Press on ALEC Exposed

National Press

December 2016

• "Why Targeting Corporate Democrats Is Part of the Fight Against Trump" (Mark Engler, Truth-Out, December 1, 2016)

• "The new founder: What would the Fathers think of us now?" (Jim Hightower, Arizona Daily Sun, December 2, 2016)

• "Trump picks former campaign rival Ben Carson for housing secretary" (Jim Hightower, WNCN, December 5, 2016)

• "Why the Constitution still matters at universities" (Jim Hightower, Washington Examiner, December 6, 2016)

• "Law Professor: 17th Amendment 'Disenfranchised States'" (Jim Hightower, CNSNews, December 7, 2016)

• "How To Tackle Trump? Start At The State Level And Work Up, Democrats Say" (Huffington Post, December 8, 2016)

• "Trump and Walker have similarities -- Dick Tschanz" (Madison.com, December 9, 2016)

• "Ohio Lawmakers Sneak Measure Restricting Minimum Wage Into Bill About Puppies" (Huffington Post, December 10, 2016)

• "Tech giants are set to take the regulation of online speech into their own hands" (The Hill, December 11, 2016)

• "Follow the Money Behind Attacks on Clean Energy in Ohio" (DeSmog, December 12, 2016)

• "The Spoils of the Republican State Conquest" (The Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2016)

• "Ohio Republicans Advance Nationwide Wage-Suppression Campaign" (The American Prospect, December 14, 2016)

• "Ohio clean energy standards are toast unless Gov. John Kasich steps in to save them" (Vox, December 13, 2016)

• "Tillerson's relations with autocrats forged during decades in industry" (Washington Post, December 14, 2016)

• "States shutter prisons as inmate numbers fall" (The Hill, December 14, 2016)

• "Rex Tillerson's State of Denial" (The New Yorker, December 14, 2016)

• "Business Groups Fight Higher Miami Beach Minimum Wage" (CBS Local, December 14, 2016)

• "Miami Beach created a mandatory minimum wage. Now business groups are suing the city." (Miami Herald, December 14, 2016)

• "News Reports Uncritically Portray Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson As Climate Change Advocate" (Media Matters for America, December 15, 2016)

• "DeVos is dangerous for public education " (Charlotte Observer, December 15, 2016)

• "How Trump's Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Conned the Media Into Believing He Supports Climate Change Action" (AlterNet, December 16, 2016)

• "Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan may pursue versions of Scott Walker's Act 10 legislation" (The Cap Times, December 17, 2016)

• "Nebraska lawmaker joins national board of conservative group ALEC" (Lincoln Journal Star, December 18, 2016)

November 2016

• "Billionaire Coal Magnate Jim Justice Shunned By Coal Industry In W. Va. Gubernatorial Bid" (Ken Silverstein, Forbes, November 2, 2016)

• "Critic’s Corner: Ava Duvernay’s “13th”" (Josh Merchant, The Spectator, November 2, 2016)

• "The 10-Year Crusade to Reinvent Politics in the Grand Canyon State" (Maria Bustillos, The Nation, November 3, 2016)

• "“CoreCivic”: New Name, Same For-Profit Prison Greed
Steve Terrell" (Richard (RJ) Eskow, Huffington Post, November 3, 2016)

• "Election ad watch: Gentry denies mailer’s claim he is part of ALEC" (Santa Fe New Mexican, November 4, 2016)

• "opposing “Right to Work” amendment in Virginia" (Emile Schepers, People's World, November 5, 2016)

• "Election Results a ‘Mixed Bag’ on Right-to-Work Measures" (Rhonda Smith, Bloomberg BNA, November 6, 2016)



• "Md.'s cash bail system costs taxpayers plenty" (Baltimore Sun, November 7, 2016)

• "Progressive Policies Win at the Ballot Box" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, November 11, 2016)

• "Republicans Now Control Record Number of State Legislative Chambers" (Barbara Hollingsworth, CNS News, November 16, 2016)

• "Walker hints at possible run for third term as Wisconsin governor" (Matthew DeFour, Wisconsin State Journal, November 17, 2016)

• "5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Education Choice" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, November 18, 2016)

• "Right-to-Work Backers Plan Push for Laws in Three States" (Rhonda Smith, Bloomberg BNA, November 20, 2016)

• "U.S. appeals court upholds local 'right-to-work' law in Kentucky" (Robert Iafolla, Reuters, November 22, 2016)

• "The Koch brothers’ hidden election gambit: Just because the multibillionaires didn’t back a presidential candidate they were hardly idle" (Jim Hightower, Salon, November 24, 2016)

• "Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections" (Calvin Sloan, PR Watch, November 25, 2016)

• "Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections" (John Eick, PR Watch, November 27, 2016)

• "Rewrite the Constitution? Here's how a convention could do it" (Tom LoBianco, CNN, November 22, 2016)

• "Minimum wage going up in 2017, but advocates say it’s not enough" (Tiffany Chan, WWLP, November 22, 2016)

• "Cash-strapped and incarcerated: The modern debtor’s prison" (Marc Levin, The Hill, November 23, 2016)

• "Trump team member slams unions, activists in favor of businesses" (Patrick Temple-West, Politico, November 24, 2016)

• "Hypocrisy and Trumpism on the Agenda as ALEC Meets in Washington, D.C." (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, November 25, 2016)

October 2016

• "Climate change snubbed again at presidential debate" (Anthony Adragna, Politico, October 20, 2016)

• "‘13th’ is among the best movies of 2016, and is probably the most important" (Ty Burr, The Boston Globe, October 21, 2016)

• "Pension crisis: Fully funded ones a rarity" (William La Jeunesse, Fox News, October 25, 2016)

• "The Boogeyman of Voter Fraud Does Not Exist" (Rev. William J. Barber II, TIME, October 25, 2016)

• "Kansas ends bad economic news - by not reporting it" (Barry Ritholtz, Chicago Tribune, October 26, 2016)

• "Legislature should serve the people" (Richard Maxwell, Wisconsin State Journal, October 26, 2016)

• "AT&T Merger With Time-Warner May Go Ahead Without FCC Review: Corruption Loophole" (Richard Maxwell, The Ring of Fire Network, October 26, 2016)

• "AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring" (Malkia Cyril, The Nation, October 26, 2016)

• "Pension crisis: Fully funded ones a rarity" (William La Jeunesse, Laura Prabucki, Fox News, October 25, 2016)

• "Colorado Initiative 71 Promoted On False Pretenses: A Trojan Horse for Corporate Power Grab" (Michele Swenson, Huffington Post, October 25, 2016)

• "Study sees potential disaster for Ohio pensions" (Adrian Burns, USA Today Network, October 28, 2016)

• "States versus their cities" (Leonard Hitchcock, Idaho State Journal, October 2, 2016)

• "How ALEC & the Kochs Publicly Back Criminal Justice Reform & Privately Expand Mass Incarceration" (Democracy Now!, October 3, 2016)

• "Ava DuVernay’s Damning Netflix Doc Finds the Truth About Mass Incarceration" (Lewis Beale, Daily Beast, October 3, 2016)

• "From Slavery to Mass Incarceration, Ava DuVernay's Film "13th" Examines Racist U.S. Justice System" (Democracy Now!, October 3, 2016)

• "ALEC and Criminal Justice Reform; RAGA and Oil Companies" (PR Watch, October 4, 2016)

• "Citizen watchdog calls out Seattle City Council for blurring lines with advocacy groups" (The Seattle Times, October 5, 2016)

• "Exxon and ALEC Running Illegal Lobbying Scheme, Watchdog Groups Charge in IRS Complaint" (ExposedByCMD, October 6, 2016)

• "The Climate Accountability Scorecard: Ranking Major Fossil Companies on Climate Deception, Disclosure, and Action (2016)" (Union of Concerned Scientists, October 8, 2016)

• "Climate's growing role in presidential race" (Anthony Adragna, Politico, October 4, 2016)

• "Assembly Republicans float exploring new school choice option" (Molly Beck, Wisconsin State Journal, October 4, 2016)

• "ALEC Exxon IRS Complaint—Exhibit List" (Molly Beck, Common Cause, October 5, 2016)

• "Exhibit 89 ALEC Energy Book" (Molly Beck, Common Cause, October 5, 2016)

• "Groups accuse ALEC, Exxon of tax violations" (Timothy Cama and Megan R. Wilson, The Hill, October 5, 2016)

• "Ava DuVernay's Netflix film 13th reveals how mass incarceration is an extension of slavery" (Bethonie Butler, Washington Post’’, October 6, 2016)

• "13th review Ava DuVernays excellent documentary on the so-called prison industrial complex" (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, October 7, 2016)

• "Leading Fossil Fuel Companies Fail Climate Responsibility Test" (John Cushman, InsideClimate News, October 12, 2016)

• "Voter ID in Wisconsin a Slow-Motion Train Wreck" (Mary Bottari, PRWatch, October 13, 2016)

• "Holding Corporate Carbon Producers Accountable" (Elliot Negin, Huffington Post, October 13, 2016)

September 2016

• "Republicans Are Coming Around to This Public Internet Idea" (Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, September 1, 2016)

• "What Is ALEC?" (Kevin Mathews, Care2, September 8, 2016)

• "The Shackling of the American City" (Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, September 9, 2016)

• "Preemption Laws Take Power Away From Cities, Writer Says" (KP Whaley, Wisconsin Public Radio News, September 10, 2016)

• "Scientific organizations must stop taking money from Exxon" (Michael E. Mann and James J. McCarthy, The Hill, September 11, 2016)

• "Enterprise car rental company leaves Alec after public outcry" (Sam Thielman, Guardian, September 21, 2016)

• "Enterprise drops membership in conservative group ALEC" (David Nicklaus, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 22, 2016)

• "Gov. Walker should resign -- Tim Melin" (Tim Melin, WI State Journal, September 23, 2016)

• "Big Spending by Fossil Fuel Supporters Swings Ohio Senate Race to GOP" (Marianne Lavelle, InsideClimate News, September 26, 2016)

• "Toxic air pollution concentrated at small number of sites" (Jamie Smith Hopkins, Center for Public Integrity, September 8, 2016)

• "Bayer Makes Deal With GMO Giant Monsanto" (Jamie Corey, PR Watch, September 13, 2016)

• "New Grants Announced: ED Continues to Pour Millions into Charter School Blackhole" (Dustin Beilke, PR Watch, September 14, 2016)

• "Trump Economic Adviser "Pushing" for Climate Denier and Fossil Fuel Apologist to Head EPA" (Steve Horn, DeSmog, September 29, 2016)

August 2016

• "The Koch-Backed and Not-So-Independent 'Independent Women's Forum'" (Lisa Graves, Kim Haddow and Calvin Sloan,Common Dreams, August 18, 2016)

• "Mike Pence Blames Donald Trump’s Problems on The Media" (Philip Elliott,TIME, August 20, 2016)

• "Enterprise Rent-A-Car becomes paid Alec member despite green efforts
" (Sam Thielman,The Guardian, August 22, 2016)

• "Early voting in Wisconsin could begin next month" (Sam Thielman,Wisconsin Gazette, August 20, 2016)

• "The Independent “Women’s” Voice? Most Known Donors Are Men" (Lisa Graves, EXPOSEDbyCMD, August 20, 2016)

• "Inside the Conservative Push for States to Amend the Constitution" (Michael Wines, New York Times, August 23, 2016)

• "Walker has been our most divisive governor" (Michael Wines, Green Bay Press Gazette, August 22, 2016)

• "Florida Retirement system remains under threat" (Jeremy Ring, Miami Herald, August 22, 2016)

• "Pence heaps praise on ALEC" (People's World, August 8, 2016)

• "McBee hires Robert Marcus from White House" (Isaac Arnsdorf, Politico, August 8, 2016)

• "AARP: Adios, ALEC" (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 10, 2016)

• "World’s largest online travel company Expedia severs ties with Alec" (Dominic Rushe, The Guardian, August 10, 2016)

• "Expedia Latest to Exit ALEC" (David Armiak, EXPOSEDbyCMD, August 10, 2016)

• "AARP, Under Pressure, Quits Legislative Group" (David Armiak, O'Dwyer's PR News, August 9, 2016)

• "ALEC’s Dark Money Game" (David Armiak, Huffington Post, August 9, 2016)

• "In A Victory For Seniors, AARP Dumps Conservative Policy Group ALEC" (David Armiak, Progress Illinois, August 10, 2016)

• "Florida man cites ‘Stand Your Ground’ law after shooting unarmed ex-girlfriend in face at Denny’s" (David Ferguson, Raw Story, August 10, 2016)

• "ALEC’s impact on Indiana involves private money, legislation and mileage reimbursements
" (Bennett Haeberle, WISH-TV, August 11, 2016)

• "ALEC’s War on Clean Government
" (Rep. Chris Taylor, Progressive.org, August 1, 2016)

• "AARP Yielded to 'Shut Up' Politics By Ending Its ALEC Membership
" (Jean Card, U.S. News & World Report, August 11, 2016)

• "Success! Expedia Becomes Latest Company to Cut Ties with ALEC in a Win for Animals and the Public" (Jean Card, Care2.com, August 11, 2016)

• "Federal appeals court puts hold on voter ID ruling" (Jean Card, Wisconsin Gazette, August 11, 2016)

• "ALEC influencing Arizona" (Jean Card, Sierra Vista Herald, August 12, 2016)

• "Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice Use “Independent” Brand to Push Right-Wing Agenda to Women Voters" (Lisa Graves, Kim Haddow and Calvin Sloan, EXPOSEDbyCMD, August 17, 2016)

• "Meet the ‘Feminists’ Doing the Koch Brothers’ Dirty Work
" (Joan Walsh, The Nation, August 17, 2016)

• "ALEC's goal is to leave out regular Hoosiers
" (Michelle Bandor, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 18, 2016)

• "Koch Brothers’ Group Starts Ads in Nevada, Ohio and Pennsylvania" (Time, August 1, 2016)

• "A shamed AARP withdraws from right-wing lobbying organization ALEC" (Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2016)

• “AARP to drop out of ALEC” (Politico, August 5, 2016)

• “These swing-state votes may turn on jobs, wages ” (CNBC, August 5, 2016)

• “Mike Pence Loves ALEC and Keeps Pushing Public School Privatization, Despite Lousy Indiana Record With Charters and Vouchers ” (CNBC, August 5, 2016)

• “Mike Pence Loves ALEC and Keeps Pushing Public School Privatization, Despite Lousy Indiana Record With Charters and Vouchers ” (AlterNet, August 5, 2016)

• “SCOOP: BECKETT is likely NEW WSJ bureau chief -- AARP to drop out of ALEC -- Playbook Interview: Tim Phillips” (Politico, August 5, 2016)

• “AARP To Withdraw From Controversial Conservative Group Amid Rising Pressure” (Daniel Marans, ‘’Huffington Post, August 5, 2016)

July 2016

• "Voting rights rulings could deal blow to Republicans in 2016 elections" (The Guardian, July 31, 2016)

• "It’s “political sleight-of-hand”: For their next trick, Republican magicians will make your federal land disappear" (Amanda Marcotte, Salon, July 4, 2016)

• "A constitutional convention would be a Brexit-scale crisis for the U.S." (David Super, Los Angeles Times, July 4, 2016)

• "Cities Clash With State Governments Over Social and Environmental Policies" (Valerie Bauerlein and Jon Kamp, Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2016)

• "ALEC to hold national meeting in Indianapolis" (Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette, July 8, 2016)

• "ALEC to meet in state this month" (Niki Kelly and Brian Francisco, The Journal Gazette, July 9, 2016)

• "Top legislators’ PACs reap thousands from key donors" (Colin Woodard, Press Herald, July 10, 2016)

• "Exxon Is Still Helping Fund The Spread Of Climate Denial" (Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress, July 11, 2016)

• "War on federal parks: Radicalized Republicans try prevent turning Bears Ears in Utah into a national monument" (Amanda Marcotte, Salon, July 12, 2016)

• "Exxon Is Still Helping Fund The Spread Of Climate Denial" (Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress, July 11, 2016)

• "War on federal parks: Radicalized Republicans try prevent turning Bears Ears in Utah into a national monument" (Amanda Marcotte, Salon, July 12, 2016)

• "Sen. Whitehouse Calls Out Media's Role In Fossil Fuel Industry's "Web Of Climate Denial"" (Media Matters for America, July 12, 2016)

• "ExxonMobil Is Still Funding Climate Science Denier Groups" (Elliott Negin, Huffington Post, July 13, 2016)

• "Groups liken Dems' climate attacks to the tyranny of King George" (John Siciliano, Washington Examiner, July 14, 2016)

• "Déjà vu: as with tobacco, the climate wars are going to court" (Dana Nuccitelli, The Guardian, July 18, 2016)

• "The First Night of the RNC Was a Cynical Exploitation of Grief" (D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation, June 19, 2016)

• "Koch Brothers' Fingerprints Can Be Found All Over GOP Convention" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 20, 2016)

• "If California's a 'bad state for business,' why is it leading the nation in job and GDP growth?" (Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2016)

• "The First Amendment Isn't a Shield for Fraud" (Michael Hiltzik, U.S. News & World Report, July 22, 2016)

• "Scant prospects for Montgomery collective bargaining bill" (Bill Turque, Washington Post, July 23, 2016)

• "Mike Pence to skip Koch brothers event" (Bill Turque, CNN, July 25, 2016)

• "Is Hillary Ready for a Progressive ‘Realignment’?" (Bill Turque, The Nation, July 26, 2016)

• "Voter ID lawsuits sowing confusion" (Bill Turque, The Hill, June 1, 2016)

• "Pence back on for ALEC's annual meeting in Indianapolis" (James Briggs, Indianapolis Star, July 26, 2016)

• "Teachers' union shows its priorityin protesting ALEC event - it's not students" (David Wolkins, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, July 27, 2016)

• "Revealed: AARP Is Funding ALEC" (Nick Surgey and Calvin Sloan, EXPOSEDbyCMD, July 28, 2016)

• "Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC" (Nick Surgey and Jessica Mason, EXPOSEDbyCMD, July 28, 2016)

• "ExxonMobil Top Sponsor at ALEC Annual Meeting
 Casino Dollars Now Funding ALEC" (Nick Surgey, EXPOSEDbyCMD, July 27, 2016)

• "ALEC's 'secretive' meeting in Indianapolis draws criticism" (Kara Kenney, WRTV Indianapolis, July 27, 2016)

• "Hoosiers Rally to Protect Education from ALEC "Reforms"" (Kara Kenney, Public News Service, July 27, 2016)

• "Teachers brave heat to vent anger over ALEC’s influence on Indiana education laws" (Chalkbeat, July 27, 2016)

• "The other battle at the ballot box Teachers brave heat to vent anger over ALEC’s influence on Indiana education laws" (The Washington Times, July 27, 2016)

• "13 Investigates: Union workers and teachers protest ALEC convention in Indianapolis" (Sandra Chapman, WTHR, July 28, 2016)

• "Rick Perry: GOP has 'lost moral legitimacy' on race" (Brian Eason, Indianapolis Star, July 27, 2016)

• "ALEC's gathering draws Indy protests" (Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette, July 27, 2016)

• "Mike Pence Set To Strengthen Ties To ALEC And Corporate-Driven Education Reform" (Pam Vogel, Media Matters for America, July 28, 2016)

• "Ex-Education Secretary: I Was Wrong About E-Learning" (Eric Berman, 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis, July 29, 2016)

• "Only On 9: State Lawmakers Share Ideas At Civil Asset Forfeiture Conference" (Aaron Brilbeck, News9.com KWTV, July 29, 2016)

• "ALEC in Indianapolis: ExxonMobil and the #WebOfDenial" (Connor Gibson, Common Dreams, July 29, 2016)

• "Mike Pence Praises Controversial Conservative Group ALEC" (Vaughn Hillyard, NBCNews, July 29, 2016)

• "Pence attacks 'same failed policies' of Democrats in speech at ALEC" (James Briggs, Indianapolis Star, July 29, 2016)

• "Special interests pay for legislator convention" (Tom Loftus, ‘’Courier-Journal’’, July 29, 2016)

• "Back Home Again, Pence Greets Bikers, Conservative Legislators" (‘’WIBC’’, July 29, 2016)

• "Gov. Mike Pence returns to Indiana" (James Briggs, WLKY Louisville, July 29, 2016)

• "Republican VP nominee Mike Pence to hold events in Phoenix, Tucson" (James Briggs, KTAR.com, July 29, 2016)

• "Gov. Pence returns to Indiana for motorcycle benefit ride, ALEC" (Rich Van Wyk, WTHR, July 30, 2016)

• "Gov. Pence speaks at ALEC meeting in Indianapolis" (Rich Van Wyk, WRTV Indianapolis, July 30, 2016)

• "Why is AARP cozying up to the right-wing group ALEC while big corporations flee?" (Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2016)

June 2016

• "Former McDonald’s CEO Argues $15 Minimum Wage Would Reduce Job Opportunities" (Natalie Johnson, Washington Free Beacon, June 1, 2016)

• "Dozens of protesters attempt to disrupt ALEC meeting in downtown Pittsburgh" (Natalie Johnson, WPXI Pittsburgh, June 2, 2016)

• "Walker not doing things the Wisconsin way -- Gene Bier" (Natalie Johnson, Wisconsin State Journal, June 3, 2016)

• "CEOs debate Miami Beach mayor’s minimum wage proposal" (Natalie Johnson, Miami Herald, June 4, 2016)

• "Susan Redden: Candidates stump for state, national offices" (Joplin Globe, June 5, 2016)

