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Joel C. Anderson
After four years of service in the State Assembly, Senator Joel Anderson was elected in 2010 to represent the citizens of San Diego and Riverside Counties in the thirty-sixth Senate…
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Harvard E-Cigarette Study is Misleading
The use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigs, may kill you or so researchers want headlines to read. But those headlines, along with a recently released study, are very misleading.
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Climate Agreement Reached in Paris
After a few sleepless nights of negotiation toward the end of the two-week-long United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 21/CMP 11), the 195 participating nations signed off…
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Dr. Richard Vedder
Dr. Richard Vedder is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at The Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He has written extensively on labor issues, authoring such books as The American Economy…
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Dr. Arthur B. Laffer
Arthur B. Laffer is the founder and chairman of Laffer Associates, an economic research and consulting firm. As a result of Dr. Laffer’s economic insight and influence in starting a…
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Christine Phipps
Christine Phipps is an award-winning graphic designer who has worked in the design field for more than a decade. She has experience working with government agencies, trade councils, non-profit organizations,…
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Lisa B. Nelson
Lisa B. Nelson is the CEO of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a 50-year-old nonprofit think tank dedicated to the Jeffersonian principles of limited government, free markets and…
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NASA and Free Markets
Competition is the key to success, according to NASA’s former deputy administrator, Lori Garver. Competition drives innovation, advances industries and increases safety. Examples from our past illustrate just how…
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Is Your Data Safe from the New Form of Government-Sanctioned Data Collection?
Electronic data can be revealing and intimate. Individuals should be secure and free from unreasonable government searches of their electronic data. When law enforcement engages in mass surveillance without appropriate…
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About ALEC
The American Legislative Exchange Council is America’s largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism. Comprised of nearly one-quarter…
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Massachusetts Caps Boston Students’ Potential by Restricting Charter Growth
Looking in from the outside, one would think this would be a great time to be a charter school operator in Boston. The city’s charter sector has garnered praise for…
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An “Unconscionable Decision”: League of Women Voters et al., v. State of Washington
Late last Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court denied all motions to reconsider its decision in a case last month that sent shockwaves through the state’s charter schools. Just earlier…
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Shana Sally
Shana Sally is the Media and Public Affairs Coordinator at ALEC. Shana spends her days managing relationships with reporters, strategizing media and publication releases, and also handling the public affairs…
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Ashley N. Varner
Ashley Varner brings more than a decade of political communications experience and a tough skin to the ALEC Public Affairs team. As such, Ashley provides counsel in a wide variety…
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Kati Siconolfi
Kati Siconolfi serves as Legislative Manager for the ALEC Center for State Fiscal Reform, where she works with state lawmakers, policy experts and business leaders to develop free-market solutions to…
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Montana Hyde
Montana has an extensive background in non-profit work specializing in human services and children’s rights. She began pursuing these interests by working with a social services non-profit organization in underdeveloped…
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Molly Drenkard
As the Director of Media Relations and Public Affairs at the American Legislative Exchange Council, Molly focuses on outward-facing strategic messaging and stakeholder relationship development. Prior to ALEC, Molly promoted…
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Jose “Pepe” Fernandez
Jose “Pepe” Fernandez is the heart of ALEC. The longest-serving employee, he began working for the organization in June 1994 as the Public Affairs, Membership and Office Manager. His good-natured smile,…
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Lisa Bowen
For almost a decade, Lisa Bowen has driven the Finance and Administration of ALEC. As Chief Financial Officer, Lisa has been charged with strengthening and aligning the administrative and financial…
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Jon Russell
Jon previously led the American City County Exchange (ACCE), an ALEC program dedicated to accountability, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness in local government. ACCE is rooted in free market and limited…