Archive: Press Releases

  • Governor Mary Fallin to Address Legislators from Across the United States April 26, 2013

    Governor Mary Fallin to Address Legislators from Across the United States American Legislative Exchange Council Spring Meeting brings together hundreds of state legislators in Oklahoma City May 2-3 OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin will speak to hundreds of state [...]

  • New Report Reveals Ties Between School Choice Policies and Student Achievement April 5, 2013

    New Report Reveals Ties Between School Choice Policies and Student Achievement Report ranks states comparing state education policies to NAEP data Washington, D.C. (April 1, 2013)—State-based school choice initiatives, voucher programs and alternative teacher certification measures positively impact the achievement [...]

  • Fresh Wave of 2013 State Bills Seeks to Limit PUC VoIP, IP Regulation | Communications Daily April 4, 2013

    John Hendel April 1, 2013 Article reproduced with permission from Warren Communications News Inc. — www.warren-news.com or 800-771-9202. Please do not further redistribute this or post online without permission from Warren Communications News. The push to keep states from regulating [...]

  • Lawmakers Rethink Renewable Energy Mandates | Heartland Institute April 4, 2013

    The first southern state to enact renewable power mandates may be the first to repeal them. North Carolina Rep. Mike Hager (R-Rutherford) introduced legislation, the Affordable and Reliable Energy Act, to freeze renewable power mandates at current levels and repeal [...]

  • Protecting Privacy in a Digital Age | NCPA April 4, 2013

    The Daily Policy Digest, an online newsletter from the National Center for Policy Analysis, featured excerpts from Abuse and Personal Information, a report by the Exchange Council’s Director of Communications and Technology Task Force, John Stephenson, in a post about [...]

  • State Senator Judson Hill Appointed Chairman of Task Force on Health and Human Services March 25, 2013

    State Senator Judson Hill Appointed Chairman of Task Force on Health and Human Services New Chairman Provides Free Market Healthcare Solutions for the Future  WASHINGTON, DC (March 25, 2013) – The American Legislative Exchange Council today announced the appointment of [...]

  • American Legislative Exchange Council Posts Full Catalog of Model Policies Online March 15, 2013

    American Legislative Exchange Council Posts Full Catalog of Model Policies Online Renews call for open exchange of ideas to create opportunity and move government closer to communities WASHINGTON, DC (March 15, 2013) – The American Legislative Exchange Council, a nonpartisan organization of [...]

  • Legislative leader of liberal group smears ALEC | The Iowa Republican March 14, 2013

    By: Jeff Patch DES MOINES—Iowans should be outraged that an out-of-state group that doesn’t disclose its donors and aims to influence policy exists to bend the ears of state lawmakers, according to state Sen. Joe Bolkom, D-Iowa City—never mind that [...]

  • C. Stevens Seale Appointed Chairman Of Private Sector Advisory Council March 11, 2013

    C. Stevens Seale Appointed Chairman Of Private Sector Advisory Council New Chairman Provides Leadership And Vision For The Next 40 Years  WASHINGTON, DC (March 8, 2013) – The American Legislative Exchange Council today announced the appointment of C. Stevens Seale [...]

  • In Kansas, A ‘Glide Path’ To No Income Taxes. Will It Work? | NPR February 20, 2013

    In Kansas, A ‘Glide Path’ To No Income Taxes. Will It Work? NPR Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has put the state on what he calls a “glide path to zero” income tax. But that glide path is far from being [...]