• "ExxonMobil’s Virtual Reality: A Distorted View of Climate Change
" (Kathy Mulvey, Union of Concerned Scientists, June 6, 2016)

• "Letter: ALEC agenda guide to destroying public education

" (Richard Heckler, Topeka Capital Journal, June 6, 2016)

• "When Did the Freedom to Use Plastic Bags Become a GOP Priority?" (Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, June 9, 2016)

• "In right-to-work fight, unions spend $1.4m; business, $375k" (Jonathan Mattise, Washington Times, June 9, 2016)

• "Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate Denial Network Funding" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, June 10, 2016)

• "Court Documents Show Coal Giant Peabody Energy Funded Dozens Of Climate Denial Groups" (Farron Cousins, DeSmog, June 13, 2016)

• "The Conservative Backlash Against Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Victories Sweeping The Nation" (Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress, June 16, 2016)

• "WalletHub Study: Mississippi Has 'Worst State Economy,' ALEC Says Economic Outlook Hopeful" (Arielle Dreher, Jackson Free Press, June 16, 2016)

• "Another Koch Criminal Justice Reform Trojan Horse: Reentry and Privatization" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, June 17, 2016)

• "Exxon’s Inquisitors Feel the Heat" (Kimberley A. Strassel, The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2016)

• "WSJ's Kimberley Strassel Pushes Illogical Conspiracy Theory About Exxon Climate Investigations" (Andrew Seifter, Oxford Eagle, June 17, 2016)

• "WSJ's Kimberley Strassel Pushes Illogical Conspiracy Theory About Exxon Climate Investigations" (Andrew Seifter, Oxford Eagle, June 17, 2016)

• "The Speech Intimidation Game" (Kimberley A. Strassel, Wall Street Journal, June 18, 2016)

• "American Legislative Exchange Council Demands Lefty SMART ALEC Group Change Name
" (Evan Gahr, Daily Caller, June 20, 2016)

• "Floreen proposes major changes to collective bargaining in Montgomery County
" (Bill Turque, Washington Post, April 4, 2016)

• "Floreen proposes major changes to collective bargaining in Montgomery County
" (Bill Turque, Washington Post, June 20, 2016)

• "Progressives Need to Stop Ignoring Rural Communities
" (Anthony Flaccavento, The Nation, June 21, 2016)

• "Readers share views on religious bigotry, Kansas Legislature, lax gun laws
" (Kansas City Star, June 22, 2016)

• "Peabody Coal Bankruptcy Reveals Climate-Denial Funding
" (Eric Galatas, Public News Service, June 23, 2016)

• "Inside Wisconsin: ALEC economic report spotlights importance of retaining residents" (Tom Still, Wisconsin State Journal, June 24, 2016)

• "Critic of Koch Brothers takes shots at their policy prescriptions and political spending" (Seán Kinane, WMNF, June 25, 2016)

• "Peabody Energy Discloses Extensive Payments to Climate Denial Groups" (Gretchen Goldman, The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists, June 30, 2016)

May 2016

• "Pittsburgh summit bringing business, legislators together
" (Chris Potter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5, 2016)

• "ALEC Appoints New Chair To Climate Denial Task Force" (PR Watch, May 6, 2016)

• "ALEC's 2016 Agenda Moving in the States: A Snapshot" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, May 7, 2016)

• "Legislature keeps its thumb on Arizona cities" (Alia Beard Rau, The Republic, May 9, 2016)

• "ALEC summit in Pittsburgh to attract lawmakers, controversy" (Natasha Lindstrom, Tribune-Review, May 9, 2016)

• "Paige Flanigan: Out-of-state special interests spending millions to buy WV government" (Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 8, 2016)

• "ALEC comes to Pittsburgh" (Allen Kukovich and Barry Kauffman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2016)

• "Protesters burst into ALEC banquet in Pittsburgh; 1 arrested" (Natasha Lindstrom, Tribune-Review, May 6, 2016)

• "Meet The Utah Columnist Shining A Light On Fossil Fuel Front Groups" (Denise Robbins, Media Matters for America, April 4, 2016)

• "Protesters gather at American Legislative Exchange Council conference Downtown" (Chris Potter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 6, 2016)

• "Trump’s Indecision Still Teasing Both Sides Of The Minimum Wage Fight" (Connor Wolf, Daily Caller, May 8, 2016)

• "ALEC an irresponsible organization" (Barre Montpelier Times Argus, May 8, 2016)

• "Voter Suppression Measures on Trial in Walker's Wisconsin" (David Armiak, PR Watch, May 9, 2016)

• "Wisconsin Republicans Were ‘Giddy’ About Making It Harder to Vote" (John Nichols, The Nation, May 10, 2016)

• "Gov. Sam Brownback signs judicial transparency bill, 16 others" (Tim Carpenter, Topeka Capital Journal, May 18, 2016)

• "We Need to Stop the Legalized Theft of Public Land in the West" (Mark Karlin, Truth-Out, May 18, 2016)

• "How to improve the 'choice' in 'school choice'" (Jason Russell, Washington Examiner, May 19, 2016)

• "Testing the Climate at Shell’s Annual General Meeting" (Kathy Mulvey, The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists, May 20, 2016)

• "Ballot fight probable over higher Arizona minimum wage" (Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star, May 21, 2016)

• "‘Thousands’ Of Fight For $15 Advocates March On McDonald’s HQ" (Connor Wolf, Daily Caller, May 25, 2016)

• "Court of Appeals reinstates Right to Work law" (Molly Beck, WI State Journal, May 25, 2016)

• "Court puts ruling striking down Wisconsin's right-to-work law on hold" (Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2016)

• "Appeals court judge orders Wisconsin's right to work law reinstated" (Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, May 27, 2016)

• "Model government: Arizona lawmakers outsource legislative ideas" (Evan Wyloge, Sarah Jarvis and Justin Price, Arizona Capitol Times, May 28, 2016)

• "Remembering Marcia Moody: The Amazing Legislator Who Took On ALEC and Austerity" (John Nichols, The Nation, May 29, 2016)

• "9 counties sue Oregon over state’s paid sick-leave law" (John Nichols, The Register-Guard, May 30, 2016)

• "Mayor signs city's landmark sick leave ordinance" (John Nichols, Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 31, 2016)

• "Mpls. backers of $15 minimum wage secure signatures, face legal questions" (Erin Golden, Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 31, 2016)

April 2016

• "Morning Reads: Kochs Try to Make Dark Money Darker; The Devil and John Boehner" (BillMoyers.com, April 29, 2016)

• "U.S. Chamber Works Behind the Scenes to Gut Whistleblower Protections" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, April 29, 2016)

• "Iowa must join wave of sentencing reform" (Christine Smith, Des Moines Register, April 4, 2016)

• "How the GOP Establishment will destroy the Republican Party" (Caiden Cowger, Cowger Nation, April 5, 2016)

• "Editorial: American politics needs the balance provided by union dues" (Caiden Cowger, STLtoday, April 6, 2016)

• "Colorado’s Not So Independent Oversight of Charter Schools" (Dustin Beilke, PR Watch, April 7, 2016)

• "ALEC “Right to Work” Law Tossed Out in Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April 8, 2016)

• "NC given 2nd best economic outlook in new report" (Alena Oakes, WNCT, April 8, 2016)

• "Who do the state Chambers of Commerce represent? Not their members" (Lisa Graves, The Hill, April 9, 2016)

• "Who do the state Chambers of Commerce represent? Not their members" (The Hill, April 10, 2016)

• "Statehouses try to fend off local minimum wage increases" (J.S., The Economist, April 11, 2016)

• "NC tops list of "Rich States, Poor States" report" (FOX 46 Charlotte, April 12, 2016)

• "Rolly: Outdoor recreation industry debunking the myths of land transfer advocates
" (Paul Rolly, The Salt Lake Tribune, April 13, 2016)

• "Taxes, pensions blamed for NJ’s terrible economic outlook

" (David Matthau, New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio, April 14, 2016)

• "ALEC Touted "Transparency" in Pushing for the Panama Free Trade Agreement

" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, April 10, 2016)

• "Pivotal Week for Future of Maine Solar" (Public News Service, April 11, 2016)

• "Sam Brownback declares war on Kansas: This is how extremists gut a state — and democracy" (Marcel Harmon, Salon, April 12, 2016)

• "Letter: Utah legislators offer home-built tyranny" (Marcel Harmon, Salt Lake Tribune, April 13, 2016)

• "New York's economic outlook is the worst in nation: study" (Glenn Blain, New York Daily News, April 14, 2016)

• "Opinion Journal: Rich States, Poor States" (Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2016)

• "State drops one spot in economic ranking" (Lincoln Journal Star, April 12, 2016)

• "Exposed: Coal Companies Secretly Funding Climate Science Denial" (Elliott Negin, AlterNet, April 13, 2016)

• "Appeals court revives Wisconsin photo ID challenge" (Wisconsin Gazette, April 13, 2016)

• "The South’s new re-segregation plan: The Koch brothers, ALEC and the sneaky scheme to undo Brown v Board of Education" (Diane Ravitch, Salon, April 14, 2016)

• "Letter: ALEC and the legislature" (Ron Woerner, The Daily Courier, April 14, 2016)

• "North Carolina’s ‘bathroom law’ and the GOP drive to disempower upstart local governments" (Fred Barbash, Washington Post, April 15, 2016)

• "Unlikely Alliances" (James Surowiecki, The New Yorker, April 25, 2016)

• "CMD Exclusive: Why I Chose to Get Arrested in Defense of Our Democracy" (Arn Pearson, PR Watch, April 26, 2016)

• "Newby: Jackie Robinson: “An American Hero” and the marginalization of blacks in the Republican Party" (Robert Newby, The Morning Sun, April 27, 2016)

• "Oklahoma Public Education Under Attack: The ALEC, CRPE, Legislative Connection" (Kim A. Harris, The Huffington Post, April 28, 2016)

• "DCI Group Subpoenaed in Expanding Exxon Climate Denial Investigation" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, April 29, 2016)

• "Rep. Chris Taylor: Meet Wisconsin's Solicitor ALEC" (The Cap Times, April 30, 2016)

• "Rep. Chris Taylor: Meet Wisconsin's Solicitor ALEC" (The Cap Times, April 21, 2016)

• "Letters on gay rights, red-state model, basketball history" (Wichita Eagle, April 22, 2016)

• "ALEC Spring Task Force Summit Agenda in Pittsburgh 2016" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April 23, 2016)

• "Exposed by CMD: KIPP's Efforts to Keep the Public in the Dark while Seeking Millions in Taxpayer Subsidies" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, April 24, 2016)

• "The gang that helped Gov. Sam Brownback wreck Kansas" (Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star, April 25, 2016)

March 2016

• "Sam Brownback, America’s worst governor: He’s gutted Kansas with an ultraconservative, religious agenda — and it’s getting worse" (Marcel Harmon, Salon, March 21, 2016)

• "Opinion: State and local authorities moving forward on opioid abuse" (Marcel Harmon, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 22, 2016)

• "KanCare talk: Debate on Medicaid warrants more grassroots engagement" (Marcel Harmon, The Garden City Telegram, March 23, 2016)

• "Animal Rights: "A Very Noble Cause" or Terrorism? The State Just Can't Decide" (Kelly Hayes, Truthout, March 24, 2016)

• "Democracy at risk
" (Tim Lienau, Chippewa Herald, March 26, 2016)

• "Freedom Foundation lacks transparency
" (Tim Lienau, Idaho State Journal, March 27, 2016)

• "Why Labor Won $15 In California, And Why Their Plan Is Going National
" (Ned Resnikoff, International Business Times, March 28, 2016)

• "State Attorneys General Pledge To Crack Down On Climate Fraud
" (Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post, March 29, 2016)

• "Meet The National Federation Of Independent Business, The Corporate Front Group Claiming It's The Voice Of Small Business
" (Denise Robbins, Media Matters for America, March 30, 2016)

• "Hogarth at the San Diego Public Library" (San Diego Free Press, March 1, 2016)

• "Asbestos victims, lawyers fear new ALEC-inspired Utah bill may delay compensation" (Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, March 2, 2016)

• "Big money distorts U.S. politics" (Barbara Donovan, The Register-Guard, March 3, 2016)

• "Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village" (PRWatch Editors, March 3, 2016)

• "Cashing in on Kids: 172 ALEC Education Bills Push Privatization in 2016" (Brendan Fischer, PRWatch, March 6, 2016)

• "Koch-ALEC Right to Work Power Play Exposed in a Small Illinois Village" (PRWatch Editors, March 8, 2016)

• "House Republicans Get Secret Briefing from Koch Veterans Group" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, March 10, 2016)

• "Pelican Institute contributor advocates tort reform solutions" (Ryan Waal, The Louisiana Record, March 6, 2016)

• "Brookline denies paid leave to officers who alleged racial bias" (Ellen Ishkanian, The Boston Globe, March 11, 2016)

• "Senate passes voter ID bill" (Pamela Pritt, Register-Herald Reporter, March 12, 2016)

• "Idaho loves outdoors, so let’s hang on to access" (Jeff Barney, Idaho Statesman, March 13, 2016)

• "Bradley should answer column's questions" (Susan Spahn, WI State Journal, March 14, 2016)

• "Scott Walker signs bills targeting heroin, other drugs" (Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 15, 2016)

• "Gagging negative reviews online impedes commerce and free speech" (Bartlett Cleland, The Hill, March 16, 2016)

• "Nuxoll keeps pushing pointless legislation
" (Idaho State Journal, March 17, 2016)

February 2016

• "Koch-Fueled Playbook against WV Working Families Exposed by CMD" (PR Watch, February 1, 2016)

• "Reporters Guide on the Koch Right to Work Playbook" (PR Watch, February 2, 2016)

• "The NPE Grade Card Gives a Real-World View of State School Policies
" (John Thompson, Huffington Post, February 3, 2016)

• "Kansas bill would open government employee collective bargaining to public
" (Daniel Salazar, Wichita Eagle, February 4, 2016)

• "Michigan Competitiveness Stuck on Mediocre" (Michael D. LaFaive and Jack McHug, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, February 5, 2016)

• "Corporate Interests Take Aim at Local Democracy" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 6, 2016)

• "Utah’s Ken Ivory recruiting ‘leaders’ to launch grass-roots lands-transfer movement" (Brian Maffly, Salt Lake Tribune, February 4, 2016)

• "Reform Groups Strongly Oppose Constitutional Convention" (Brian Maffly, PR Watch, February 4, 2016)

• "School hits: Our ALEC-driven Legislature won’t relent on K-12 schools" (The Garden City Telegram, February 4, 2016)

• "Voice of the People 02/04/16" (Leader-Telegram, February 4, 2016)

• "Tennessee adopts resolution for convention of states" (Joel Ebert, The Tennessean, February 4, 2016)

• "Campaign cash rolls in for Jason Saine" (Adam Lawson, Lincoln Times-News, February 5, 2016)

• "Plain Talk: Voter ID worst of shameful GOP deeds" (Dave Zweifel, The Cap Times, February 6, 2016)

• "'Dark Money': How a conspiracy of billionaires is undermining American democracy" (Glenn C. Altschuler, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 7, 2016)

• "Controversial WV Legislation Tied to Shadowy Billionaires' Network" (Dan Heyman, Public News Service, February 8, 2016)

• "The Conservative Playbook for Keeping ‘Dark Money’ Dark" (Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, February 8, 2016)

• "House panel passes bill clarifying travel expense disclosure" (Robert Faturechi, Washington Times, February 8, 2016)

• "Tax stunt: Proposed property-tax lid undermines local control" (Robert Faturechi, The Garden City Telegram, February 8, 2016)

• "Malloy's Budget Game Must Match Words" (Hartford Courant, February 8, 2016)

• "King named Chairman of ALEC" (Lance Winter, Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 9, 2016)

• "The Kochs Are Ghostwriting America’s Story" (Michael Winship, Bill Moyers, February 9, 2016)

• "How the billionaire Koch brothers are ghostwriting the American story to their own benefit" (Michael Winship, Raw Story, February 9, 2016)

• "The Movement for Voting Rights Is a Movement for a Better Future" (Rashad Robinson, Huffington Post, February 9, 2016)

• "Darrell Downs: University unionizing efforts deserve support
" (Darrell Downs, Post-Bulletin, February 10, 2016)

• "Bill would create 'Education Savings Accounts' for special needs children
" (Mary Sell, The Decatur Daily, February 10, 2016)

• "The Koch Brothers Are Now Funding The Bundy Land Seizure Agenda" (
Jenny Rowland, ThinkProgress, February 11, 2016)

• "Big gulp: GOP advances water privatization
" (
Lisa Neff, Wisconsin Gazette, February 12, 2016)

• "Senate Rules panel redoing rules on ethics disclosures

" (
Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 12, 2016)

• "Wayne Winegarden and Mia Heck: Addressing West Virginia’s drug overdose problem" (
Charleston Gazette-Mail, February 12, 2016)

• "Who's funding voter suppression?
" (
Amadou Diallo, Al Jazeera America, February 12, 2016)

• "The Oregon Standoff and the ALEC-Backed Push to Put States in Control of Public Land" (Thomas Brom, Truth-Out, February 12, 2016)

• "Alabama among many states moving to block local wage laws" (Phillip Lucas, Washington Times, February 13, 2016)

• "Minnesota legislators use campaign funds for child care, pet urns and travel" (Patrick Coolican and Maya Rao, Star Tribune, February 14, 2016)

• "Senators vote to undo parts of ethics reform law" (Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 14, 2016)

• "Bill to Prevent Cities from Raising Minimum Wage Advances in ID House" (Public News Service, February 16, 2016)

• "Senators vote to undo parts of ethics reform law" (Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 16, 2016)

• "Bill to Prevent Cities from Raising Minimum Wage Advances in ID House" (Public News Service, February 16, 2016)

• "Markos Moulitsas: Wrong again on energy" (Markos Moulitsas, The Hill, February 17, 2016)

• "Preemption of Democracy by ALEC, its Corporate Funders, and Republican & Democratic Corporatists" (Michele Swenson, Huffington Post, February 17, 2016)

• "Kansas House panel considers barring cities from passing nutrition labeling laws" (Justin Wingerter, Topeka Capital Journal, February 17, 2016)

• "Ford Becomes the Latest Big Company to Dump ALEC" (BillMoyers.com, February 17, 2016)

• "Most State Education Report Cards Miss the Critical Ingredients" (Julian Vasquez Heilig, Progressive, February 18, 2016)

• "Most State Education Report Cards Miss the Critical Ingredients" (Julian Vasquez Heilig, The Capital Times, February 18, 2016)

• "Ford latest to walk away from ALEC" (Steve Benen, MSNBC, February 18, 2016)

• "Ohio Charter School Scandal Grows as Kasich Ascends National Stage" (Dustin Beilke, PR Watch, February 19, 2016)

• "Ford Drops Membership in ALEC Lobbying Group" (Ari Natter, Bloomberg BNA, February 19, 2016)

• "Adelante! El Dia Sin Latinos en Wisconsin" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, February 17, 2016)

• "Kansas House panel considers barring cities from passing nutrition labeling laws" (Justin Wingerter, Topeka Capital Journal, February 17, 2016)

• "Cruz hits Nevada airwaves with a libertarian land-rights pitch" (David Weigel, Washington Post, February 18, 2016)

• "Letters on Brownback debacle, Scalia, speed limit, Pilcher-Cook, elder abuse" (Wichita Eagle, February 18, 2016)

• "How Nevada’s Solar Showdown Could Play Into the Caucuses" (Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, February 19, 2016)

• "Legislators taking away local decisions" (Jacob Greenberg, Idaho Statesman, February 19, 2016)

• "States Move to Roll Back City Minimum-Wage Raises" (Spencer Woodman, Bill Moyers, February 19, 2016)

• "'Right to farm' amendment backers face tough questions in legislative hearing" (Zach Pluhacek, Lincoln Journal Star, February 20, 2016)

• "Senate votes for constitutional convention of the states" (Pamela Pritt, Register-Herald, February 20, 2016)

• "Restoration bill violates very essence of religious freedom
" (William A. O’Brien, Beckley Register-Herald, February 20, 2016)

• "Vote Put Off on 'Nuisance' Federal Lands Bill
" (Nathan Brown, Twin Falls Times-News, February 21, 2016)

• "Kent Bush: We need true compassionate conservative" (Kent Bush, The Patriot Ledger, February 24, 2016)

• "Virginia’s Senate wants to re-gift itself looser ethics laws" (Washington Post, February 25, 2016)

• "Asbestos is killing our future" (Linda Reinstein, The Hill, February 25, 2016)

• "Vouchers for all" (Sierra Vista Herald, February 26, 2016)

• "Newby: Congressional hearing on Flint’s crisis was very revealing" (Robert Newby, The Morning Sun, February 26, 2016)

• "Meetings like our group’s are opportunities for lawmakers to learn" (Washington Post, February 27, 2016)

• "Republican Arizona lawmakers trying to take away your rights" (Arizona Daily Star, February 27, 2016)

• "Trump will win or lose. Either way, the Koch network will still shape the Republican Party" (Henry Farrell, Washington Post, February 29, 2016)

• "Preemption Bills: A New Conservative Tool to Block Minimum Wage Increases" (Max Rivlin-Nadler, New Republic, February 29, 2016)

January 2016

• "2016 Missouri legislature — ready, set, go" (David Rosman, Columbia Missourian, January 7, 2016)

• "Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, January 8, 2016)

• "Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, January 12, 2016)

• "The Republican Party’s 50-State Solution" (Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times, January 13, 2016)

• "Education Department Releases List of Federally Funded Charter Schools, though Incomplete" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, January 13, 2016)

