annual meeting in SLC", (Brittany Green-Miner and Gene Kennedy, Fox 13 Now, July 22, 2012)

• "Why are people critical of ALEC?", (Carl Wimmer, Deseret News, July 22, 2012)

• "State legislators to descend on SLC for ALEC convention", (Billy Hesterman, Daily Herald, July 22, 2012)

• "Occupy Salt Lake City calls for Protest outside annual meeting of ALEC", (Jim Cook, Irregular Times, July 22, 2012)

• "Smart about ALEC", (The Salt Lake Tribune, July 21, 2012)

• "Sutherland's Support Of ALEC Is Preachin' To The Choir", (Jerre Wroble, City Weekly, July 20, 2012)

• "Democratic Representative Withdraws Membership from ALEC", (Andrea Smardon, Kuer 90.1, July 17, 2012)

• "Blog Watch: Utah Legislators Defend ALEC", (Pulse.com, July 17, 2012)

• "Cold ALEC Welcome, Join The Anti-ALEC Conference", (Eric Peterson, City Weekly, July 19, 2012)

• "McEntee: Lawmaker quits ALEC over lack of openness", (Peg Mcentee, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 18, 2012)

• "ALEC bringing its clout, agenda and convention to Utah", (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 14, 2012)

• "Smash ALEC Pinata Party Friday, (Eric Peterson, City Weekly, July 12, 2012)

• "ALEC Is Coming Page 1, Legislation Machine Descends Upon Utah", (Katharine Biele, City Weekly, July 11, 2012)

• "Billboards Warn Utahns "ALEC Is Coming"", (Eric Peterson, CityWeekly, June 27, 2012)

• "Group says ALEC is shutting down dissent" (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, June 7, 2012)

• "Group Calls on State Lawmakers to Cut Ties With ALEC", (Whittney Evans, KPCW News Utah, May 28, 2012)

• "Smart ALEC Rep. Jennifer Seelig Catches Heat For Association With ALEC", (Katherine Biele, City Weekly Utah, May 23, 2012)

• "Osmond Proposing Changes to Utah's Public Ed", (Bob Bernick, Utah Pulse, November 9, 2011)

• "Utah lawmakers, lobbyists, go on the road", (Robert Gehrke, Salt Lake Tribune, August 12, 2011)

Vermont

• "S199 Defeated in Vermont Preserving Healthcare Choice Rights", (John Gilmore, Age of Autism, May 7, 2012)

• "Kentish: ALEC’s ugly duckling", (Opinion, VT Digger, Apri 19, 2012)

Virginia

• Virginia State Report

• "Virginia elected official attendees to the ALEC annual conference", (Brian Devine, Progress VA, August 8, 2012)

• "My Week at ALEC, Part 1: Lobbyists, Golf and Gifts, Oh My!", (Brian Devine, Progress VA, July 20, 2012)

• "Brian Moran quits his controversial day job", (Anita Kumar, Washington Post, July 5, 2012)

• "Democrats want Virginia legislators to cut ties to ALEC", (Anita Kumar, WashingtonPost, June 4, 2012)

• "ALEC is shunned by some Virginia lawmakers", (Anita Kumar, WashingtonPost, May 30, 2012)

• "Get out of ALEC, Virginia lawmakers", (Free Lance-Star, May 6, 2012)

• "Virginia House speaker William Howell said conservative group ALEC is ‘under attack’ by liberals", (Anita Kumar, Washington Post, April 12, 2012)

• "Corporate interests fuel group’s desire to shape Va. legislation, critics say", (Anita Kumar, Washington Post, December 27, 2011)

• "ALEC in Virginia", (Progress Virginia, December 2011)

Washington

• "Big corporations pull plug on conservative group", (Joel Connelly, Seattle Post Intelligencer, July 26, 2012)

• "Group challenges charity tax status of 'ALEC' organization", (Associated Press, Katu, April 23, 2012)

West Virginia

• "on ALEC's influence in West Virginia", (Alison Knezevich, The Charleston Gazette, July 21, 2011)

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin State Report

• "Race to the left: Pocan, Roys battle for progressives' votes", (Jack Craver, The Cap Times, July 25, 2012)

• "Pocan Presses for Greater ALEC Accountability, (The Capitol Times, July 16, 2012)

• "Some Unnatural Tilts in Media Coverage From Vouchers to Cops" (Dominique Paul North, Milwaukee Labor Press, July 5, 2012)

• "Rep. Mark Pocan: Walker’s WRS plans hinge on semantics" (Mark Pocan, The Cap Times, July 3, 2012)

• "Did ALEC Give 3.4 Million for The Recall Election", (PolitiScoop, May 28, 2012)

• "People For The American Way Calls On Wisconsin Legislators, Governor To Return Funds Tied To ALEC", (ENews Park Forest, May 22, 2012)

• "Pocan has been the anti-ALEC champion", (Cap Times Editorial, The Cap Times, May 10, 2012)

• "Complaint alleges ALEC scholarships for lawmakers violate ethics law", (Leopoldo Rocha, The Badger Herald, May 2, 2012)

• "How Corporations are Controlling Wisconsin Legislators" (Lisa Kaiser, Milwaukee Shepard Express, March 28, 2012)

• "Voter ID Law Attacks Democracy", (Judith Browne Dianis and Jayme Montgomery, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 3, 2011)

• "Scott Walker, ALEC alum", (Dennis Kaiser, OpEdNews, October 2, 2011)

• "AG Van Hollen’s dereliction of his duty", (The Cap Times, September 28, 2011)

• "Scott Walker and the GOP Reveal Depth of Their Voter-Exclusion Plan", (Roger Bybee, AlterNet, September 15, 2011)

• "Right-Wing Billionaires Invest in Wisconsin's Recall Elections to Save School Privatization Agenda", (John Nichols, The Nation, August 8, 2011)

• Dane 101, "Wisconsin to NOLA: Rep. Pocan kicked out of ALEC event; reporters accosted", (Jesse Russel, ThinkProgress, August 5, 2011)

• "New ALEC Bill in committee means drastic Prevailing Wage law changes", (Bdgrdemocracy, July 18, 2011)

• ALEC in Wisconsin, (Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 13, 2011)