Feb 28, 2013
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) allowed states to opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion, leaving each state’s decision to participate in the hands of the nation’s governors and state leaders. A roundup of what each state’s leadership has said about their Medicaid plans February 27, 2013 Text last updated on Feb. 26, [...]
Feb 24, 2013
By David Streifford, Preserve Carolina (www.preservecarolina.org), with the Researchers at the Voters Legislative Transparency Project (www.vltp.net) North Carolinians need to understand our state Senate’s most recent attempt to circumvent controversial legislation. Legislation that some legislators approved only because it would give them the opportunity to responsibly review a set of regulations before permitting any hydraulic [...]
Jan 24, 2013
by Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity Now with a new governor working with the Legislature, here are the three key reforms to watch in the coming legislative session: First, the Legislature needs to bring the benefits of fiscal responsibility home to each taxpayer through permanent tax reform. While the details have yet to [...]
Jan 1, 2013
editor’s note: This is a fascinating article, a first person account by a conservative ALEC member from New Hampshire. As a conservative, he was involved in the meetings, as opposed to the way ALEC has treated Marc Pocan–keep him away from everything. This is a very significant article for the information and insights into conservative [...]
Dec 9, 2012
Michigan leaders, like moths, are mindlessly being drawn to the destructive Right-to-work flame, soon making them the 24th state to enact a bad law which every qualified economist who has seriously studied the subject finds to be destructive to a state’s economy and workforce, while being little more than a short-term political lever at best. The state will join the ranks of: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, [...]
Aug 25, 2012
Big Oil…strings attached to campaign donations,,,Koch Brothers’ influence? Any time someody says Big Oil needs subsidies–It just doesn’t smell right. Drilling in our National and State Parks. Smells like ALEC DNA to me. But that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong. “After raising nearly $10 million in Texas oil money in two days, Mitt [...]
Aug 17, 2012
Today, Greenpeace and the Coalition to March on Wall Street South sent a letter to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, highlighting the DNC’s connection to the American Legislative Exchange Council through Duke Energy. In May, Duke gave ALEC $50,000 for its meeting in Charlotte, NC and has consistently offered staff [...]
Aug 8, 2012
this post jumps right in to the middle of a conversation regarding voter suppression and Photo ID laws. KEESHA GASKINS: Again, our research shows us that African American voters, Latino voters, voters over 65, young people 18 to 24 are all in populations that lack this type of ID at rates well beyond the 11 [...]
Jul 30, 2012
“House Republicans criticized the Justice Department for challenging voter ID laws. The critical lawmakers believe that DOJ is acting in a partisan manner and that DOJ’s actions show that the Obama Administration is more concerned with winning in November than protecting against election fraud.” That’s correct folks, Voter Suppression is just fine with Republicans in [...]