• "Nevada's Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down" (Isaiah J. Poole, Truth-Out, January 15, 2016)

• "The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin" (Dan Kaufman, New York Times, January 17, 2016)

• "Ozarks area lawmakers want to tackle federal budget" (Jon Swedien, Springfield News-Leader, January 16, 2016)

• "Questioning Republicans
" (David Bean, The Daily Citizen, January 16, 2016)

• "Charter school lobby misleads lawmakers: Letter" (Archie H. King, Jackson Clarion Ledger, January 17, 2016)

• "Alumnus Rev. Rodney Sadler guest preacher at local church for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration service" (Jake Parker, Duke Chronicle, January 4, 2016)

• "Idaho must take climate change seriously
" (Alyson R. Martin, Idaho Statesman, January 18, 2016)

• "OUR OPINION: Paper’s error part of bad national trend" (Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, January 18, 2016)

• "Restricting lobbyist gifts next target for state lawmakers" (Summer Ballentine, Associated Press, January 19, 2016)

• "Exposing Misleading 'Business Climate' Rankings" (Erica Williams, Huffington Post, January 4, 2016)

• "Bipartisan bill would revamp Maryland’s civil asset forfeiture laws" (Anjali Shastry, Washington Times, January 19, 2016)

• "CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General" (PR Watch, January 20, 2016)

• "ALEC's "Rich States, Poor States" Paints a Happy Face on Failing State Policies
" (Arn Pearson, PR Watch, January 4, 2016)

• "Beyond Koch: Meet the Other Right-Wing Oligarchs Featured in Jane Mayer's "Dark Money"" (Steve Horn, DeSmog, January 21, 2016)

• "Some liberals and conservatives are teaming up in an effort to rewrite the Constitution" (Ashley Balcerzak, Slate Magazine, January 22, 2016)

• "West Virginia Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Right-to-Work
" (Justin Miller, The American Prospect, January 4, 2016)

• "Report: Make abuse-resistant pain pills easier to obtain
" (John Lundy, Duluth News Tribune, January 23, 2016)

• "ALEC pushes for access to abuse-deterrent opioids
" (Jessie Opoien, The Capital Times, January 24, 2016)

• ""National School Choice Week" Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups" (Dustin Beilke, PR Watch, January 27, 2016)

• "State Attorney General Climate Change Investigations Are Unconstitutional" (Hans Bader, American Spectator, January 28, 2016)

• "Brownback praises 2012 business tax cut in Kansas" (Tim Carpenter, Topeka Capital Journal, January 27, 2016)

• "Legislators organize blitz of equal-pay legislation in nearly half the states
" (Lydia DePillis, Washington Post, January 28, 2016)

• "State Attorney General Climate Change Investigations Are Unconstitutional

" (Hans Bader, CNSNews, January 4, 2016)

• ""National School Choice Week" Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups

" (PR Watch, January 29, 2016)

• "I Tried to Cover the Secret Koch Retreat and Here's What They Did to Me

" (Lauren Windsor, Huffington Post, January 30, 2016)

• "What Kansas could do about the heroin epidemic" (Gabriella Dunn, Wichita Eagle, January 30, 2016)

• "Ducey and the Koch Bros" (Sierra Vista Herald, January 31, 2016)

• "Meet the lefty club behind a blitz of new laws in cities around the country" (Lydia DePillis, Washington Post, January 4, 2015)

• "How Current Campaign Finance Laws Are Shaping The 2016 Presidential Race" (The Diane Rehm Show, January 7, 2015)

• "Montini: Ducey's new Arizona Supreme 'Goldwater' Court" (EJ Montini, The Arizona Republic, January 6, 2015)

• "2016 Missouri legislature — ready, set, go" (David Rosman, Columbia Missourian, January 7, 2015)

• "Right-Wing Network Puts Friedrichs v. California Teachers in Samuel Alito’s Lap" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, December 1, 2015)

• "Koch Daddy and the Nazis, a Revealing History from Jane Mayer" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, January 7, 2015)

• "The Republican Party’s 50-State Solution" (Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times, January 13, 2015)

• "Education Department Releases List of Federally Funded Charter Schools, though Incomplete" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, January 13, 2015)

• "Nevada's Right Wing Could Get Burned Trying to Shut Solar Power Down" (Isaiah J. Poole, Truth-Out, January 15, 2015)

• "The Destruction of Progressive Wisconsin" (Dan Kaufman, New York Times, January 17, 2015)

• "Ozarks area lawmakers want to tackle federal budget" (Jon Swedien, Springfield News-Leader, January 16, 2015)

• "Questioning Republicans
" (David Bean, The Daily Citizen, January 17, 2015)

• "Restricting lobbyist gifts next target for state lawmakers
" (KMBC Kansas City, January 17, 2015)

• "Charter school lobby misleads lawmakers: Letter
" (Archie H. King, Jackson Clarion Ledger, January 17, 2015)

• "Alumnus Rev. Rodney Sadler guest preacher at local church for Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration service
" (Jake Parker, Duke Chronicle, January 17, 2015)

• "Idaho must take climate change seriously

" (Alyson R. Martin, Idaho Statesman, January 18, 2015)

• "Exposing Misleading 'Business Climate' Rankings

" (Erica Williams, Huffington Post, January 19, 2015)

• "Bipartisan bill would revamp Maryland’s civil asset forfeiture laws" (Anjali Shastry, Washington Times, January 19, 2015)

• "CMD Submits Evidence of ExxonMobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to California Attorney General
" (PR Watch, January 20, 2015)

• "ALEC's "Rich States, Poor States" Paints a Happy Face on Failing State Policies

" (Arn Pearson, PR Watch, January 21, 2015)

• "Beyond Koch: Meet the Other Right-Wing Oligarchs Featured in Jane Mayer's "Dark Money"" (Steve Horn, DeSmog, January 21, 2015)

• "Some liberals and conservatives are teaming up in an effort to rewrite the Constitution" (Ashley Balcerzak, Slate Magazine, January 22, 2015)

• "West Virginia Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for Right-to-Work
" (Justin Miller, The American Prospect, January 23, 2015)

• "ALEC pushes for access to abuse-deterrent opioids
" (Jessie Opoien, The Capital Times, January 24, 2015)

• ""National School Choice Week" Fueled by Major Right-Wing Funders and Corporate Lobby Groups
" (Dustin Beilke, PR Watch, January 25, 2015)

• "Brownback praises 2012 business tax cut in Kansas
" (Tim Carpenter, Topeka Capital Journal, January 27, 2015)

• "Legislators organize blitz of equal-pay legislation in nearly half the states

" (Lydia DePillis, Washington Post, January 28, 2015)

• "State Attorney General Climate Change Investigations Are Unconstitutional


" (Hans Bader, CNSNews, January 30, 2015)

December 2015

• "Uber and taxi drivers may soon win right to unionize in Seattle" (Al Jazeera America, December 13, 2015)

• "Brunk's bid: Legislators should grasp need to avoid lobbying" (The Garden City Telegram, December 13, 2015)

• "Mary Bottari: Attorney General Brad Schimel's dirty power play" (Mary Bottari, The Cap Times, December 14, 2015)

• "Sunday on ‘This Week’: Ben Carson" (ABC News, December 15, 2015)

• "ALEC and ACCE Pay-to-Play Meeting: in the Belly of the Beast in Scottsdale" (PR Watch Admin, PR Watch, December 15, 2015)

• "State panel must reject utility attacks on clean energy" (Erica Etelson, Sacramento Bee, December 15, 2015)

• "A Koch Industries Lobbyist took my Phone! (VIDEO)" (Connor Gibson, Huffington Post, December 15, 2015)

• "ALEC and ACCE's Pay-to-Play Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona" (Lauren Kuby, Truth-Out, December 16, 2015)

• "Koch Self-Interest in Criminal Justice Reform, Exposed" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, December 16, 2015)

• "America Has a Hidden Climate Denial Network and New Research Maps It Out" (John Light,BillMoyers.com, December 1, 2015)

• "ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement" (Mary Bottari,PR Watch, December 2, 2015)

• "Ducey touts small-government to pro-business US lawmakers" (Bob Christie,Washington Times, December 2, 2015)

• "Gov. Ducey To Address Pro-Business US Lawmakers In Scottsdale" (Associated Press,KJZZ, December 3, 2015)

• "Ducey looks to controversial group for ideas" (Dennis Welch,KPHO Phoenix, December 4, 2015)

• "Arizona Governor Doug Ducey Ridiculed by Protesters as Right-Wing ALEC Hits Phoenix" (Miriam Wasser,Phoenix New Times, December 5, 2015)

• "ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement" (Mary Bottari,Truth-Out, December 4, 2015)

• "Greenpeace Activists Crash After-Hours ALEC Dinner Parties in Metro Phoenix (VIDEO)" (Miriam Wasser,Phoenix New Times, December 4, 2015)

• "State pays registration fees for 13 lawmakers for conference in Arizona" (Bryan Lowry,Wichita Eagle, December 4, 2015)

• "Ben Carson brings White House campaign to Phoenix" (Bryan Lowry,Arizona Daily Star, September 2, 2015)

• "Ben Carson Says Entry of Terrorism Suspect Tashfeen Malik Should ‘End’ Syrian Refugee Debate" (Katherine Faulders,ABC News, December 4, 2015)

• "Carson: Media wants to be sure he correctly pronounces country names" (Lisa Hagen,The Hill, December 4, 2015)

• "Carson: 'End the debate' on Syrian refugees" (Anna Giaritelli,Washington Examiner, December 6, 2015)

• "As World Leaders Craft Climate-Change Plan, ALEC Plots Its Downfall" (Mark Richardson,Public News Service, December 8, 2015)

• "California shootings end Syrian refugee debate, Carson says" (Bob Christie,Las Vegas Sun, December 6, 2015)

• "Major Electric Utility Dumps ALEC over Clean Power Plan" (Nick Surgey,PR Watch, December 8, 2015)

• "Major utility to quit ALEC" (Timothy Cama,The Hill, December 8, 2015)

November 2015

• "Plotkin: Elected officials should represent constituents" (Sheila Plotkin,Journal Times, November 17, 2015)

• "CMD Submits Evidence of Exxon Mobil Funding ALEC’s Climate Change Denial to New York Attorney General" (PRWatch Editors,PR Watch, November 17, 2015)

• "Kochs' Freedom Partners Spent $129M in 2014, Invested Massively in Voter Data Lists" (Brendan Fischer,PR Watch, November 17, 2015)

• "Koch Spy Agency Led by Voter Fraud Huckster" (Brendan Fischer,PR Watch, November 18, 2015)

• "Mentoring toddlers to kill wildlife with guns" (Patricia Randolph,The Cap Times, November 19, 2015)

• "ALEC Invites Politicians to "Plan Your 2016 Agenda" at ALEC Confab in Scottsdale" (Mary Bottari,PRWatch, November 20, 2015)

October 2015

• "High State Income Tax Rates Discourage Philanthropists" (Rex Sinquefield,Forbes, October 5, 2015)

• "Get Outta’ Dodge: the State of the Constitution Down in Dixie" (Chris Zinda,CounterPunch, October 5, 2015)

• "Wisconsin voter ID case before federal judge" (Chris Zinda,Wisconsin Gazette, October 5, 2015)

• "Following the money" (Kathie Moore,Hutchinson News, October 5, 2015)

• "Supreme Court right-to-work case could speed decline of unions" (Ned Resnikoff,Al Jazeera America, October 6, 2015)

• "California Governor Signs Hard-Won Right-to-Die Legislation" (Judy Lin and Artie Ojeda,NBC 7 San Diego, October 5, 2015)

• "Big Labor’s assault on employee freedom" (Hector Barreto,Washington Times, October 5, 2015)

• "Bills would give abuse victims right to advocates, toughen neglect laws" (Patrick Marley,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 6, 2015)

• "If legislators back open government, they should prove it" (Bill Lueders,Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 5, 2015)

• "D.C. Councilmembers To Introduce Bill Guaranteeing 16 Weeks Of Paid Family Leave" (Bryce Covert,ThinkProgress, October 6, 2015)

• "Labor rights by executive decree" (Amy B. Dean,Al Jazeera America, October 6, 2015)

• "D.C.’s 16-week family leave plan would be most generous in U.S." (Aaron C. Davis,Washington Post, October 5, 2015)

• "Raising the minimum wage won't work" (Alfredo Ortiz,CNBC, October 6, 2015)

• "To raise or not to raise minimum wage? That is not the question" (Travis Stanley,Napa Valley Register, October 6, 2015)

• "Judge to hear legal challenge to city’s minimum wage hike" (Chris Regnier,FOX2now, October 6, 2015)

• "Sacramento minimum wage plan leaves out too many" (Anne Stuhldreher,Sacramento Bee, October 5, 2015)

• "The staggering cost of day care when you make only the minimum wage" (Danielle Paquette,Washington Post, October 6, 2015)

• "Plain Talk: Don't buy the nonsense that minimum markup hurts consumers" (Dave Zweifel,The Cap Times, October 6, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Republican leaders endorse Marco Rubio" (Louis Weisberg,Wisconsin Gazette, October 8, 2015)

• "Letters to the Editor: Readers react to guns vs. abortions, the American Legislative Exchange Council and gunfire at bars" (Amelia Hamilton,The Kansas City Star, October 10, 2015)

• "Letter: Squash future efforts to enact Right-to-Work" (Jan Lancaster,Springfield News-Leader, October 13, 2015)

• "Kansas' Coalition of Innovative School Districts open to growing in numbers" (Celia Llopis-Jepsen,Topeka Capital Journal, October 13, 2015)

• "Kansas' Coalition of Innovative School Districts open to growing in numbers" (Celia Llopis-Jepsen,Topeka Capital Journal, October 13, 2015)

• "Kansas' Coalition of Innovative School Districts open to growing in numbers" (Paula J. Owen,Worcester Telegram, October 13, 2015)

• "Dudley Brown targets squishy Republicans; Holly Coors leads star-studded D.C. excursion" (Ernest Luning,The Colorado Statesman, October 14, 2015)

• "12 Special Interests Waging Shady Campaigns Against Solar" (Rob Sargent,Huffington Post, October 15, 2015)

• "ALEC Vice-Chair Falsely Attacks CMD" (PRWatch Editors,PRWatch, October 15, 2015)

• "Ohio Politicians on "Energy Mandates Study Committee" Took $830,000 from Dirty Energy Companies" (Connor Gibson,Huffington Post, October 16, 2015)

• "The Kochs Want to End WI's Era of Clean Government" (Brendan Fischer,PR Watch, October 18, 2015)

• "Statement of CMD on Political Corruption in Wisconsin" (CMD,PR Watch, October 19, 2015)

• "What the Washington State Supreme Court Decision on Charter Schools Achieved" (Dora Taylor,Progressive, October 20, 2015)

• "Hypocrisy Alert: Speaker Vos and Rep. Craig Use Private Email, Too" (Brendan Fischer,PR Watch, October 20, 2015)

• "The Real Value Of 'Networking' In The Business World" (Fred Smith,Forbes, October 21, 2015)

• "The Real Value Of 'Networking' In The Business World" (Fred Smith,Forbes, October 21, 2015)

• "The Kochs Want to End WI's Era of Clean Government" (Brendan Fischer,PR Watch, October 22, 2015)

• "Statement of CMD on Political Corruption in Wisconsin" (CMD,PR Watch, October 22, 2015)

• "What the Washington State Supreme Court Decision on Charter Schools Achieved" (Dora Taylor,Progressive, October 22, 2015)

• "Labor groups to focus on raising wages through popular vote" (Ned Resnikoff,Al Jazeera America, October 2, 2015)

• "Labor groups to focus on raising wages through popular vote" (Ned Resnikoff,Al Jazeera America, October 22, 2015)

• "Supporters Predict Right-To-Work Swell If Court Rules In Hardin County’s Favor" (Ryland Barton,89.3 WFPL, October 23, 2015)

• "Wyoming lawmakers reject bill challenging climate change plan" (Trevor Brown,Wyoming Tribune, October 24, 2015)

• "Letter to the editor: Walker needs to work for residents, not ALEC" (Jim Smith,Green Bay Press Gazette, October 27, 2015)

• "Dozens of vested interests push 'model bills' on Kansas politicians" (Justin Wingerter and Tim Carpenter,Topeka Capital Journal, October 29, 2015)

• "Dozens of vested interests push 'model bills' on Kansas politicians" (Justin Wingerter and Tim Carpenter,Topeka Capital Journal, October 29, 2015)

• "ALEC's Fingerprints on Harsh New North Carolina Immigration Law" (Allie Yee,Truth-Out, October 30, 2015)

• "Letters on Merrick’s purge" (Tom Savage,The Wichita Eagle, October 30, 2015)

September 2015

• "More than 80 Groups Call on UPS to Leave American Legislative Exchange Council" (The Associated Press,PR Newswire, September 2, 2015)

• "The Fearsome Four: The Leading Governors Seeking 2016 GOP Nomination Are All Dismal Right-Wingers" (Roger Bybee,AlterNet, September 9, 2015)

• "ALEC dictates Wisconsin’s public school policy" (State Rep. Chris Taylor,Wisconsin Gazette, September 10, 2015)

• "Outdated laws trap people of color in prison system" (Louis Weisberg,Wisconsin Gazette, September 10, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's latest attack on unions is straight out of Alec's playbook" (Ed Pilkington,The Guardian, September 10, 2015)

• "Study: Businesses, Taxpayers Fleeing High-tax States" (Bob Adelmann,The New American, September 11, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's Day One Plan to "Wreak Havoc" Lifted from ALEC" (Brendan Fischer,PRWatch, September 10, 2015)

• "A perfect education storm in Washington state" (Valerie Strauss,The Washington Post, September 10, 2015)

• "UPS is a model for sustainable business practices" (Lisa B. Nelson,The Hill, September 12, 2015)

• "Showdown in the "Show-Me State"" (Kim Haddow,PRWatch, September 12, 2015)

• "CNN's Tapper Challenges Scott Walker On His Ties To "Republican Special Interests Like The Koch Brothers"" (Lis Power,Media Matters for America, September 14, 2015)

• "Koch PR Games: College Football Brought to You by Koch Industries" (Nick Surgey,PRWatch, September 14, 2015)

• "Charter school supporters are hypocritical and misleading" (Larry Lee,The Birmingham News, September 15, 2015)

• "Senate to hold hearing on digital due process rights" (Rudy Takala,Washington Examiner, September 16, 2015)

• "How Republicans Turned Science Into A Partisan Issue" (Joshua De Leon,Ring of Fire, September 17, 2015)

• "WPRI chief: UW-Madison faculty objections to survey trammels sifting and winnowing" (Pat Schneider,The Capital Times, September 18, 2015)

• "This is a climate-change nightmare: Droughts rage and fires burn, while evil ALEC and hapless Democrats dither" (Bill Curry,Salon, September 20, 2015)

• "Five Reasons Scott Walker Was Never Destined To Win the GOP Nomination" (Steven Rosenfeld,AlterNet, September 21, 2015)

• "Walker Goes Out With a Whimper" (Ruth Conniff,Progressive, September 22, 2015)

• "Jerry Hanson: Wisconsin's government no longer serves the citizens" (The Cap Times, September 23, 2015)

August 2015

• "Back to ALEC, Back to (Private) School" (Rep. Chris Taylor, La Crosse Tribune, August 28, 2015)

• "Conservatism hijacked for war on renewables" (David Jenkins, The Hill, August 28, 2015)

• "State Debate: Another shooting, but again nothing will be done" (The Cap Times, August 30, 2015)

• "Missouri Ethics Commission investigating lobbyist spending" (The Associated Press,KSHB-TV, August 30, 2015)

• "Missouri ethics panel says lobbyist-bought meal misreported" (The Associated Press,KOMU8, August 31, 2015)

• "Shell Oil will drop its membership in ALEC, citing differences over climate change" (Tim White, Washington Post, August 7, 2015)

• "Royal Dutch Shell cuts ties with Alec over rightwing group's climate denial" (Tim White, The Guardian, August 7, 2015)

• "Shell to leave ALEC over climate change stance" (Devin Henry, The Hill, August 7, 2015)

• "Shell Parts Ways with ALEC over Climate Change, Exodus at 106" (Devin Henry, PR Watch, August 7, 2015)

July 2015

• "Don’t Be Deceived By ALEC’s Special Interest Agenda" (Adrienne Alvord, The Equation, July 21, 2015)

• "ALEC meeting draws presidential hopefuls, protests, criticism" (Allison Ash, ABC 10 News, July 21, 2015)

• "8 Scheming Plans for ALEC in 2015 and Beyond" (Brendan Fischer, EcoWatch, July 21, 2015)

• "How San Diego is a Petri Dish for the ALEC Agenda" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 21, 2015)

• "Five Times Local Media Exposed ALEC’s Secretive Agenda" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters for America, July 21, 2015)

• "Trio of Republican Candidates Speaking in S.D." (David Ball, Times of San Diego, July 21, 2015)

• "ALEC’s Annual Meeting to Feature More Attacks on Successful Clean Energy Policies" (Jeff Deyette, The Equation, July 21, 2015)

• "Hot Topics at ALEC’s 2015 Meeting in San Diego" (Brendan Fischer, San Diego Free Press, July 22, 2015)

• "Hundreds protest American Legislative Exchange Council conference" (Brendan Fischer, CBS8, July 23, 2015)

• "Protests expected as top GOP candidates meet in San Diego" (Gene Kang, CBS8, July 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker, first Alec president? Long ties to controversial lobby raise concern" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, July 22, 2015)

