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Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 Email: kbuss@alec.org ALEC Amicus Brief: ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate Fails to Account for State Interests and Displaces State Policy Choices Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2012) – The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) filed an amicus curiae [...]

The Heartland Tax Rebellion More states want to repeal their income taxes. Published February 8, 2012 Wall Street Journal   Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin is starting to feel surrounded. On her state’s southern border, Texas has no income tax. Now [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 Email: kbuss@alec.org  ALEC Urges President and Federal Government to Consult with States on Energy Resources and Public Lands Washington, DC—(February 1, 2012): The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is sending a strong message to the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kaitlyn Buss American Legislative Exchange Council 202.742.8526 kbuss@alec.org National Education Report Card Ranks Massachusetts First, West Virginia Last American Legislative Exchange Council Releases 17th Report Card on American Education  Washington, DC- January 24, 2012­- Today, the American [...]

Utah tops national economic report By Jasen Lee, Deseret News Published: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 4:00 p.m. MST SALT LAKE CITY — For the fourth straight year, Utah ranks no. 1 for economic outlook among all 50 states, according to a new [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kaitlyn Buss Phone: 202-742-8526 Email: kbuss@alec.org ALEC Disapproves of President Obama’s Decision on Keystone XL Pipeline Washington, D.C. (January 18, 2011) — The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is disappointed in President Barack Obama’s decision today to deny the [...]

Commissioned by the Institute for Legal Reform, the study uses a first of its kind econometric model to estimate the economic savings that could be achieved by individual states through improving their legal climate. The report clearly demonstrates that much [...]

The American Tort Reform Association released its annual report profiling America’s most consistently unfair and unbalanced civil jurisdictions. Visit www.judicialhellholes.org to download the report.

Two recent articles in the Washington Examiner present the need for instilling transparency and oversight in the retention of private attorneys by state attorneys general. Click here and here to view the articles.

A recent study from the left-wing Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) concludes, almost laughably, that taxes do not motivate people to leave high-tax states. The study’s authors argue that weather may have more of an effect on migration [...]