• "ALEC Admits School Vouchers Are for Kids in Suburbia" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, July 22, 2015)

• "ALEC Confidential: Inside the San Diego Conference" (Bill Raden, Capital & Main/ Huff Post Politics, July 23, 2015)

• "At ALEC meeting in California, Scott Walker touts Wisconsin laws" (Jason Stein, Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, July 23, 2015)

• "Conference Funding Dominated by Big Polluters" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, July 22, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Appeals to Anti-Union Crowd at ALEC Conference" (Bill Raden, Huff Post Politics, July 22, 2015)

• "Under a Shroud of Secrecy and Security, ALEC Conference Gets Under Way" (Chris Taylor, PR Watch, July 23, 2015)

• "‘Dark Cloud’ of ALEC Converges at Annual Corporate-Political Lovefest" (Deirdre Fulton, Moyers & Company, July 24, 2015)

• "State Senator Leah Vukmir named ALEC National Chair" (Eric Steckling, CBS 58, July 25, 2015)

• "ALEC’s Corporate Footprint Felt in State" (Harvey Witzenberg, La Crosse Tribune, July 26, 2015)

• "Wisconsin the ‘star of the show’ at ALEC conference" (Jessie Opoien, The Cap Times, July 29, 2015)

• "“Saucy Suffragettes” Party as Voting Rights Are Rolled Back" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 29, 2015)

• "The Attack on Planned Parenthood, a View from Inside ALEC" (Chris Taylor, PR Watch, July 29, 2015)

• "Elected to lead ALEC, Leah Vukmir should resign from state Senate" (Genie Ogden, The Cap Times, July 29, 2015)

• "Blowing the Whistle on ALEC’s Little Brother ACCE" (Genie Ogden, PR Watch, July 30, 2015)

• "‘Dark Money’: ALEC wants image makeover" (Tarini Parti, Politico, July 30, 2015)

• "Boot out ALEC Puppets" (Tim White, The Cap Times, July 30, 2015)

• "When Cliven Met Rand" (David Weigel, Bloomberg Politics, July 1, 2015)

• "A charity for lawmakers? ALEC feeds them bills" (Brendan Keefe, 11Alive, July 2, 2015)

• "Labor Battles Heat Up In State Legislatures" (Jenni Bergal, Huff Post Politics, July 7, 2015)

• "Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, July 7, 2015)

• "How Media Has Helped Advance Big Oil's Climate Deception Campaign" (Denise Robins, Media Matters for America, July 9, 2015)

• "Exxon knew of human role in climate change in 1981, then funded denial" (Renee Lewis, Aljazeera America, July 9, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Begins His 2016 Run for the White House" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, July 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker's Media Lapdog Marks His Presidential Campaign Launch By Whitewashing His Record" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters for America, July 13, 2015)

• "Ted Cruz at Secret Koch-Backed Fracking Lobby Group Meeting" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, July 14, 2015)

• "The Austerity Candidate? Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Launches Presidential Bid on Anti-Union Record" (John Nichols, Democracy Now!, July 17, 2015)

• "Fear of a Scott Walker presidency" (Richard Grusin, Aljazeera America, July 15, 2015)

• "Yelp is Pushing a Law to Shield Its Reviewers from Defamation Law Suits" (Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones, July 16, 2015)

• "Growth Fantasy of Tax Cuts and Small Government" (Noah Smith, Bloomberg View, July 17, 2015)

• "Big business built the prison sate. Why should we trust them to tear it down?" (William C. Anderson, The Guardian, July 17, 2015)

• "Hot Topics ant ALEC’s 2015 Meeting in San Diego" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July 20, 2015)

• "When Cliven Met Rand" (David Weigel, Bloomberg Politics, July 1, 2015)

• "Labor Battles Heat Up In State Legislatures" (Jenni Bergal, Huff Post Politics, July 7, 2015)

• "Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year " (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, July 7, 2015)

June 2015

• "The Investigators: ALEC Changes the Rules" (Brendan Keefe, 11Alive News, June 11, 2015)

• "Erick Erickson Defends ALEC, Attacks 11Alive For Investigating Secretive Group" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters for America, June 12, 2015)

• "Walker’s Wisconsin, a Laboratory for Oligarchs" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 13, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Audition" (Joe Nocera, The New York Times, June 13, 2015)

• "Fox's Sean Hannity Lets Jeb Bush Whitewash The Consequences Of Florida's Permissive Gun Laws Bush Signed Nation's First NRA-Backed "Stand Your Ground" Law" (Timothy Johnson, Media Matters for America, June 17, 2015)

• "WageCrushers.org Tracks the Groups Lobbying Against Family-Supporting Jobs" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, June 18, 2015)

• "The Stakes: Koch & Co. Aim for a Revolution in 2016" (Lawrence Rosenthal, The Huffington Post, June 18, 2015)

• "How Republicans are experimenting with criminal justice reform" (Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post, June 18, 2015)

• "Why Isn't More Happening to Reduce America's Bloated Prison Population?" (Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, June 24, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Long Crusade" (Erick Erickson Defends ALEC, Attacks 11Alive For Investigating Secretive Group, Media Matters for America, June 12, 2015)

• "Walker’s Wisconsin, a Laboratory for Oligarchs" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 12, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Audition" (Joe Nocera, The New York Times, June 13, 2015)

• "WageCrushers.org Tracks the Groups Lobbying Against Family-Supporting Jobs" (PRWatch Editors, PR Watch, June 18, 2015)

• "The Stakes: Koch & Co. Aim for a Revolution in 2016" (Lawrence Rosenthal, The Huffington Post, June 18, 2015)

• "How Republicans are experimenting with criminal justice reform" (Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post, June 18, 2015)

• "Why the Recovery Still Limps Along" (Edward P. Lazear, The Wall Street Journal, June 22, 2015)

• "Why Isn't More Happening to Reduce America's Bloated Prison Population?" (Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, June 24, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s Long Crusade" (Jud Lounsbury, Washington Spectator, June 1, 2015)

• "ALEC responds to 11Alive Investigators report" (Brendan Keefe and Michael King, WXIA-TV, June 2, 2015)

• "Capitol lobbyists pay big to dine with lawmakers at ALEC" (James Salzer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 3, 2015)

• "ALEC Responds To Atlanta's 11 Alive, Still Blocks Video Footage Of What They Actually Do" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters Blog, June 3, 2015)

• "Scott Walker: The First ALEC President?" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June 3, 2015)

• "ALEC responds to investigative report: “Fundamental misunderstanding”" (Joanna Rothkopf, Salon, June 3, 2015)

• "Would Scott Walker Be a Puppet President Controlled by Arch Right-Wingers at ALEC?" (Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, Alternet, June 3, 2015)

• "They really are the party of stupid: The real story behind Scott Walker’s war on higher education" (Heather Cox Richardson, Salon, June 7, 2015)

• "No one’s buying ALEC’s bullsh*t anymore: The Koch-backed group is losing the clean energy battle" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon, June 10, 2015)

• "Norquist’s No-Tax Pledge Chafes Republicans in Tattered States" (Mark Niquette and Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg, June 11, 2015)

May 2015

• "Corporate bill mill” ALEC’s corrupt activities exposed in investigative segment" (Joanna Rothkopf, Salon, May 26, 2015)

• "This report blows the cover of secretive conservative shop pushing right-wing legislation" (Joan McCarter, Daily Kos, May 26, 2015)

• "Uncovered: Corporate Lobbying Funded by Your Tax Dollars" (Lauren Windsor, Huffington Post, May 28, 2015)

• "ALEC facilitating backroom legislative deals?" (PoliticsNation with AL Sharpton, MSNBC, May 27, 2015)

• "Money and politics part 2 - The United States of ALEC" (The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, CBC, May 31, 2015)

• "What Makes Scott Walker Run Scott Walker’s Long Crusade" (Jud Lounsbury, Newsweek, May 27, 2015)

• "G.O.P. Expands Labor Battle to Laws Setting State Construction Wages" (Gregory Korte, USA Today, May 25, 2015)

• "The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities" (Theo Anderson, In These Times, May 25, 2015)

• "G.O.P. Expands Labor Battle to Laws Setting State Construction Wages" (Monica Davey, New York Times, May 3, 2015)

• "Telecom Sleaze: ALEC and Its Communication's Funders -- AT&T, Verizon, Centurylink, Comcast and Time Warner Cable" (Bruce Kushnick, Huffington Post, May 2, 2015)

• "The Breitbart candidate: ‘Conservative media warrior’ Mike Flynn to run for Congress" (Bruce Kushnick, The Washington Times, May 1, 2015)

• "Carly Fiorina Announces Presidential Campaign" (Xuan Lei, US News and World Report, April 1, 2015)

• "Common Cause’s Georgia Purge" (Ian Tuttle, National Review, May 2, 2015)

• "Why the Koch brothers’ war against clean energy is still failing" (Bentham Paulos, Grist, May 4, 2015)

• "Pennsylvania's Fight Over Paid Sick Days Could Be The Presidential Campaign's Next Issue" (Jonathan Cohn, Huffington Post, May 6, 2015)

• "GOP Governors' Tax Proposals Hit Poor Harder" (Elaine S Povich, Pew’s Stateline/Huffington Post, May 6, 2015)

• "Got Science? Nine Surprising Signs Momentum Is Building for Climate Action" (Seth Shulman, Huffington Post Blog, May 7, 2015)

• "Just whose rights do these civil rights groups think they are protecting?" (Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, May 9, 2015)

• "As Obama Admin Seeks More Funding for Charter Schools, Questions Raised over Billions Already Spent" (Valerie Strauss, Democracy Now!, May 8, 2015)

• "Documentary Preview Chronicling Denton's Fracking Fight Released as Republicans Target Frack Bans" (Valerie Strauss, Truthout, May 11, 2015)

• "Here are 12 ways the GOP would destroy the US if they controlled the White House after 2016" (Steven Rosenfeld, Raw Story, May 12, 2015)

• "ALEC’s big lie: Scott Walker’s pseudo-science, austerity without end, and the truth about right-wing governors and the economy" (Paul Rosenberg, Salon, May 12, 2015)

• "Here are 12 ways the GOP would destroy the US if they controlled the White House after 2016" (Steven Rosenfeld, Raw Story, May 12, 2015)

• "ALEC’s big lie: Scott Walker’s pseudo-science, austerity without end, and the truth about right-wing governors and the economy" (Paul Rosenberg, Salon, May 12, 2015)

• "Verizon Swallows Net-Neutrality Champion Huffington Post ALEC’s big lie: Scott Walker’s pseudo-science, austerity without end, and the truth about right-wing governors and the economy" (Leslie Savan, The Nation, May 15, 2015)

• "The Slippery Math of Right-To-Work Advocates" (Tamara Kay, Newsweek, May 17, 2015)

• "Wielding New Evidence, Watchdogs Push IRS to Investigate ALEC for Tax Fraud" (Mike Ludwig, Truthout, May 15, 2015)

• "Verizon NJ & State Cut Stealth Agreement to Raise Phone Rates -- On Top of the 440% of Rate Increases Since 1982" (Bruce Kushnick, The Huffington Post, May 18, 2015)

• "ALEC Losing Clout, Legitimacy amid Ongoing Controversy and Tax Fraud" (Yael Bromberg, Huffington Post, May 20, 2015)

• "The Wage War's Two Battlegrounds: The Ballot Box and the Board Room" (Peter Dreier, Huffington Post, May 20, 2015)

• "Piling on Criminal Fees" (Ronald Wright and Wayne A. Logan, Huffington Post, May 20, 2015)

• "Pfizer Drop ALEC: We are 200 signatures away from 100,000!" (Jay Riestenberg, Daily Kos, May 19, 2015)

April 2015

• "Vouchers on the Move: Return to School Segregation?" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, April 28, 2015)

• "National Rifle Association Uses Baltimore Riots To Promote "Stand Your Ground" Laws" (Timothy Johnson, Media Matters, April 29, 2015)

• "When ‘Self-Made’ Republicans Leave Others Behind" (Letter to the editor, New York Times, April 1, 2015)

• "Obama was right to veto GOP attack on NLRB" (John Logan, The Hill, April 2, 2015)

• "Climate-change deniers are in retreat" (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, April 6, 2015)

• "This conservative group is tired of being accused of climate denial — and is fighting back" (Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post, April 6, 2015)

• "Will Climate ‘Denial’ Head to the Courtroom?" (Ben Geman, National Journal, April 6, 2015)

• "'Green' political donor vows climate agenda push in 2016 U.S. race" (Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, April 6, 2015)

• "Conservative group fights climate skeptic label" (Timothy Cama, The Hill, April 6, 2015)

• "ALEC is threatening to sue the groups calling it out on its climate denial" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon, April 6, 2015)

• "Rand Pauls Favorite Union-Buster" (Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg, April 3, 2015)

• "What will happen after people stop ignoring the evidence on climate change" (Chris Mooney, Washington Post, April 7, 2015)

• "ALEC Climate Change Denial: Attacks on Climate Regulations and Clean Energy Solutions" (Gabe Elsner, Huffington Post Blog, April 7, 2015)

• "Corporate ‘bill mill’ ALEC now says it believes in climate change" (John Tomasic, The Colorado Independent, April 6, 2015)

• "Reporters Guide to ALEC’s "Rich States, Poor States" Report" (PR Watch, April 7, 2015)

• "T-Mobile Drops Membership in Conservative Group ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, April 8, 2015)

• "T-Mobile ditches ALEC" (Julian Hattem, The Hill, April 8, 2015)

• "Politicians Try to Union-Bust Their Way to the White House" (Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, April 7, 2015)

• "Wyoming Makes Top 10 for Economic Competitiveness" (Nina Burleigh, CBS 5, April 8, 2015)

• "ALEC says Wisconsin's economic outlook is promising, critics question the claim" (Jessie Opoen, The Capital Times, April 8, 2015)

• "New Report Crowns The Best And Worst States To Do Business With" (PG Veer, The Daily Caller, April 8, 2015)

• "Liberal donors gear up to fund new state-level agenda" (Fedreka Schourten, USA Today, April 12, 2015)

• "Wealthy donors on left launch new plan to wrest back control in the states" (Matea Gold, Washington Post, Apri 12, 2015)

• "The redistribution racket" (Stepehen Moore, The Washington Times, April 12, 2015)

• "Conservative Group ALEC Threatens Legal Action Against Telecom Critics" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, April 10, 2015)

• "ALEC in Denial of Its Climate Denial, Threatens to Sue" (Anastasia Pantsios, Moyers & Company, April 10, 2015)

• "Opinion Journal: The State of the States" (Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2015)

• "A Web Of Climate Deception: The Beacon Hill Institute, Richard Berman, And The State Policy Network "(Media Matters, April 13, 2015)

• "Reporters Guide to the International Franchise Association" (PR Watch, April 12, 2015)

• "Hotel Industry Spins Wage Hikes as 'Extreme' While CEOs Rake in Millions" (Mary Bottari, Huffington Post, April 14, 2015)

• "Phone company faces off against ALEC" (Julian Hattem, The Hill, April 15, 2015)

• "CREDO Rejects ALEC's Cease and Desist Letter on Municipal Broadband" (PR Watch, The Hill, April 15, 2015)

• "Phone Company Refuses to Stop Denouncing ALEC’s Telecom Policy" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, April 15, 2015)

• "Focus on Support for Solar Owners" (Ed Felker, Roll Call, April 17, 2015)

• "On Earth Day, 100,000 Call on Koch Favorite Scott Walker to End Climate Censorship" (Jamie Corey, PR Watch, April 22, 2015)

• "Climate Ruin vs. Climate Change" (Alex Carlin, PR Watch, April 23, 2015)

• "Kochs, Corps, and Monsanto Trade Group Have Bankrolled Group Attacking Dr. Oz" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, April 23, 2015)

• "California nonprofit group seeks to become ‘AARP for kids’" (Emma Brown, Washington Post, April 27, 2015)

• "Household Solar Is Becoming the New Normal -- and That Makes Some Utilities Uncomfortable" (F Kaid Benfield, Huffington Post, April 27, 2015)

• "Vouchers on the Move: Return to School Segregation?" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, April 28, 2015)

March 2015

• "To combat anti-LGBT laws, companies should pay lobbyists — not lip service " (Steven W Thrasher, The Guardian, March 31, 2015)

• "The Lawsuit That Could Take Down Obamacare Has A Paper-Trail Problem" (Sam Stein, Huffington Post, March 25, 2015)

• "Climate Witch Hunt Is Bad For Science, Bad For Witch Hunters" (Sterling Burnett, Daily Caller, March 25, 2015)

• "Report: Big education firms spend millions lobbying for pro-testing policies" (Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, March 30, 2015)

• "The Campus Climate Crusade" (Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2015)

• "Oil Giant BP Drops Membership With ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, March 23, 2015)

• "BP joins list of companies fleeing ALEC" (Amy Westervelt, The Guardian, March 23, 2015)

• "BP Dumps ALEC; Tally at 102" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, March 23, 2015)

• "BP drops out of conservative ALEC policy group" (David McCabe, Reuters, March 23, 2015)

• "Oil giant breaks with conservative group" (David McCabe, The Hill, March 23, 2015)

• "Monday’s Mini-Report" (Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, March 23, 2015)

• "Scott Walker’s “freedom” sham: Legalized bribery, ALEC and an assault on workers" (Tyrone Sutton, Salon, March 23, 2015)

• "NFIB Push Prevailing Wage Repeal" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, March 23, 2015)

• "How Is "Right to Work" Being Enforced?" (Kathy Wilkes, The Progressive, March 23, 2015

• "Scott Walker to sign anti-union bill that will make inequality worse" (John Logan, The Hill, March 2, 2015)

• "Who Should Make the Rules?" (David Morris, Huffington Post, March 2, 2015)

• "CMD Submits Testimony on Right to Work" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, March 2, 2015)

• "Those Obamacare Nullification Amendments Could Make a Big Comeback Post-SCOTUS" (Dylan Scott, National Journal, March 2, 2015)

• "National Right to Work Committee Attacks WI Workers with Hypocritical Zeal" (Jonas Persson, PR Watch, March 3, 2015)

• "The Right-to-Work Advantage" (Luke Hilgemann and David Fladeboe, Wall Street Journal, March 3, 2015)

• "White House, Elizabeth Warren team up to roll back GOP state dominance" (Kenneth P Vogel, Politico, March 4, 2015)

• "Mitch McConnell Is Now Telling States To Ignore Obama's Climate Rules" (Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, March 5, 2015)

• "Utilities wage campaign against rooftop solar" (Joby Warrick, Washington Post, March 7, 2015)

• "What if states just say ‘no’ to climate rule?" (Timonth Cama, The Hill, March 8, 2015)

• "Here’s What Will Likely Happen To Unions Now That Wisconsin Is A Right-To-Work State" (Bryce Covert, Think Progress, March 9, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Signs Anti-Union "Right-to-Work" Bill" (Democracy Now!, March 10, 2015)

• "Cookie-Cutter ALEC Right-to-Work Bills Pop in Multiple States" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, March 11, 2015)

• "Senator Whitehouse Exposes ALEC Climate Change Denial" (Jamie Corey, PR Watch, March 12, 2015)

• "What’s wrong with making people post bail after trial" (Max Ehrenfreund, Washington Post, March 16, 2015)

• "How Unions Can Grow Stronger in the Wake of Right To Work" (David Moberg, In These Times, March 17, 2015)

• "Koch Brothers Should Return $157 Million in Government Subsidies" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, March 18, 2015)

• "Unions Can’t Beat Right to Work Just By Calling It ‘Unfair’—They Must Fight for Everyone" (Rand Wilson, In These Times, March 19, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Decides He Isn’t Conservative Enough" (John Cassidy, The New Yorker, March 9, 2015)

• "Scott Walker to sign anti-union bill that will make inequality worse" (John Logan, The Hill, March 2, 2015)

• "CMD Submits Testimony on Right to Work" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, March 2, 2015)

• "Those Obamacare Nullification Amendments Could Make a Big Comeback Post-SCOTUS" (Dylan Scott, National Journal, March 2, 2015)

• "National Right to Work Committee Attacks WI Workers with Hypocritical Zeal" (Jona Persson, PR Watch, March 3, 2015)

• "What we can learn from Dr. Evil’s attack on Obama’s carbon rules" (David Roberts, Grist, March 3, 2015)

• "The Right-to-Work Advantage" (Luke Hilgemann and David Fladeboe, Wall Street Journal, March 4, 2015)

• "White House, Elizabeth Warren team up to roll back GOP state dominance" (Kenneth P Vogel, Politico, March 4, 2015)

• "Mitch McConnell Is Now Telling States To Ignore Obama's Climate Rules" (Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, March 4, 2015)

February 2015

• "How a powerful rightwing lobby is plotting to stop minimum wage hikes" (Ed Pilkington, the guardian, February 20, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Introduces Word-for-Word ALEC Right to Work Bill" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 20, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Pushes ALEC 'Right to Work' Bill, Divide and Conquer Comes Full Circle" (Mary Bottari, CMD/Huffington Post, February 20, 2015)

• "Lobbyist dubbed ‘Dr Evil’ is behind campaign attacking Obama’s new power plant rules" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 23, 2015)

• "Illinois governor takes a local approach to right-to-work" (Justin Glawe, Al Jazeera America, February 23, 2015)

• "States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest" (Shaila Dewan, New York Times, February 23, 2015)

• "Undercover at ACCE: ALEC Offshoot Spins City and County Officials on Dirty Energy, Local Control" (Steve Arnold, PR Watch, February 23, 2015)

• "ALEC Responds To Right-Wing Conspiracy Claims" (Connor D Wolf, Daily Caller, February 25, 2015)

• "Watch Wisconsin GOP lawmakers walk out to escape public outcry against ‘right-to-work’ bill" (Raw Story, Daily Caller, February 25, 2015)

• "Wisconsin, Workers and the 2016 Election" (New York Times Editorial, Daily Caller, February 26, 2015)

• "No One in Wisconsin Asked to Kill Unions Except Special Interests" (Justin Glawe, Daily Beast, February 26, 2015)

• "Net-"Sue-Me"-Neutrality: Get Ready for the Spring Offensive" (Bruce Kushnick, Huffington Post, February 26, 2015)

• "Will Obama's Climate Plan Really Cause Blackouts?" (Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, February 26, 2015)

• "What happened to the lobbyists who tried to reshape the US view of climate change?" (Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, February 27, 2015)

• "Pfizer Should Follow the Tech Industry Out of ALEC" (Brant Olson, Huffington Post, February 2, 2015)

• "Republicans Call for Imposing ALEC Zones on Poorest Neighborhoods of Milwaukee" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 2, 2015)

• "Score one for ALEC: West Virginia is first state to repeal a renewable energy standard" (John Light, grist, February 5, 2015)

• "Associated Press Hides Dirty Energy Interests Behind Anti-Renewables Campaign" (Denise Robbins, Media Matters, February 3, 2015)

• "Meet Lewis Latimer, the African American who enlightened Thomas Edison" (Brentin Mock, grist, February 11, 2015)

• "Todd Stern's Mission Impossible" (William Becker, Huffington Post, February 12, 2015)

• "ALEC Helps Philip Morris Block Plain Packaging Tobacco Rules" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, February 16, 2015)

• "5 States Where Republicans Are Getting Serious About Criminal Justice Reform" (Luke Whelan, Mother Jones, February 13, 2015)

• "Bruce Rauner Inaugurates War on Working Families" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, February 13, 2015)

• "ALEC Helps Philip Morris Block Plain Packaging Tobacco Rules" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, February 16, 2015)

• "5 States Where Republicans Are Getting Serious About Criminal Justice Reform" (Luke Whelan, Mother Jones, February 16, 2015)

• "Bruce Rauner Inaugurates War on Working Families" (Jody Knauss, PR Watch, February 13, 2015)

• "Politicians should ditch ALEC" (Amy B Dean, Al Jazeera America, February 13, 2015)

• "Greening the Tea Party" (Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, February 17, 2015)

• "Heroin-Plagued County Looks To New Medication To Aid Addiction" (Alysia Santo, Huffington Post Politics/The Marshall Project, February 17, 2015)

• "Black consumers can hold corporations accountable" (Rashad Robinson, Al Jazeera America, February 17, 2015)

• "The Wrong Way to Revitalize a City" (Rachel M Cohen, In These Times, February 18, 2015)

• "The One Percenters: How A Handful Of California Power Brokers Work To Further Inequality" (Bill Raden, Huffington Post, February 19, 2015)

• "Koch brothers join up with liberals to tackle rising prison numbers" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 19, 2015)

• "ALEC Wins Big in Ethics Case" (Peter Roff, US News & World Report, February 20, 2015)

• "How a powerful rightwing lobby is plotting to stop minimum wage hikes" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, February 20, 2015)

• "Wisconsin Introduces Word-for-Word ALEC Right to Work Bill" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 20, 2015)

• "Scott Walker Pushes ALEC 'Right to Work' Bill, Divide and Conquer Comes Full Circle" (Mary Bottari, CMD/Huffington Post, February 22, 2015)

• "Lobbyist dubbed ‘Dr Evil’ is behind campaign attacking Obama’s new power plant rules" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 22, 2015)

• "Lobbyist dubbed ‘Dr Evil’ is behind campaign attacking Obama’s new power plant rules" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, February 22, 2015)

• "Illinois governor takes a local approach to right-to-work" (Justin Glawe, Al Jazeera America, February 22, 2015)

• "States Are Blocking Local Regulations, Often at Industry’s Behest" (Shaila Dewan, New York Times, February 24, 2015)

• "Undercover at ACCE: ALEC Offshoot Spins City and County Officials on Dirty Energy, Local Control" (Steve Arnold, PR Watch, February 23, 2015)

• "ALEC Responds To Right-Wing Conspiracy Claims" (Connor D Wolf, Daily Caller, February 25, 2015)

• "Watch Wisconsin GOP lawmakers walk out to escape public outcry against ‘right-to-work’ bill" (Connor D Wolf, Raw Story, February 25, 2015)

• "Wisconsin, Workers and the 2016 Election" (By the Editorial Board, New York Times Editorial, Febuary 25, 2015)

• "No One in Wisconsin Asked to Kill Unions Except Special Interests" (Justin Glawe, Daily Beast, Febuary 26, 2015)

• "Net-"Sue-Me"-Neutrality: Get Ready for the Spring Offensive" (Bruce Kushnick, Huffington Post, February 26, 2015)

• "Will Obama's Climate Plan Really Cause Blackouts?" (Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones, February 26, 2015)

• "What happened to the lobbyists who tried to reshape the US view of climate change?" (Graham Readfearn, The Guardian, February 27, 2015)

• "Who Should Make the Rules?" (David Morris, Huffington Post, February 27, 2015)

January 2015

• "Northrop Grumman Cuts Ties With ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, January 28, 2015)

• "Fond du Lac Nuns Get Northrop Grumman to Dump ALEC" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, January 28, 2015)

• "Education Savings Accounts Give Parents And Students Choice In Education Decisions" (Jonathan Butcher, Daily Caller, January 30, 2015)

• "A dozen states ring in new year with lower taxes" (Washington Times, January 4, 2015)

• "Shellacked on the state level, Democrats chart a way out of the wilderness" (Greg Sargent, Washington Post, January 5, 2015)

• "On the News With Thom Hartmann: Half of US States Have a Minimum Wage Higher Than Minimum, and More" (, Truthout, January 5, 2015)

• "Koch Brothers Do Common Core" (Alan Singer, Huffington Post, January 5, 2015)

• "Why the Kochs and the Walmart clan are trying to stop you from putting solar panels on your roof" (Raw Story, January 6, 2015)

• "Climate Advocates are Shifting Their Focus to State and Local Levels" (Katherine Bagley, Moyers & Company, January 8, 2015)

• "As White House defends unions, states go on the attack" (Ned Resnikoff, AlJazeera America, December 6, 2014)

• "Obama to tout fast Web access in Iowa town that's wired everyone" (Todd Shields and Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg, January 13, 2015)

• "Community benefits agreements under attack" (Amy Dean, AlJazeera America, January 13, 2015)

• "'Citizen' board of wealthy Texas donors will help lawmakers" (Associated Press, January 15, 2015)

• "Trade Deals and Democrat Delusions" (, CounterPunch, January 16, 2015)

• "Barack Obama: The FDR of Internet Access?" (Susan Crawford, Moyers & Company, January 15, 2015)

• "Year of the Tax Cut" (James Freeman, Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2015)

• "Koch Party Delivers SOTU Response" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, January 19, 2015)

• "5 Years after Citizens United, Democracy Is for Sale" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, January 19, 2015)

• "Community College in the Crosshairs" (Rebecca Burns, In These Times, January 21, 2015)

• "ALEC Forces the Question: Will Labor Really Go Local?" (Simon Davis-Cohen, Truthout, January 26, 2015)

• "Northrop Grumman Cuts Ties With ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, January 28, 2015)

• "Fond du Lac Nuns Get Northrop Grumman to Dump ALEC" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, January 28, 2015)

December 2014

• "Mark Levin Wows State Legislators: “Take Your Power Back”" (Michael Patirck Leahy, Breitbart News/Fox Nation, December 6, 2014)

• "ALEC Opposes Efforts to Combat Climate Change at All Costs" (Mike Ludwig, Truthout, December 5, 2014)

• "ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, December 5, 2014)

• "Fossil-fuel lobbyists, bolstered by GOP wins, work to curb environmental rules" (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, December 7, 2014)

• "Not the way women wanted to make history this election" (PBS News Hour, December 8, 2014)

• "ALEC Members Are Ready for a Surge of Land and Energy De-Regulation" (David Weigel, Bloomberg, December 8, 2014)

• "North Carolina Newspapers Mostly Silent As ALEC And Koch Brothers Rewrite History" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters, December 8, 2014)

• "Conservative groups seek limits during lame duck on wind energy subsidies" (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, December 8, 2014)

• "Fossil fuel lobbyists take aim at environmental regs " (Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, December 8, 2014)

• "Liberal state lawmakers form new group to counter growing GOP power" (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, December 6, 2014)

• "Uber pressures regulators by mobilizing riders and hiring vast lobbying network" (Roalind Helderman, Washington Post, December 8, 2014)

• "Progressives plot state-level strategy to reverse GOP tide" (Naureen Khan, AlJazeera America, December 13, 2014)

• "Who’s Afraid of Shareholder Democracy?" (Coara Tprees-Spelliscy, Moyers & Company/Brennan Center for Justice, December 15, 2014)

• "Why America Is Starting to Agree on Marijuana" (Adam Stites, Huffington Post, December 15, 2014)

• "5 Really Big Myths About 'Next Generation' Civil Rights and the Fight for an Open Internet" (Malkia Cyril, Huffington Post, December 15, 2014)

• "Louisiana Charter Closes: Two Teachers Granted Back Pay" (Mercedes Schneider, Huffington Post, December 15, 2014)

• "Will eBay Give Out ALEC Coal This Holiday Season?" (Emily Southard, Huffington Post, December 15, 2014)

• "These Six Blue States Cut Taxes in 2014" (Rachel Stoltzfoos, Daily Caller, December 17, 2014)

• "How ALEC helped undermine public unions" (Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Washington Post, December 17, 2014)

• "EBay parts ways with controversial political group ALEC" (Deepa Seetharman, Reuters, December 19, 2014)

• "EBay follows tech crowd, cutting ties with conservative group" (Julian Hattem, The Hill, December 19, 2014)

• "Ebay joins Google and others in dumping Alec over climate stance" (Anna Codrea-Rado, The Guardian, December 19, 2014)

• "President Walker? Five Things You Should Know About Scott (Calvin) Walker" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, December 1, 2014)

• "Just Don’t Fly the Confederate Flag and You Should be Fine" (, CounterPunch, December 1, 2014)

• "ALEC is back and ready to resume its conservative agenda" (Julie Bykowicz, Bloomberg Politics, December 3, 2014)

• "Conservative lobby group Alec plans anti-environmental onslaught" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 2, 2014)

• "Mark Levin Wows State Legislators: “Take Your Power Back”" (Michael Patirck Leahy, Breitbart News/Fox Nation, December 6, 2014)

• "ALEC Opposes Efforts to Combat Climate Change at All Costs" (Mike Ludwig, Truthout, December 5, 2014)

• "ALEC Fumes: Transparency Threatens Corporate Free Speech!" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, December 7, 2014)

• "Fossil-fuel lobbyists, bolstered by GOP wins, work to curb environmental rules" (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, December 7, 2014)

• "Not the way women wanted to make history this election" (PBS News Hour, December 8, 2014)

• "ALEC (not Baldwin) is trying to destroy the environment" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 3, 2014)

• "ALEC doubles down on anti-environmental agenda" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon, December 3, 2014)

• "More Corporations Flee as ALEC Rolls Out Its Legislative Agenda" (Lisa Graves, PR Watch, December 3, 2014)

• "An upbeat end to a turbulent year for conservative state legislature group" (Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, December 3, 2014)

• "After Republican wins, right to work bills on the agenda" (Reid Wilson, Washington Post, December 3, 2014)

• "Are Cities the Next Front in the Right’s War on Labor?" (Moshe Z Marvit, The Nation, December 3, 2014)

November 2014

• "Koch Party Wins Big, Planet in Peril" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, November, 2014)

• "Democrats create an ALEC-killer" (Kenneth Vogel, Politico, November, 2014)

• "Liberal donors plan new investments in state politics" (Fredreka Schouten, USA Today, November, 2014)

• "Is Nevada the new North Carolina?" (Krystal Ball, MSNBC, November, 2014)

• "Fingas: Don't let business make critics mute" (Greg Fingas, Leader-Post, November, 2014)

• "Democracy Alliance State Spending Plans Revealed" (Lachlan Markay, The Washington Free Beacon, November, 2014)

• "More Lies From ALEC About Climate Change" (Elliot Negin, Huffington Post Blog, November, 2014)

• "ALEC Fueled Supreme Court Challenge to Obama Health Law" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, November, 2014)

• "Emerson Electric Latest to Confirm ALEC Exit" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, November, 2014)

• "ALEC and Big Oil Work to Overturn Denton Fracking Ban" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, November 14, 2014)

• "ALEC Support Drops 19 Percent in 2013" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, November 14, 2014)

• "The Democratic comeback plan" (Jill Lawrence, AL Jazeera America, November 17, 2014)

• "A Dozen Greedy, Inhumane and Cruel Policies That Top Corporate Lobbyists Will Push In 2015" (Brendan Fischer, AlterNet/PR Watch, November 19, 2014)

• "Big-box Retailers Spend Big On Politics" (Moyers & Company, November 24, 2014)

• "Mike Brown Dies, a Generation Comes Alive" (Roland S Martin, Daily Beast, November 24, 2014)

• "Bangalore Blogger: Black Friday Frenzy is Capitalism's Scorn of a Broken Consumer System" (International Business Times, November 26, 2014)

• "Push for constitutional convention gathers steam" (Albert R Hunt, Bloomberg News, November 30, 2014)

• "GOP's tech hurdle: They don't always get it" (Tony Romm, Politico, November 19, 2014)

• "How David Brock Built an Empire to Put Hillary in the White House" (Michelle Goldberg, The Nation, November 25, 2014)

• "What’s driving the tech exodus from ALEC? In a word, tech." (Nancy Scola, Washington Post, November 6, 2014)

• "Sapping ALEC's Power: Software Giant SAP Dumps Group Over Climate Denial" (Brad Johnson, Huffington Post, November 6, 2014)

• "ALEC Corporate Board Chair Quits Over Climate Change, Renewables and Voting Rights" (Nick Surgey, Huffington Post, November 6, 2014)

• "How The Midterms Delivered State Climate Policies A Lot Of New Problems And One Big Win" (Jeff Spross, Think Progress, November 4, 2014)

• "Shell Pressured to Sever Ties With ALEC" (Ben Elgin, Bloomberg Businessweek, November 4, 2014)

• "Direct Democracy Brings Economic Justice Wins, But Watch Out for ALEC" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, November 5, 2014)

• "John Oliver Takes on ALEC" (Michael Winship, Moyers & Company, November 3, 2014)

• "Watch John Oliver Go to Town on State Legislatures" (Melissa Locker, Time, November 3, 2014)

• "The GOP Joy Divisions" (David Weigel, Bloomberg, November 5, 2014)

• "Watch Party Dispatch: In the Durham Bubble, N.C. Progressives Caught Off-Guard By Hagan's Defeat" (Barry Yeoman, The American Prospect, November 5, 2014)

• "Direct Democracy Tackles Fracking, GMOs, Pesticides on Election Day" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, November 3, 2014)

• "Voters approve minimum wage increases, yet elect GOP Senators who are opposed to a federal hike" (Miranda Green, ABC 7, November 6, 2014)

• "What are the lessons from the midterms?" (David Russell, The Hill, November 7, 2014)

• "The Republicans' profane attack on the sacred right to vote" (Amy Goodman, AthensNews, November 2, 2014)

October 2014

• "Governor Brownback Outsourced Child Support Services to Donor" (Mary Bottari and Jonas Persson, PR Watch, October 17, 2014)

• "ALEC’s disgusting new ploy: How corporate America’s trying to roll back local liberal laws" (Ellen Bravo, Salon, October 17, 2014)

• "Unfriending ALEC" (Michael Brune, Truthout, October 19, 2014)

• "Political targets" (Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, October 20, 2014)

• "The epic struggle over retirement" (Susan Greenbaum, Al Jazeera America, October 19, 2014)

• "Hotly contested NC Senate race fuels 'jaw-dropping' spending" (Jonathan M Katz, Al Jazeera America, October 19, 2014)

• "A constitutional convention could be the single most dangerous way to ‘fix’ American government" (Robert Greenstein, Washington Post, October 21, 2014)

• "Spending for ALEC Member Tillis Breaks All Records in NC Senate Race" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, October 21, 2014)

• "Three Prominent G.O.P. Governors Struggle for Reëlection" (John Cassidy, New Yorker, October 21, 2014)

• "Dirty Energy Barons Go to Bat for WI AG Candidate Schimel" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, October 31, 2014)

• "Google is Gone, but ALEC is Still Winning" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, October 9, 2014)

• "Charter School Power Broker Turns Public Education Into Private Profits" (Marian Wang, ProPublica, October 8, 2014)

• "Google Steps Up Lobbying" (Anne L Kim, Roll Call, October 8, 2014)

• "Greens target Google for backing GOP rep" (Julianh Hattem, The Hill, October 8, 2014)

• "OFA gets behind Google's withdrawal from ALEC" (Mario Trujillo , The Hill, October 8, 2014)

• "New right-to-farm laws protect Big Ag, not small farmers" (Mary Turck, Al Jazeera America, October 9, 2014)

• "In Paid Sick Days Fight, Open Records Dropbox Dodge Reemerges in Florida" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, October 8, 2014)

• "As Election Looms, Cuomo Announces $750 Million To Green Energy Billionaire" (Michael Bastasch, Daily Caller, October 8, 2014)

• "Understanding ALEC And Its Influence In U.S. Politics" (The Diane Rehm Show, October 2, 2014)

• "ALEC CEO: Google's Departure Was Like Getting Dumped Via Text Message" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, October 1, 2014)

• "Left embraces boycott politics" (Julian Hattem, The Hill, October 2, 2014)

• "The War Over Wages, City by City" (Peter Dreier, Huffington Post Blog, October 1, 2014)

• "Koch-Backed Small Biz Group Endorses Walker " (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, October 1, 2014)

• "ALEC is coming to a city block near you" (Amy B. Dean, Al Jazeera America, October 6, 2014)

• "Why California is both liberal utopia and tech boom central" (Ned Resnikoff, MSNBC, October 4, 2014)

• "How the Koch Brothers Helped Bring About the Law That Shut Texas Abortion Clinics" (Adele M. Stan, American Prospect, October 3, 2014)

• "Koch-Backed Small Business Group Endorses Walker" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch/truthout, October 3, 2014)

• "Supreme Court Preview: Labor Law, Facebook Threats And Administrative Overreach On Docket" (Daniel Fisher, Forbes, October 3, 2014)

• "7 GOP Governors Who May Lose Re-Election" (John Nichols, The Nation, October 1, 2014)

• "Viewpoints: California must continue to lead on home energy efficiency" (The Sacramento Bee, October 6, 2014)

• "More harmful initiatives than good ones on Missouri’s Nov. 4 ballot" (Kansas City Star, October 3, 2014)

• "Guest column: High-stakes testing hurts students, teachers" (Rich Roach, Florida Today, October 6, 2014)

• "Pa. Senate Looks At Registering Healthcare Navigators" (Pat Loeb, CBS Philly, October 5, 2014)

• "Left Bank of the Fox" (Rudy Willis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 4, 2014)

• "Head Of ALEC: ‘I Don’t Know The Science’ Of Climate Change" (Emily Atkin, Think Progress, October 2, 2014)

• "Berkeley's Freedom Flame Kept Alive by New Generation of Digital Activists" (Ruairí McKiernan , Huffington Post Blog, October 2, 2014)

• "It’d Be Simpler if We Just Gave All Our Money to the Nearest Billionaire" (Pete Dolak , Counterpunch.org, October 3, 2014)

• "Browner Stumps for Michaud in Maine" (Susan Sharon , MPBN News, October 2, 2014)

• "Letter: Walker ‘plagiarized’ his right-wing policies" (Stevens Point Journal, October 3, 2014)

September 2014

• "Google Leads a Corporate Exodus From Lobbying Group ALEC" (John Light, Moyers and Company, September 30, 2014)

• "This lobbying shop is so dirty even oil companies want out" (Sara Bernard, Grist, September 30, 2014)

• "Google's Climate Name-Calling" (Sara Bernard, Wall Street Journal, September 30, 2014)

• "News Corp and Occidental Among Latest Firms to Cut Ties with ALEC" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, September 30, 2014)

• "On the News With Thom Hartmann: Activists Take Over Wall Street After Climate March, and More" (Thom Hartmann, Truthout, September 30, 2014)

• "Expedia Is Under Attack For Refusing To Quit A Right-Wing Group" (Dominic Rushe, The guardian/Business Insider, September 27, 2014)

• "Silicon Valley's Done With American Legislative Exchange Council" (Jeff Nesbit, US News, September, 29, 2014]

• "Facebook, Yahoo and Yelp Follow Google by Leaving ALEC" (Barbara E. Hernandez, NBC Bay Area, September, 26, 2014]

• "Yahoo, Google Cut Ties with Right-Wing ALEC" (Democracy Now!, September, 26, 2014]

• "Tech Firms Desert Powerful Right-Wing Group After Climate Change Spat" (Time, September, 25, 2014]

• "Tech Firms Desert Powerful Right-Wing Group After Climate Change Spat" (Time, September, 25, 2014]

• "Google CEO Has Links to Climate Change Deniers" (Chris Roberts, NBC Bay Area, September, 27, 2014]

• "Large Oil Company Bolts From ALEC" (Chris Roberts, National Journal, September, 29, 2014]

• "Amid Climate Change Backlash, Even Oil Companies Are Dumping ALEC Now" (Emily Atkin, Think Progress, September, 30, 2014]

• "Oil company cuts ties with ALEC" (Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, September, 29, 2014]

• "ALEC tries to prove it’s not lying about climate change, fails miserably" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon, September, 26, 2014]

• "Greens take 2014 to states" (Darren Goode, Politico, September, 30, 2014]

• "Solar power is growing so fast that older energy companies are trying to stop it" (Brad Plumer, Vox, September, 28, 2014]

• "Despite recent split from conservative group, Google’s connections to climate change denial runs deep" (Joe Garofoli , San Francisco Gate, September, 30, 2014]

• "Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and the Chamber of Climate Liars" (Rick Claypool, Huffington Post Blog, September, 30, 2014]

• "WSJ Editorial Conceals ALEC's Climate Change Denial" (Denise Robbins , Media Matters, September, 30, 2014]

• "Google Kills Birds" (Wall Street Journal, September, 30, 2014]

• "Venture Capitalists Are Poised to "Disrupt" Everything About the Education Market" (Lee Fang, The Nation, September, 30, 2014]

• "Liberal groups critical of ALEC influencing laws, but not labor unions" (Adam Tobias, Watchdog.org, September, 30, 2014]

• "Despite split from group, Google’s links to climate change denial run deep" (Jooe Garofoli and David Baker, San Francisco Gate, September, 27, 2014]

• "Tech Firms Desert Powerful Right-Wing Group After Climate Change Spat" (Denver Nicks, Time, September, 2014]

• "Silicon Valley Companies Follow Google's Lead By Cutting Ties with ALEC" (Robert S Eshelman, Vice, September, 2014]

• "Google cites climate change as tech titans quit ALEC" (Wendy Koch, USA Today, September, 26, 2014]

• "Alec lobbying group lashes out at Google over climate change 'lies' charge" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, September, 25 2014]

• "Google Exec: Climate Change Deniers Are “Just Literally Lying”" (Phil Plait, Slate, September, 23 2014]

• "Yahoo, Yelp, Facebook, Google and Microsoft reconsider their relationship with free-market group ALEC" (Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post, September, 23 2014]

• "Yahoo the latest tech firm to cut ties with conservative group ALEC" (Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Gate, September, 2014]

• "Facebook and Yelp Also Fleeing From ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, September, 24, 2014]

• "Yahoo Parts Ways With ALEC" (Dustin Volz, Huffington Post, September, 24, 2014]

• "ALEC: Global Warming Could Be Good for You" (Clare Foran, National Journal, September, 25, 2014]

• "ALEC and 156 state legislators: Google’s departure from the group is ‘based on misinformation’" (Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post, September, 24, 2014]

• "Yahoo Joins Exodus of Tech Giants Quitting on ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, September, 24, 2014]

• "ALEC sees more losses as Facebook and Yelp jump ship, too" (Brian Fung, Washington Post, September, 24, 2014]

• "ALEC: Google acting on ‘misinformation’" (Julian Hattem, The Hill, September, 24, 2014]

• "Yelp Takes a Quieter Approach to Breaking Up With ALEC" (Joshua Brustein, BloombergBusinessweek, September, 24, 2014]

• "Google Cuts Ties With Right-Wing Group: ‘They’re Just Literally Lying’" (Josh Eidelson, BloombergBusinessweek, September, 23, 2014]

• "Google Gags the Global Warming Debate" (Peter Roff, US News, September, 23, 2014]

• "Facebook Plans to Cut Ties With ALEC" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, September, 23, 2014]

• "Facebook set to join rush to abandon rightwing lobby group Alec" (Dominic Rushe, The Guardian, September, 24, 2014]

• "Companies Are Taking the Baton in Climate Change Efforts" (Justin Gillis, New York Times, September, 24, 2014]

• "WI ALEC Plagiarists Criticize Burke for Copying Jobs Plan" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, September, 23, 2014]

• "Google Announces Plans to Cut Ties with ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, September, 22, 2014]

• "Google Says ALEC Is Literally Lying about Climate Change, Ends Membership" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, September, 22, 2014]

• "Google to cut ties with rightwing lobby group over climate change 'lies'" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, September, 23, 2014]

• "Google: We’re parting with the climate change skeptics at ALEC" (Brian Fung, Washington Post, September, 22, 2014]

• "Google Chairman: Giving Money To ALEC Was A 'Mistake'" (James Gerken, The Huffington Post, September, 22, 2014]

• "Google Quits ALEC, Says Link With Climate Skeptics Wrong" (Jim Snyder and Brian Womack, Bloomberg, September, 22, 2014]

• "Climate Change You Can Believe In" (Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers and Company, September, 18, 2014]

• "Google Refuses to Respond to Letter Questioning ALEC Ties" (Rebekah Wilce, The Progressive, September, 18, 2014]

• "Dark Money Corruption of Democracy Forces Climate Change Direct Action and Mass Mobilization" (Ben Ptashnik, Truthout, September, 2014]

• "Oregon Residents Challenge the State "Right-to-Farm" Law" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, September, 2014]

• "Our Climate, Our Economy and Our Democracy" (Michael Brune, Larry Cohen, Huffington Post, September, 2014]

• "Liberal Activists to Google: Stop Being Evil With ALEC" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, September, 3, 2014]

August 2014

• "ALEC And Jeb Bush Are Conspiring To Kill Off Public Schools For Good" (PoliticsUSA, August 26, 2014)

• "Reporters, Under Fire, Need Friends; Where's PR?" (Jack O’Dwyer, O’Dwyer’s, August 25, 2014)

• "Microsoft Leaves Lobbying Group ALEC Amid Split Over Renewables" (Ari Natter, Bloomberg, August 21, 2014)

• "Microsoft and More Leave ALEC, 80 Corporations Out" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, August 25, 2014)

• "Microsoft Drops Membership in Highly Controversial Conservative Lobbying Group" (Tess VandenDolder, In The Capital, August 21, 2014)

• "Wednesday’s Mini-Report" (Steve Benen, MSNBC, August 20, 2014), ,

• "Microsoft pulls out of bad energy group ALEC to boost green credentials" (Dave Neal, The Inquirer, August 20, 2014), ,

• "Dark Money Casts Shadow over Push to Tax the Sun" (Brendan Fischer, The Progressive, August 18, 2014)

• "City, state and federal governments are fighting over Chattanooga’s effort to bring broadband to rural consumers" (Reid Wilson, Washington Post/GovBeat, August 12, 2014)

• "ALEC Annual Conference: New Bills, New Spin-Offs, Same Corporate Backers" (Jessica Mason, PR Watch, August 12, 2014)

• "A Main Street Lobby Group Gets Closer to Big Business" (Patrick Clark, Bloomberg Businessweek, August 11, 2014)

• "Largest PR firm won't accept climate denial campaigns" (Laura Barron-Lopez, The Hill, August 11, 2014)

• "Missouri Farming Initiative Passes With Narrow Margin" (Jesse Newman, Wall Street Journal, August 11, 2014)

• "Edelman formally declares it will not accept climate denial campaigns" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, August 7, 2014)

• "How ALEC Fronts for Fossil Fuels" (Nick Surgey, The Progressive, August, 2014)

• "ALEC's Jeffersonian Project Pushes to Amend the Constitution" (Jessica Mason, Truthout, August, 2014)

• "The Koch Brothers' Reign of Terror: How Their Great Wealth Is Buying Our Government" (Pearl Korn, Huffington Post, August, 2014)

• "Texas: Hundreds Protest Right-Wing American Legislative Exchange Council" (Democracy Now!, August 1, 2014)

• "Protests Greet Lawmakers, Corporate Officials Gathering in Dallas as New Arm of ALEC Is Announced" (Candice Bernd, Truthout, August, 2014)

• "Friday’s Mini-Report" (MSNBC, August 1, 2014)

• "Koch-Backed Small Business Front Group Added to ALEC Board" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, August, 2014)

July 2014

• "Paid Sick Day Campaigns Gain Traction as ALEC Allies Push Back" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July, 2014)

• "Conservative group Alec devises offshoot ACCE to lobby at local levels" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, July 30, 2014)

• "Texans rally against Rick Perry’s deployment request" (Michele Richinick, MSNBC, July, 2014)

• "Utility Trade Group Funds ALEC Attack on Americans Using Solar" (Nick Surgey, Huffington Post, July, 2014)

• "Building a progressive alternative to ALEC" (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Washington Post, July 28, 2014)

• "In Kansas, embattled Gov. Brownback’s mixed record is case study in GOP control" (Zachary A Goldfarb, Washington Post, July 30, 2014)

• "Is the Future of the Planet in ALEC's Secret Hands?" (Truthout, July, 2014)

• "Pension Cutters Hope California Ballot Measure Could Start A Domino Effect" (Gary Cohen, Huffington Post, July 24, 2014)

• "Halliburton Fracking Spill Mystery: What Chemicals Polluted an Ohio Waterway?" (Mariah Blake, Mother Jones, July, 2014)

• "Kochs and Corporations Have Bankrolled American Council on Science and Health" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, July, 2014)

• "Progressive Groups Merge in Effort to Counter ALEC in State Capitols" (Reid Epstein, The Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2014)

• "What are they thinking?" (David Russell, The Hill, July, 2014)

• "Union Severs Ties with United Negro College Fund Over Koch Donation" (Kayla Ruble, Vice News, July, 2014)

• "United Negro College Fund accepts $25 million from Kochs, tells Big Labor to get over it" (Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, July, 2014)

• "The Original Vast Right-Wing Conspirator" (Karen Rothmyer, Politico Magazine, July, 2014)

• "State wireless facility reforms promise jobs and economic benefits" (Georgia State Sen Judson Hill, The Hill, July, 2014)

• "ALEC, the free-market group liberals love to hate, gets a new boss" (Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post GovBeat, July 8, 2014)

• "ALEC Politicians Caught Plagiarizing ALEC Bill, Drafting Error and All" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, July, 2014)

• "Surveillance fireworks: NSA collects mostly on ordinary web users - What does this mean for reform?" (, Politico Morning Tech, July, 2014)

• "3 Reasons Harris v. Quinn Matters to All of Us" (LeeAnn Hall, Huffington Post, July, 2014)

• "The Rosetta Stone of the Professional Left" (David Weigel, Slate, July 1, 2014)

• "Foundations Must Be 'Freedom Funders' Once Again" (Aaron Dorfman and Ben Jealous, Huffington Post, July, 2014)

June 2014

• "The Ultra-Right-Wing State Nobody Mentions" (Bryan K Bullock, Truthout, June, 2014)

• "FreeHer: Formerly Incarcerated Women Demand an End to Mass Incarceration" (Victoria Law, Truthout, June, 2014)

• "How One GOP-Controlled Committee Is Waging A War On Science" (Brad Johnson, Huffington Post, June 24, 2014)

• "Koch Network, Fossil-Fuel Front Groups Lobby Congress Against Wind-Energy Tax Breaks" (Gabe Elsner, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "How Rupert Murdoch created the world’s newest climate change villain" (Alexander White, Salon, June 22, 2014)

• "Koch-Funded Group Won’t Back Kansas Republicans Who Supported Clean Energy" (Joanna Foster, Think Progress, June 17, 2014)

• "Exclusive: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Billionaire Summit" (Lauren Windsor, The Nation, June, 2014)

• "The ALEC Angle in Scott Walker's "Toxic Strain of Racial Politics"" (Brendan Fischer, The Progressive, June, 2014)

• "Jeb Bush Charts Tricky Course With Embrace of Common Core" (Beth Reinhard, Wall Street Journal, June, 2014)

• "Tenure: Education's Friend or Foe?" (Dave Pruett, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Ohio governor signs bill freezing renewable-energy standards" (Steven Mufson and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, June 13, 2014)

• "Ohio just signed its terrible anti-renewable energy bill into law" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon, June 13, 2014)

• "Why Are Rhode Island Democrats Blocking Minimum-Wage Increases?" (Sam Alder-Bell, The Nation, June, 2014)

• "An Educator's Lament: Part II -- Causes of Our Educational Demise" (Dave Pruett, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolution" (Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post, June 7, 2014)

• "States Testing Obama's Carbon Limits" (Ken Silverstein, Forbes, June 8, 2014)

• "80th Birthday, Bill Moyers" (Peter Breier, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Studies ranking states' business climates are all over the map" (Jim Pettit, Washington Examiner, June, 2014)

• "Obama Sells Climate Plan Abroad" (Ben Geman, National Journal, June 6, 2014)

• "How Seattle's $15 Minimum Wage Victory Began in New York City's Zuccotti Park" (Peter Dreier, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Big Brother: Meet the Parents" (Stephanie Simon, Politico, June, 2014)

• "Some states already lashing at climate rule" (Andrew Restuccia, Politico, June, 2014)

• "Who Is Behind the National Right to Work Committee and its Anti-Union Crusade?" (Mary Bottari, The Progressive, June 6, 2014)

• "Wikipedia Critic Kohs Banned from New York Meeting" (O’dwyers, June 3, 2014)

May 2014

• "Idaho Gag Law Hides Horrors of Ag Industry" (Lauren Carasik, AlJazeera America, June, 2014)

• "'Radical Animal Rights Movement' Gets New Foe" (Michael Becket, Center for Public Integrity/Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Why and How Fossil Fuel and Utility Interests Are Attacking Clean Energy" (Gabe Eisner, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Charity ethical investments push corporates like PepsiCo on morals" (Emily Kenay, The Guardian, June, 2014)

• "Derek Cressman Crusades Against the Koch Brothers in California" (Ruth Conniff, PR Watch, June, 2014)

• "Judge Who Halted Walker Dark Money Criminal Probe" (Brendan Fischer, The Progressive, June, 2014)

• "The Luxe Life of the School-Privatization Business" (Randi Weingarten and Lisa Graves, National Journal, June, 2014)

• "In big public push, White House seeks to smooth way for carbon curbs" (Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, June, 2014)

• "Defending Clean Energy in Ohio and Beyond" (Mary Anne Hitt, Huffington Post Blog, June, 2014)

• "Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops" (John Nichols, The Nation, June, 2014)

• "60 Years After Brown v. Board, Will Congress Revive a Dual School System?" (Diane Ravitch, Moyers & Company, June, 2014)

• "How the War on Workers Is Changing" (Truthout, June, 2014)

• "5 ways privatization is fleecing American taxpayers" (Dave Johnson, Salon, June, 2014)

• "11 Things The Koch Brothers Don't Want You To Know, From Robert Greenwald's Newly Updated Documentary" (Steven Roesnfeld, AlterNet, June, 2014)

• "Showtime Exposes Climate Change Deniers, like James Taylor and Joseph Bast's Heartland Institute" (PR Watch, June, 2014)

• "Unnoticed Fossil Fuel Influence Could Soon Dismantle Ohio's Clean Energy Policies" (Denise Robbins, Media Matters June, 2014)

• "The National Restaurant Association Spends Big to Keep Wages Low" (Mary Bottari, The Progressive, June, 2014)

• "The National Restaurant Association Spends Big to Keep Wages Low" (Brendan Fischer and Mary Bottari, PR Watch, June, 2014)

• "ALEC Otherworld" (Rep Chris Taylor, The Progressive, June, 2014)

• "In Texas, Construction Reform Has an Unlikely Champion" (Amien Essif, In These Times, June, 2014)

• "Where do elite meet? Invitation-only, confidential forums" (Associated Press, June, 2014)

• "Where does the Republican Party stand on voter ID?" (Jaime Fuller, Washington Post The Fix, June, 2014)

• "When ‘Patriots’ Unite To Restrict Voting Rights" (Amy Dean, Al Jazeera America, June, 2014)

• "The White House Steps Up its Fight Against Climate Change" (Akio Stevenson, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Realistic Solution to End Voter Lines and Intimidation" (Dina Rasor, Truthout, June, 2014)

• "All business leaders should consider the source of their electrical power" (Alison Kemper, The Guardian, June, 2014)

• "ALEC Has a New Tactic It’s Using to Take Down the EPA" (Emily Atkin, Moyers & Company, June, 2014)

• "Highlights: Is Net Neutrality Dead?" (Karin Kamp, Moyers & Company, June, 2014)

• "The Drive to Ban Mandated Paid Sick Days" (Amy Dean, Al Jazeera America, June, 2014)

• "Are Tea-Party Republicans Really Trying to Kill Oil-Industry Tax Breaks?" (Bwn Geman, National Journal, June, 2014)

• "Following the Money: Energy Dollars Hard at Work on Capitol Hill" (Bill Chameides, Huffington Post Blog, June, 2014)

• "Wonkbook: The Keystone XL controversy is back again" (Puneet Kolliparia, Washington Post Wonkbook, June, 2014)

• "Barack Obama's emissions plan comes under new line of attack" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, June, 2014)

April 2014

• "ALEC in the News: Oklahoma Punishes Solar Power Users; Wisconsin Voter ID Law Overturned" (Democracy Now!, April 30, 2014)

• "Federal Court Strikes Down WI's "Discriminatory" Voter ID as Unconstitutional" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "One of the Koch Family-Controlled Foundations Has Quietly Folded" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "New Reporters' Guide Documents Rex Sinquefield's Effort to Railroad Personal Agenda through Missouri State House" (PR Watch, April, 2014),

• "Why Is the NAACP In Bed With Donald Sterling?" (Peter Dreier, Huffington Post, April, 2014)

• "Wal-Mart fortune shapes school alternatives" (Motoko Rich, New York Times, April, 2014)

• "The Koch Attack on Solar Energy" (, New York Times Editorial, April 27, 2014),

• "A battle is looming over renewable energy, and fossil fuel interests are losing" (Steven Mufson and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post, April 25, 2014)

• "Scathing Report Finds School Privatization Hurts Poor Kids" (Ruth Conniff, In These Times, April, 2014)

• "We need new laws to protect student privacy" (Zack Christenson, The Daily Caller, April 24, 2014)

• "Ohio GOP Legislator Accused of Insulting Veterans In Hearing" (Andrew Perez, Huffington Post, April 24, 2014)

• "Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment" (Nick Surgey, The Progressive/PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "Revealed: ALEC’s 2014 Attacks on the Environment" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "The Tea Party Wants to Help You Go Solar" (Josh Voorhees, Slate, April, 2014)

• "Covering Dark Money's Tennessee Takeover" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters, April 22, 2014)

• "Voting with one’s feet shows folly of liberal economic policies" (Washington Times EDITORIAL, April 22, 2014):

• "Kochs, conservative allies align against solar" (Steve Benen, MSNBC, April, 2014)

• "Rachel Maddow: Oklahoma’s ‘sun tax’ law means it’s a threat to Koch Brothers’ allies" (Arturo Garcia, Raw Story, April 22, 2014)

• "Toppling the Tea Party" (David Moberg, In These Times, April, 2014) ,

• "The Not-so-smart ALEC" (William F Jasper, The New American, April, 2014)

• "Local Media Fooled By Discredited Economic Competitiveness Report" (Salvatore Colleluori, Media Matters, April 18, 2014)

• "Oklahoma Provides a Win for ALEC’s 50-State Campaign Against Democracy" (Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company, April 18, 2014)

• "Democratic Congressman Wants Federal Investigation Into ALEC-Backed Laws" (Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post, April 16, 2014)

• "One Democratic congressman escalates the fight over ALEC" (Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post GovBeat, April 14, 2014)

• "Raul Grijalva Tries to Tie ALEC to Bundy Ranch" (Lachlan Markay, Washington Free Beacon, April, 2014)

• "Rep. Grijalva Demands Federal Investigation into ALEC's Role in Neo-Sagebrush Rebellion" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "The joke’s on them: High-ranked states in ‘Rich States, Poor States’ perform better" (Will Freeland and Ben Wilterdink, Daily Caller, April 16, 2014)

• "Free-market group ALEC: Utah has the best economic outlook this yea" (Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post GovBeat, April 15, 2014)

• "State economy showdown: Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Mike Pence vs. Chris Christie" (Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, April, 2014)

• "A Reporters' Guide to the Koch-funded Rich States, Poor States ALEC Report" (Mary Bottari, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "The Hill Fails To Disclose Pro-Telecom Writer Is Paid By Telecom" (Eric Hananoki, Media Matters, April 12, 2014)

• "Major Kansas Papers Ignore Koch Connection To Anti-Teachers' Rights Legislation" (Hilary Tone, Media Matters, April 10, 2014)

• "Climate change is good for you, says ultra-conservative Heartland Institute" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, April 9, 2014)

• "ACLU’s slurs and lies target foes of illegal immigration" (Tom Fitton, Washington Times, April 9, 2014)

• "Ohio Papers Miss Fossil Fuel Connection Behind Latest Attack On Clean Energy" (Denise Robbins, Media Matters, April 8, 2014)

• "Heartland Institute’s ridiculous new lie: “Climate change is good for you" (Lindsay Abrams, Salon.com, April 8, 2014)

• "ALEC and Paul Ryan Team Up to Convert Pensions Into Tax Cuts for Millionaire" (, PoliticsUSA, April 8, 2014)

• "Outside Special Interests Lean on MO Legislators to Push ALEC’s Anti-Worker Agenda" (Jay Riestenberg, PR Watch, April, 2014)

• "So-Called Right to Work Is Still Wrong for Workers" (James Hoffa, Huffington Post Blog, April, 2014)

• "Exclusive: Shady double-agent’s Obamacare sabotage: Top “supporter” quietly funded its opposition" (Eli Clifton, Salon, April 8, 2014)

• "Documents from Open Records Lawsuit Further Undermine Claims that ALEC Is Legislator-Driven" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch", April, 2014)

• "All for One and One for All: Learning To Build a Social Justice Union" (Eleanor Bader, Truthout, April, 2014)

• "Why Paid Sick Days Are a No-Brainer" (Terry Allen, In These Times, April, 2014)

• "McCutcheon, the Majority, and the Challenge of Our Time" (Richard Eskow, Huffington Post Blog, April, 2014)

• "The High-Profile People Who Are Doubling Down on the Common Core" (Mercedes Schneider, Huffington Post Blog, April, 2014)

• "ANALYSIS-Coal-reliant states readying for EPA power plant rules" (Valerie Volcovici, Reuters, April 1, 2014)

March 2014

• "EXography: States passing laws to pull the shades on high-tech police snooping on mobile phones, devices" (Mark Flatten, Washington Examiner, June, 2014)

• "Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers?" (Diane Ravitch, Moyers & Company, June, 2014)

• "Is Connecticut the First Domino in a Higher National Minimum Wage? Not So Fast" (Emma Roller, National Journal, June, 2014)

• "How Cincinnati Beat The Tea Party" (Amy Dean, Al Jazeera, June, 2014)

• "Why Did the FBI Label Ryan Shapiro’s Dissertation on Animal Rights a Threat to National Security?" (Democracy Now!, June, 2014)

• "ALEC: The New-and-Improved Political Corruption" (Barbara Easterling, Huffington Post Blog, June, 2014)

• "Jeb Bush seeks common ground in higher education, invites Clinton to conference" (Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press, June, 2014)

• "Big Corporations coming to town. A curse or a blessing?" (PoliticsUSA, June, 2014)

• "From Tacoma to Texas, Hunger Strikers Challenge Private Immigration Detention Centers" (Candice Bernd, Truthout, June, 2014)

• "Newark's School Crisis and the GOP's War on Our Cities" (Richard Eskow, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, June, 2014)

• "WI GOP Marches in Lockstep with ALEC Agenda, Voting Records Show" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, June, 2014)

• "Republicans Slash Public Education to Fund Tax Cuts For Millionaires and Corporations" (, PoliticsUSA, June, 2014)

• "ALEC Goes Hyper Local With New Nationwide Network" (, Moyers & Company, June, 2014)

• "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Petroleum Politicians, Crude Money and Media Spin" (Dave Saldana, PR Watch/truthout, June, 2014)

• "Big Oil and the Koch Brothers Have Hijacked Our Government and Trampled Liberty" (PoliticsUSA, June, 2014)

• "Conservative group Alec trains sights on city and local government" (Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, June, 2014)

• "Rabble turns on tech's aristocracy" (Sanjiv Bhattacharya, The Daily Telegraph, June, 2014)

• "Will State Legislatures Join Congress And Cut Green Energy Incentives?" (Ken Silverstein, Forbes, June, 2014)

• "ACU at 50: Strong and looking ahead" (Meredith Somers, Washington Times, June, 2014)

• "Zero likes: how the world came to hate Silicon Valley" (Sanjiv Bhattacharya, The Telegraph, June, 2014)

• "Let's Make Capitalism a Dirty Word" (Carl Gibson, Huffington Post Blog, June, 2014)

• "North Carolina's toxic deregulation experiment" (Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg News, June, 2014)

• "Apple CEO tells climate change deniers to sell their Apple shares" (Ned Resnikoff, MSNBC, June, 2014)

• "Brewer's Other Veto: Silencing Arizona" (Justine Sarver, Huffington Post, June, 2014)

• "Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Burning Crude and Blistering Climate Change" (PR Watch, June, 2014)

February 2014

• "Utility Interests Push Protectionism in the State of Washington" (Gabe Elsner, Huffington Post, February, 2014)

• "‘Stand Your Ground’ Still Stands 2 Years After Trayvon’s Death" (Charles Ellison, The Root, February, 2014)

• "Pro-life Virginia Sen. values rights of fetus over those of ‘host,’ which ‘some refer to as mothers’" (Scott Kaufman, Raw Story, February 24, 2014)

• "Study: Local Newspapers Fail to Connect Anti-Choice Group To 20-Week Abortion Ban" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters, February 24, 2014)

• "One way to help solve America’s major curriculum problem" (Valerie Strauss, Washington Post/The Answer Sheet, February 24, 2014)

• "McDomination: How corporations conquered America and ruined our health" (Nicholas Freudenberg, Salon.com, February 23, 2014)

• "Walker Staff on the Mentally Ill: "No One Cares about Crazy People"" (Seep Paliwal and Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February 2014)

• "New Report Exposes America's Highest Paid Government Workers" (PR Watch, February, 2014)

• "Protesters Demand Google Stop Funding Climate Change Deniers" (Lydia O’Connor, Huffington Post, February 19, 2014)

• "10 Reasons to Oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline" (Rose Ann Demoro, Huffington Post Blog, February, 2014)

• "Protesters Gripe About Group’s Google Funding" (Rolfe Winker, Wall Street Journal, February 18, 2014)

• "A Portrait of Time Warner's Active Role in ALEC " (PR Watch, February, 2014)

• "Article V Convention: Dangerous Precedent, Dangerous Loyalties" (Joe Wolverton, The New American, February, 2014)

• "Religious conservatives behind push to rewrite U.S. Constitution using obscure maneuver" (Travis Gettys, Raw Story, February 13, 2014)

• "Verdict in Jordan Davis Case Highlights Continuing Injustice of "Stand Your Ground"" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February, 2014)

• "How ALEC Helps Big Telecom Change State Laws for Corporate Gain" (Brendan Fischer, PR Watch, February, 2014)

• "The Latest Attack on Public Sector Unions: Paycheck Protection in Pennsylvania and Missouri" (John Logan, Truthout, February, 2014)

• "Which party will grab the mantle of transparency?" (David Rehr, Huffington Post Blog, February, 2014)

• "Decent Economic Growth Hides The Increasing Gap Between the Rich and Everyone Else" (RMuse, PoliticusUSA, February 2, 2014)

January 2014

• "ALEC’s Half-Century Contract on the Boulder Highway, US 36" (Anne Butterfield, Huffington Post Blog, January, 2014)

• "Legal Experts Reject Food Industry Claims That GMO Labeling Laws Are Unconstitutional" (Truthout, January, 2014)

• "The real state of the union: Education, immigration and environment; Mentions ALEC in “Education” chapter" (Al Jazeera America, January, 2014)

• "Do ALEC Denials of Bill Tracking Signal an IRS Examination?" (Nick Surgey, PR Watch, January, 2014)

• "President To Lay Out Bold Vision Of Why You Shouldn't Hate Him" (Huffpost Hill, January, 2014)

• "Yes, the right is behind on campaign tech. But it’s seizing the mantle on tech policy" (Brian Fung, Washington Post, January, 2014)

• "Private Prisons: The Case for Divestment" (Rashad Robinson, Huffington Post, January, 2014)

• "Medicaid Estate Recovery, Latest Obamacare Horror Story, Was Backed By ALEC" (Sam Stein, Huffington Post, January, 2014)

• "Fissures in G.O.P. as Some Conservatives Embrace Renewable Energy" (John Schwartz, New York Times, January, 2014)

• "Who Backs the TPP and a ‘NAFTA on Steroids’? ALEC" (John Nichols, The Nation, January, 2014)

• "Why ALEC is so effective, How ALEC serves the right" (All In with Chris Hayes, January, 2014)

• "The Infrastructure of American Democracy Is Dysfunctional" (Steve Nichols, The Nation, January, 2014)

• "$185M in Corporate Money to Political Non-Profits Disclosed" (Kent Cooper, Roll Call, January, 2014)

• "What Would MLK Be Marching for Today?" (Peter Dreier, Huffington Post, January, 2014)

• "Pulling back the veil on corporate contributions" (Michael Beckel, Center for Public Integrity, January, 2014)

• "Database Shines Light on Corporate Donations" (Thomas Catan, Wall Street Journal/Washington Wire, January, 2014)

• "Chris Christie Is an Amateur" (Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal, January, 2014)

• "And now, the Bunkum Awards (you wouldn’t want to win)" (Valerie Strauss, Washington Post/Answer Sheet, January, 2014)

• "Xcel Energy and Endo Health Cut Ties to ALEC, Making 72 Corporations Out" (Rebekah Wilce, PR Watch, January, 2014)

• "ALEC Wants Your Legislator's Loyalty -- And You Get to Foot the Bill" (Dan Montgomery, Huffington Post Chicago, January, 2014)

• "A Constitutional Right to Industrial Farming?" (Brooke Jarvis, Bloomberg Businessweek, January, 2014)

• "Don’t Think the Feds Will Rein In the NSA? Maybe the States Can Help" (Dustin Volz, National Journal, January, 2014)

• "2014: The End Game in Telecommunications: The Perfect, Man-Made Storm" (Bruce Kushnick, Huffington Post Blog, January, 2014)

• "Chris Christie Is the True Face of the Republican Party" (Richard Eskow, Huffington Post Blog, January, 2014)

• "The real problem behind the Rachel Maddow-Koch Brothers feud" (Bruce Maiman, Examiner.com, January, 2014)

• "Retired Cops, Activist Pensioners, and the Economic Blowback over Snowden" (David Sirota, Pandodaily/PR Watch, January, 2014)

• "What war on poverty?" (Susan Greenbaum, Al Jazeera America, January, 2014)

• "New Hampshire Newspapers Create Faux Legitimacy For ALEC-Connected Group" (Daniel Angster, Media Matters, January, 2014)

• "2014 promises plenty of positive change" (Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, January, 2014)

• "North Carolina’s Conservative Shift is Good for ALEC" (Moyers & Company, January, 2014)

December 2013

• "As Critics Gain, ALEC Gives Ground" (Politico, December 27, 2013)

• "ALEC’s "Institutional Corruption," From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector" with CMD's Lisa Graves (Democracy Now!, December 11, 2013)

• "The Pledge of Corporate Allegiance?" (Leo Gerard, In These Times, December 11, 2013)

• "Shining a Light on ALEC’s Power to Shape Policy" (Wendell Potter, Bill Moyers, December 11, 2013)

• "How ALEC Serves As A 'Dating Service' For Politicians And Corporations" (NPR, December 10, 2013)

• "Is ALEC falling on hard times?" (MSNBC, December 8, 2013)

• "ALEC Opposed Divestment From South Africa’s Apartheid Regime" (Lee Fang, The Nation, December 6, 2013)

• "ALEC Boots Mother Jones From Its Annual Conference" (Andy Kroll, Mother Jones, December 6, 2013)

• "Advocacy group angles for $35K to help you leave your union" (Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun, December 6, 2013)

• "Senator, farmer, rabbi speak on climate change" (Andy Marso, Topeka Capitol Journal, December 6, 2013)

• "Barbara Shelly: ALEC wants more influence" (Barbara Shelly, The Wichita Eagle, December 6, 2013)

• "ALEC, Backer Of Stand-Your-Ground Laws, Faces Funding Issues After Trayvon Martin Shooting" (Ashley Lopez, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, December 6, 2013)

• "Your daily jolt: 38 percent of state lawmakers are ALEC members" (Greg Bluestein, Jim Galloway and Daniel Malloy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 6, 2013)

• GUARDIAN SERIES: "State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax" (Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 5, 2013)

• "Rachel Maddow: Powerful right-wing lobby ALEC desperate and hurting after Trayvon Martin" (David Ferguson, The Raw Story, December 5, 2013)

• "ALEC documents show strong ties to NC lawmakers" (John Frank, News Observer, December 5, 2013)

• "ALEC sought a loyalty oath from key state lawmakers" (Barbara Shelly, The Kansas City Star, December 5, 2013)

• "Conservative thinktank: turn Maine's poorest county into tax-free zone" (Colin Woodard, The Guardian/Portland Press Herald, December 5, 2013)

• "Revealed: the wealthy conservative groups behind fight to wreck Medicaid" (Forrest Wilder, The Guardian/Austin Observer, December 5, 2013)

• "Free-market research group's climate proposal denounced by host university" (Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 5, 2013)

• "Inner workings of influential pro-business group ALEC revealed" (Dee J. Hall and Matthew Defour, Wisconsin State Journal, December 5, 2013)

• "Document shows Sinquefield-backed think tank asked for money for pension report" (Jonathan Shorman, Springfield News-Leader, December 5, 2013)

• "ALEC stands its ground" (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, December 4, 2013)

• "ALEC under scrutiny over plans to win back stray members" (Jack Craver, The Capital Times, December 4, 2013)

• "If You Liked ‘Stand Your Ground,’ You’ll Love the Jeffersonian Project" (David Firestone, The New York Times, December 4, 2013)

• GUARDIAN SERIES: "ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean energy" (Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 4, 2013)

• "Negotiations may end open records lawsuit against Leah Vukmir" (Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 4, 2013)

• "Report: ALEC faces financial, possibly legal, problems" (United Press International (UPI), December 3, 2013)

• "ALEC sought a loyalty oath from key state lawmakers" (Kansas City Star, December 3, 2013)

• GUARDIAN SERIES:"ALEC facing funding crisis from donor exodus in wake of Trayvon Martin row" (Ed Pilkington and Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, December 3, 2013)

• "Report: ALEC Has A Funding Problem After Trayvon Martin Saga" (Eric Lach, Talking Points Memo, December 5, 2013)

• "Leaked Documents: IRS Concerns, Funding Crisis at Corporate Lobbying Group ALEC" (Steve Horn, Huffington Post, December 4, 2013)

• "Times are tough for the fossil-fuel lovers at ALEC " (Lisa Hymas, Grist, December 4, 2013)

• "Pocan Comments on ALEC’s New Attempts to Shield Itself against Tax Laws" (Rep. Pocan, press release, December 4, 2013)

• "Leaked Documents Reveal IRS Concerns, Funding Crisis At Corporate Lobbying Group ALEC" (Steve Horn, DeSmogBlog, December 3, 2013)

• "Explosive ALEC Documents Reveal Budget Woes, New Front Group" (Crooks and Liars, December 3, 2013)

• "ALEC Facing 'Funding Crisis' Following Public Scrutiny" (Common Dreams, December 3, 2013)

• "As IRS Inquiry Looms, ALEC Hatches Escape Plan" (Dale Eisman, CommonBlog, December 3, 2013)

• "Report: Corporate supporters abandoning GOP advocacy group ALEC over stand-your-ground laws" (Stan Daniel, Alabama Media Group, December 3, 2013)

• "ALEC: In Town and Under Fire: Lawmakers to Respond to Corporate-Owned Agenda and Disturbing New Revelations Detailed in Leaked" (Salem-News.com, December 3, 2013)

• "ALEC crawls from under rock to do damage control" (Daily Kos, December 3, 2013)

• "Three Signs That The Power Of Secret Lobbying Group ALEC Is Fading" (Annie-Rose Strasser and Aviva Shen, ThinkProgress, December 3, 2013)

• "The Secret Misspelled Comeback Plan of America's Creepiest Lobbyists" (Adam Weinstein, Gawker, December 3, 2013)

• "ALEC tries to claw back support lost after Trayvon furor" (Natasha Lennard, Salon, December 3, 2013)

July 2013

• "The End of the (Wire)Line", (BillMoyers.com, Tom Casciato & Laura Macomber, July 23, 2013)

• "Blacks Who Stand Their Ground Are Often Imprisoned", (Zenitha Smith, Atlanta Daily World, July 22, 2013)

• "'Stand your ground' laws rattle U.S. politics, society", (Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor, July 22, 2013)

• "Rural Wisconsin, don’t lose the home phone", (Senator Kathleen Vinehout, La Crosse Tribune, July 22, 2013)

• "The Gunshine State", (Tom Diaz, excerpt of his book The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry Are Killing Americans and What It Will Take to Stop It published at BillMoyers.com July 19, 2013)

• "ALEC And The NRA Have Blood On Their Hands", (Terrance Heath, Campaign for America's Future, July 18, 2013)

• "Tennessee Black Caucus Calls For Review Of ‘Stand Your Ground’", (Robin Young, Here & Now on WBUR (NPR), July 18, 2013)

• "How NRA lobbied for 'Stand Your Ground' law that let Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman free", (Tim Walker, The Independent, July 15, 2013)

• "After Aiding Zimmerman’s Case, ALEC-Backed "Stand Your Ground" Could Threaten a Civil Lawsuit", (Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, July 15, 2013)

• "'Stand Your Ground' Laws Under Scrutiny Post-Zimmerman Verdict", (Liz Halloran, NPR, July 15, 2013)

April 2013

• "Undercover Activist Details Secret Filming of Animal Abuse & Why "Ag-Gag" Laws May Force Him to Stop" (Democracy Now!, April 9, 2013)

• "Former Animal Rights Prisoner on Ag-Gag Laws, Secretive Prison Units & Detention of Daniel McGowan" (Democracy Now!, April 9, 2013)

• "How Big Pharma Lobbyists Are Bringing Mandated Drug Tests To A State Near You" (Nicole Flatow, ThinkProgress, April 8, 2013)

• "Two big city mayors oppose paid sick leave" (Mark Greuenberg, People's World, April 8, 2013)

• "6 states that might criminalize taping animal cruelty" (Steven Hsieh, Salon, April 8, 2013)

• "Behind Jindal's tax plan, an old debate that still rages", (Andrew Vanacore, New Orleans Times-Picayune, April 5, 2013)

March 2013

• "House, Senate bills toe constitutional tightrope", (Tim Carpenter, The Capital-Journal, March 23, 2013)

• "FCC regulation & VoIP: What’s next?", (Michael Ventimiglia, Venture Beat, March 22, 2013)

• "US prison population’s shameful rise" (Chuck Arnold, Lompoc Record, March 22, 2013)

• "More States Consider 'Parent Trigger' Laws", (Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week, March 21, 2013)

• "Republicans embrace ALEC in new national report" (Alex Sakariassen, Missoula Independent, March 21, 2013)

• "SOLAR 2013 Panel to Address Political Attacks on Solar in State Legislatures Across the US", (Seth Masia & Lili Francklyn, Investor Ideas, March 21, 2013)

• "ALEC Updates & Action Alert: State-By-State Renewable Energy Attacks Are Underway", (Marita Mirzatuny, Environmental Defense Fund, March 20, 2013)

• "Assaults on Successful State Renewable Energy Standards Continue", (Peter Lehner, Natural Resources Defense Council's '"Switchboard, March 20, 2013)

• "Flies, Maggots, Rats, and Lots of Poop: What Big Ag Doesn't Want You To See", (Tom Philpott, Mother Jones, March 20, 2013)

• "How ALEC Has Undermined Food Safety By Pushing ‘Ag Gag’ Laws Across The Country", (Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress, March 19, 2013)

• "Renewables Easier to Manage Than Expected for Grid Operators", (Chris Clarke, ReWire, March 19, 2013)

• "Series of bills would limit inquiries of animal abuse" (Associated Press, March 18, 2013)

• "Forty Years Behind on Sick-Leave Policy, But Catching Up" (Sharon Lerner, The American Prospect, March 18, 2013)

• "Don't stifle probes of animal abuse", (Monterey County Herald editorial, March 18, 2013)

• "Koch Industries’ Clean Energy Assault Reaches Far And Wide"(EcoWatch, Earth Techling, March 18, 2013)

• "Renewable Energy Standards Target of Multi-Pronged Attack"(Maria Gallucci, Inside Climate News, March 18, 2013)

• "ALEC Education Bill Hides Privatization Behind a Reading Skills Disguise"(Dennis S., Politicus USA, March 18, 2013)

• "ALEC Releases Model Education Bills; Foes Not Satisfied"(Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week, March 18, 2013)

• "ALEC Posts Model Legislation Online(John Celock, Huff Post Politics, March 15, 2013)

• "Beam: Whose reform ideas were they?(Jim Beam, American Press, March 13, 2013)

• "Georgia's Internet Uprising(Timothy Karr, Huff Post Tech, March 12, 2013)

• "Let's Bring Back American Jobs(Harlan Green, Huff Post Business, March 12, 2013)

• "Southeast Leads in Creating Clean-Energy Manufacturing Jobs, but Will Politicians Kill the Momentum?(Sue Sturgis, Facing South, March 12, 2013)

• "Real Consequences of ‘School Choice’(Valerie Strauss, The Answer Sheet, March 12, 2013)

• "Corporate-Approved State Bills Kick Low-Wage Workers While They’re Down"(Michelle Chen, In These Times, March 11, 2013)

• "State Efforts to ‘Reclaim’ Our Public Lands" (Jessica Goad and Tom Kenworthy, Center for American Progress, March 11, 2013)

• "Technology matters" (Markos Moulitsas, The Hill, March 5, 2013)

• "Municipal Broadband Networks Bridge the Digital Divide as Telecom Industry Tries to Block Them" (Democracy Now!, March 4, 2013)

• "The Loophole That’s Letting Conservatives Manipulate Renewable Energy Standards" (Tiffany Germain & Matt Kasper, Think Progress, March 4, 2013)

• "The Bullies Are Bringing the Fight to Your Playground" (Heather Taylor-Miesle, The Huffington Post, March 1, 2013)

February 2013

• "Arizona's Gun Buybacks Incite a Gun-Rights Backlash" (Amanda J. Crawford, Businessweek, February 28, 2013)

• "The separation of profit and state" (Robert Koehler, The Chicago Tribune, February 28, 2013)

• "After Tough 2012, Conservative Koch Brothers Regroup" (Peter Overby, NPR, February 28, 2013)

• "ALEC-Backed Laws Promote Controversial Charter Schools" (Matthew Charles Cardinale, Inter Press Service, February 27, 2013)

• "How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System" (Lee Fang, The Nation, February 27, 2013)

• "Bills target renewable energy standards in three states" (Dan Haugen, Midwest Energy News, February 27, 2013)

• "States seek “ag-gag” laws to silence farm whistleblowers" (Natasha Lenard, Salon, February 27, 2013)

• "Unlocking a movement" (Curt Guyette, Detroit Metro Times, February 27, 2013)

• "Shedding a Tear for the Insurance Industry?" (Brian Young, The Huffington Post, February 27, 2013)

• "Trayvon Martin did not die in vain" (Roland Martin, CNN, February 26, 2013)

• "ALEC Now Looking to Teach Climate Denial in Schools" (R.P. Siegel, Triple Pundit, February 26, 2013)

• "Is Divestment the Only Solution to Climate Catastrophe?" (Tim Brennan, The Huffington Post, February 26, 2013)

• "What ALEC’s Arthur Laffer Wants to Do To Your Tax Code" (Chris Lewis, Campus Progress, February 26, 2013)

• "Rubio's school plan is a retread of a bad idea" (Robyn Blummer, The Columbus Dispatch, February 25, 2013)

• "Dems keep shooting themselves in foot" (Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, February 23, 2013)

• "A Year After Trayvon Marton's Shooting, Gun Debate Bypasses 'Stand Your Ground'" (Amy Green, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, February 23, 2012)

• "After 50 Years, the Voting Rights Act's Biggest Threat: The Supreme Court" (Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic, February 22, 2013)

• "Republican Governors No Longer a Force for Moderation" (Chad Stone, U.S. News & World Report, February 22, 2013)

• "The NRA's Flip-Flop on Machine Guns" (Josh Sugarmann, The Huffington Post, February 22, 2013)

• "The Flawed Objections to Corporate Political-Spending Disclosures" (M. Joy Haynes, The Motley Fool, February 21, 2013)

• "A Deadly Disorder at the EPA" (Joel Bleifuss, In These Times, February 21, 2013)

• "A moderate voice in the Senate" (Paul Rolly, The Salt Lake Tribune, February 20, 2013)

• "Dear Telecom Unions: Time to Fight for the Public Switched Network Infrastructure & Technology (PSNIT) -- The State-based Utility Wires" (Bruce Kushnik, The Huffington Post, February 20, 2013)

• "Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery" (Chris Hedges, Truthdig, February 19, 2013)

• "The educational charities that do PR for the rightwing ultra-rich" (George Monbiot, The Guardian, February 18, 2013)

• "How To Spot A Fake Grassroots Movement" (Graham Readfearn, Desmog Blog, February 17, 2013)

• "How the Other NRA Is Making Us Sick" (Michele Simon, Food Safety News, February 15, 2013)

• "Donors use charity to push free-market policies in states" (Paul Abowd, The Center for Public Integrity, February 14, 2013)

• "Georgia state legislature becomes the latest to tackle municipal broadband menace" (Brad Reed, Boy Genius Report, February 14, 2013)

• "AT&T's FCC Petition Should Be Denied: AT&T Should be Investigated" (Bruce Kushnik, The Huffington Post, February 14, 2013)

• "Labor Voices: Right to work is a right-wing conspiracy" (James P. Hoffa, The Detroit News, February 13, 2013)

• "Why Investors Should Favor Political-Spending Disclosures" (M. Joy Haynes, The Motley Fool, February 12, 2013)

• "Anti-Immigration Efforts At the State Level Jeopardize Reform" (Frank Hagler, Policy Mic, February 10, 2013)

• "Walk held in honor of Trayvon Martin attracts hundreds including actor Jamie Foxx" (Ina Paiva Cordle, The Miami Herald, February 9, 2013)

• "The End to Net Neutrality" (David Rosen, Counterpunch, February 9, 2013)

• "The War on Reality: News From the Front Lines" (Linda Buzzell, The Huffington Post, February 5, 2013)

• "Pressure Mounts in Some States Against Common Core" (Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week, February 4, 2013)

• "The Other GOP Plan To Blow Up The Electoral Vote" (Benjy Sarlin, Talking Points Memo, February 4, 2013)

• "K-12 Climate Denial Curriculum Introduced in 3 More States" (Sustainable Business, February 1, 2013)

• "Wind and Solar Groups Flee ALEC" (Tina Gerhardt, The Progressive, February 1, 2013)

January 2013

• "Koch brothers pour more cash into think tanks, ALEC" (Paul Abowed, The Center for Public Integrity, January 31, 2013)

• "Where the Wingers Won" (Abby Rapoport, The American Prospect, January 31, 2013)

• "Statehouses introduce ALEC climate skeptic school bill" (Natasha Lennard, Salon, January 31, 2013)

• "The NRA vs. America" (Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, January 31, 2013)

• "E-mails link Bush foundation, corporations and education officials" (Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, January 30, 2013)

• "Wind, solar groups quit ALEC as conservative powerhouse targets clean-energy programs" (Hannah Northey, Greenwire, January 30, 2013)

• "Green energy groups dump ALEC membership" (Ben Geman, The Hill, January 30, 2013)

• "What Democracy Lost in 2012" (Bob Sloan, The American Prospect, January 28, 2013)

• "‘New Evangelical’-Progressive Alliance? Not So Fast" (Sarah Posner, Religion Dispatches, January 27, 2013)

• "New Hampshire, Wyoming, and Nebraska Introduce Ag-Gag Laws" (Kathy Will, Food Poisoning Bulletin, January 26, 2013)

• "GOP Version2013: Battling Not Just Democrats but Democracy" (John Nichols, The Nation, January 23, 2013)

• "The GOP and National Planning? Count on It" (Steven Jonas, Truthout, January 22, 2013)

• "States Continue to Realize the Benefits of Renewable Energy Standards" (Matt Kasper & Tom Kenworthy, Center for American Progress, January 18, 2013)

• "The States Confront Gun Violence" (New York Times editorial, January 17, 2013)

• "NRA’s lobbying bags big legislative wins in states over the past two decades" (Peter Wallsten & Tom Hamburger, The Washington Post, January 16, 2013)

• "Proposals to drug-test the unemployed gain momentum" (Natasha Lennard, Salon, January 16, 2013)

• "Republicans hit unions where it hurts" (Jaime Weinman, Maclean's, January 15, 2013)

• "Europe caves in to Big Tobacco" (David Cronin, New Europe, January 13, 2013)

• "Gun control action will rely on grassroots organizing" (Susan Webb, People's World, January 10, 2013)

• "Voter ID Resurfaces In State Legislatures, But ALEC Remains Incognito In Media Coverage" (Brian Powell, Media Matters, January 9, 2013)

• "Reaganomics is coming to a state near you" (Siddartha Mahanta, The Stillwater Gazette, January 9, 2013)

• "Ten Things To Put the GOP Back on Track" (Gregory Joseph, The Nation, January 8, 2013)

• "State tax-cut plans tempered by caution in 2013", (David A. Lieb, Associated Press, January 7, 2013)

• "What Are the Public Switched Telephone Networks, 'PSTN' and Why You Should Care?", (Bruce Kushnik, The Huffington Post, January 7, 2013)

• "Scott Walker Vows More Moderate, Less Divisive Agenda" (Nick Wing, The Huffington Post, January 7, 2013)

• "Arizona still waiting for Fiesta Bowl fixes" (Kathleen Ingley, The Center for Public Integrity, January 6, 2013)

• "Feds approve eight state health insurance exchanges", (Kelly Kennedy, USA Today, January 3, 2013)

• "In States With ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws, Homicide on the Rise", (Ashley Lopez, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, January 4, 2013)

December 2012

• Lisa Graves Appearances on National Television

• "Connecticut massacre thrusts Michigan gun bills — and tea party — into spotlight", (Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post, December 20, 2012)

• "ALEC Thought of Non-Profit — Then Thought Not" (Jonathan Salant, Bloomberg, December 13, 2012)

• "Michigan deals big blow to unions" (Olivia Ward, The Toronto Star, December 11, 2012)

• "Wis. lawmakers sued over emails with conservative group" (Associated Press, The Chicago Tribune, October 2, 2012)

• "Kasich signs anti-worker asbestos bill", (Plunderbund Media, December 20, 2012)

• "Senate Hearing Recounts the Many Election Season Mishaps of 2012" (Brentin Mock, Colorlines, December 20, 2012)

• "Selling Lies: The Wall Street Journal Publishes Right-Wing Propaganda and Lends Support to Legislation that Compromises the Rights of Asbestos Victims" (Fight Mesothelioma News, December 20, 2012)

• "Don’t Be Afraid of NRA Bullies" (Bill Boyarsky, Truthdig.com, December 19, 2012)

• "Turning State Legislatures into Brothels" (Bob Sloan, Voters Legislative Transparency Project, December 19, 2012)

• "New "Kochtopus" Graphic Maps the Influence of Billionaire Koch Brothers on Climate Policy" (Democracy Now!, December 18, 2012)

• "Gun-control backers see domino effect on firms after Newtown school shootings" (Dara Kam, The Palm Beach Post, December 18, 2012)

• "While You Weren’t Looking, Michigan Turned Into Texas" (Abby Rapoport, The American Prospect, December 17, 2012)

• "How Walmart Helped Make Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America" (George Zornick, The Nation, December 17, 2012)

• "Why Do We Get Riled Up About Gun Rights, and Not Rights to Health Care and Education?" (Thom Hartmann, AlterNet, December 17, 2012)

• "How ALEC Thwarts Honest Debate About Gun Violence" (John Nichols, The Nation, December 16, 2012)

• "Climate-denying Indiana Regulator helps ALEC Coal Companies Delay EPA Climate Rules" (Connor Gibson, Pollutor Watch, December 13, 2012)

• "Schuette: Right-to-work law applies to unionized state workers" (Karen Bouffard, The Detroit News, December 13, 2012)

• "ALEC's decades of 'right-to-work' effort pay off in Michigan" (Paul Abowd, The Center for Public Integrity, December 12, 2012)

• "Editorial: Drinking the Kochs' Kool-Aid" (Detroit Free Press editorial, December 11, 2012)

• "Michigan’s right-to-work bill cribs ALEC" (Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon, December 11, 2012)

• "Alaska state lawmakers to push for voter ID laws again" (Richard Mauer, The Anchorage Daily News, December 10, 2012)

• "How the Koch Brothers Manipulate Climate Change Studies" (Joao Peixe, OilPrice.com, December 10, 2012)

• "The Doha Climate Joke" (Jen Alic, OilPrice.com, December 10, 2012)

• "Groups challenge Wyoming lawmakers' lack of transparency with ALEC" (Joan Barron, Casper Star-Tribune, December 9, 2012)

• "ALEC – Centralized Conservative Legislative Clearinghouse" (John Lawrence, San Diego Free Press, December 8, 2012)

• "There Is No Internet Freedom Without Internet and Broadband Competition" (Bruce Kushnick, The Huffington Post, December 6, 2012)

• "Koch Brothers' Americans for Prosperity are leading the charge for Snyder's 'right-to-work' bill" (Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press, December 6, 2012)

• "Inside ALEC's Education Task Force: Private Players Manipulating Public Education" (Sabrina Stevens, Alternet, December 6, 2012)

• "Kansas Statehouse’s ‘Big Three’ tied to controversial council" (Scott Rothschild, Lawrence Journal-World, December 5, 2012)

• "A New Court Decision Injects Some Sanity Into America's Gun Policy" (Jonathan Lowy, The Huffington Post, December 5, 2012)

November 2012

• "Highway Robbery: How "public-private partnerships" extract private profit from public infrastrucute projects" (Darwin Bondgraham, Dollars & Sense, November/December, 2012)

• "ALEC Loses Ground in Election" (John Light, BillMoyers.com, November 30, 2012)

October 2012

• "New Constitutional Amendment Needed to Protect the Right to Vote, Advocate Claims" (Khalil Abdullah, New American Media, October 9, 2012)

• "Watch ALEC documentary: See how corporations write GOP laws" (DJ Pangburn, Death and Taxes, October 4, 2012)

• "Debate Over Won't Back Down Shines Light on City's Brewing Education Battle" (Jason Lewis, The Village Voice blog, October 4, 2012)

• "Wisconsin GOPers sued over potential ALEC ties" (Jillian Rayfield, Salon, October 2, 2012)

• "Name That Representative! Republican Study Committee Meets With ALEC" (Gabe Elsner, The Huffington Post, October 1, 2012)

September 2012

• "Is the Small Business Lobby Really All About Big Business?" (John Tozzi, Bloomberg Businessweek, September 26, 2012)

• "ALEC Finds New Friends: Republican Study Committee a Quiet New Partner", Janie Lorber, Roll Call, September 11, 2012)

• "Common Cause president promotes group's latest efforts" (Steve Terrell, Santa Fe New Mexican, September 29, 2012)

• "The Life and Death of Schools" (Richard Whittaker, The Austin Chronicle, September 28, 2012)

• "Study: Thousands of oil and gas wells not inspected" (Natasha Lennard, Salon, September 28, 2012)

• "The United States of ALEC: Bill Moyers on the Secretive Corporate-Legislative Body Writing Our Laws" (Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 27, 2012)

• "No, ALEC isn't for the little guy" (Rashad Robinson, San Francisco Chronicle, September 27, 2012)

• "School reform's propaganda flick", (Alexander Zaitchik, Salon, September 27, 2012)

• "Anti-union movie 'Won't Back Down' is a step backward" (Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 27, 2012)

• "Wells Fargo Courts Latinos While Investing in Private Prisons That Profit From Detaining Immigrants" (Yana Kunichoff, Truthout, September 27, 2012)

• "More companies revealing donations as debate rages" (Dan Eggen, The Washington Post's "Influence Industry" blog, September 26, 2012)

• "ALEC: The Scheme to Remake America, One State House at a Time" (Bill Moyers, The Huffington Post, September 26, 2012)

• "Smart ALEC’s Comeuppance: Bill Moyers Takes On the American Legislative Exchange Council" (Joel Bleifuss, In These Times, September 26, 2012)

• "The Fight to Vote" (The Editors, The Nation, September 26, 2012)

• "There's Been a Dictatorial Coup -- Koch Bros. Have a Bunch of Czars Running Cities Across Michigan" (Jim Hightower, Alternet, September 25, 2012)

• "Seeking Allies, Teachers’ Unions Court G.O.P., Too", (Motoko Rich, The New York Times, September 24, 2012)

• "The Chick-fil-A War Is Back On", (William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal, September 24, 2012)

• "Reform Effort on a Century of For-Profit Bail Bonding," (Spike Bradford, Justice Policy Institute's Just Policy blog, September 20, 2012)

• "Voter ID laws: Voter integrity or voter suppression?," (Hispanic Link News Service, September 19, 2012)

• "Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. to leave ALEC", (Salvador Rizzo, NJ.com, September 13, 2012)

• "The Right-Wing Machine Behind ‘School Choice’", (Rachel Tabachnick, In These Times, September 13, 2012)

• "'Internet Freedom'? AT&T's Verbal Jujitsu to Close Down Telecommunications in America", (Bruce Kushnick, The Huffington Post, September 10, 2012)

• "Republican voter ID laws' threat to US civil rights", (David A. Love, The Guardian, September 7, 2012)

• "Groups protest Duke Energy's connection with the American Legislative Exchange Council", (Ivan Penn, Tampa Bay Times, September 7, 2012)

• "Your Right to Know: Lawmakers exploit loophole to hide ALEC ties", (Brendan Fischer, The Capital Times, September 7, 2012)

• "Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn't Educate, but It's Profitable for Testing Companies', (Susan Ohanian & Marion Brady, TruthOut, September 7, 2012)

• "Duke Energy CEO calls for clean energy at DNC", (Charlotte Observer, September 6, 2012)

• "Duke Energy's Jim Rogers to Address DNC, Despite Supporting ALEC's Voter Suppression", (Whit Jones, The Huffington Post, September 6, 2012)

• "A Day of Protests, Spared of Confrontations", (Viv Bernstein, The New York Times blog "The Caucus," September 5, 2012)

• "Duke CEO Rogers rides political, corporate intrigue into DNC", (Bruce Henderson, Charlotte Observer, September 5, 2012)

• "Voter ID laws wend through courts, with implications for November", (Patricia Zapor, National Catholic Reporter, September 4, 2012)

• "GOP-Backed Voter Fraud Laws Aim To Disenfranchise Students", (Jake Heller, The Daily Beast, September 3, 2012)

August 2012

• "Sprint Joins GE in Leaving Policy Group Backing Voter-ID Laws", (Jonathan D. Salant, Businessweek, August 28, 2012)

• "The Party of Lincoln and the Right to Vote", (Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic, August 28, 2012)

• "What if Gore vs. Bush becomes Obama vs. Romney?," (Michael Kirkland, United Press International, August 26, 2012)

• "Records: Ohio House office aided legislative group," (Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press, August 17, 2012)

• 'Remember When Judges Decided Elections After the Vote?," (Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic, August 16, 2012)

• "Wells Fargo, Western Union cut ties to ALEC", (Heather Draper, Denver Business Journal, August 30, 2012)

• "Voter Photo Identification Laws and ALEC", (Jerry Kremer, The Huffington Post, August 29, 2012)

• "GE Among Six New Companies Dropping ALEC", (International Business Times U.K., August 29, 2012)

• "Weingarten: ‘Won’t Back Down’ union stereotypes worse than ‘Waiting for Superman’", (Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post blog "The Answer Sheet," August 28, 2012)

• "Sunglasses are optional for Washington’s economy – but please take off your blinders", (Aaron Keating, Economic Opportunity Institute's Washington Policy Watch, August 28, 2012)

• "Third IRS Whistleblower Complaint Brought Against American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)", (Bob Sloan, Voters Legislative Transparency Project, August 28, 2012)

• "ALEC Roster Shrinks As GE, Sprint, Western Union, Symantec, Reckitt Quit", (David Zielenziger, International Business Times, August 27, 2012)

• "Corporations' ties to voter ID laws", (Andrew S. Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, August 26, 2012)

• "Romney Energy Plan Would Let States and His Oil Donors Drill On Public Lands" (Jessica Goad, Think Progress, August 23, 2012)

• "ALEC Policy Shop Casts Long K-12 Shadow" (Andrew Ujifusa, The Horace Mann League, August 22, 2012)

• "Connections Between Teach for America and Parent Trigger" (Shaun Johnson, The Huffington Post, August 21, 2012)

• "Flurry of Voter ID laws tied to conservative group ALEC", (Ethan Magoc, NBC News's Open Channel blog, August 21, 2012)

• "Mystery group goes after Dems in Senate races", (Rachael Marcus, The Center for Public Integrity, August 20, 2012)

• "Latino Voter Suppression and the Paul Ryan Choice", (Jim Gonzalez, The Huffington Post, August 20, 2012)

• "ALEC’s Koch Funded Cabal “Educating” our state and Federal Judges", (Bob Sloan, Voters Legislative Transparency Project, August 20, 2012)

• "Records: Ohio House office aided legislative group", (Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press, August 17, 2012)

• 'Remember When Judges Decided Elections After the Vote?", (Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic, August 16, 2012)

• "Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About Voter ID Laws", Suvan Lee, ProPublica, August 16, 2012)

• "Surprise! Election fraud is virtually nonexistent", (Editorial, Nashua Telegraph, August 16, 2012)

• "It’s time to defend our voting rights", (Benjamin Todd Jealous, New York Amsterdam News, August 16, 2012)

• "Texas Lawmakers Latest To Cut Ties With ALEC", (HuffPost Politics, The Huffington Post, August 16, 2012)

• "Partisan Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Wrongly Upheld by Court", (Ari Berman, The Nation, August 15, 2012)

• "“Rich States, Poor States”: A 110 page guide to crashing your state’s economy | Part 2," (Economic Opportunity Institute, Washington Policy Watch, August 15, 2012)

• "“Rich States, Poor States”: A 110-page guide to crashing your state’s economy | Part 1," (Economic Opportunity Institute, Washington Policy Watch, August 14, 2012)

• "Many states’ voter-ID laws, including Pennsylvania’s, appear to have tie to same U.S. group," (Ethan Magoc, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 2012)

• "ALEC unite on another school 'reform' bill," (Max Brantley, Arkansas Times, August 14, 2012)

• "Voter registration reform risk enfeebling UK democracy," (Graham Allen, New Stateman, August 13, 2012)

• "Many GOP-backed bills in Michigan copied from ‘model bills’, group says," (Karen Bouffard, Detroit News, August 13, 2012)

• "Another "deregulation" scam," (Doug Porter, San Diego Free Press, August 10, 2012)

• "Promising Too Much On Public Pensions", (Hartford Courant editorial, August 10, 2012)

• "Counter ALEC with ALICE", (Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com, August 10, 2012)

• "Medicines Australia: we support plain packaging of tobacco products", (Melissa Sweet, Crikey, August 10, 2012)

• "On the Ropes: Inside ALEC's Annual Meeting", (Alexander Zaitchik, Media Matters, August 9, 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

• "GM Joins Walgreen In Splitting With ‘Stand Your Ground’ Group", (Jonathan Salant, 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)

• "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

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

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

• "How ALEC became a political liability", (Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post, April 24, 2012)

• "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, The Washington Post, April 12, 2012)

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

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

• The Big Money Behind State Laws, (Editorial, The New York Times, February 12, 2012)

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

January 2012

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

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

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

• "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)

• "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, Capital 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

• "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, The Los Angeles Times July 14, 2011)

• ALEC, (Neela Banerjee & Tom Hamburger, The Los Angeles Times July 13, 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)