Search
Displaying search results
-
Stagflation Threatens 401K Retirement Savings, Unfunded State Pension Liabilities Threaten Taxpayers
Taxpayers on the hook for unfunded pension liabilities exceeding $8.2 trillion across the 50 states FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Catherine Mortensen, 703.478.4643, cmortensen@alec.org ARLINGTON, VA –…
-
Unaccountable and Unaffordable, 6th Edition
Unfunded state pension liabilities total $8.28 trillion or just under $25,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States.
-
ALEC in the Washington Examiner: Model policy to fight ESG investment schemes
Washington Examiner JUNE 01, 2022 BY BRYAN BASHUR As the Biden administration looks to emphasize environmental, social, and governance standards, states are removing politics from pension fund investments.
-
Rose Laoutaris
Rose Laoutaris serves as both Policy Manager and Manager of the Center to Protect Free Speech at ALEC. Previously, she was a Policy Coordinator. Rose earned her MA in Public…
-
Bill Dumais
William “Bill” Dumais III served as a member of the legislative outreach team at ALEC, where he engaged with state legislators from across a twenty-state portfolio, offering both membership and…
-
ALEC in National Review: Despite Latest Inflation Report, These States Are Poised to Flourish
NATIONAL REVIEW Jonathan Williams and Lee Schalk May 30, 2022 Inflation rose again this month, up 8.3% since last April. From groceries to gasoline, Americans are feeling the…
-
VIDEO: What is ESG and how is it hurting your retirement savings?
The S & P 500 recently removed Tesla from it’s ESG Index, causing many to ask, “Just what is ESG? Why does it matter? And how could it impact me?”…
-
VIDEO: The ‘great awakening of the conservative Hispanic’
This week on ALEC TV Livestream, ALEC Public Affairs Director Catherine Mortensen and ALEC Digital Engagment Manager Leo Briceno spoke with a newly-elected school board member from the Spring Branch…
-
ALEC in the Washington Times: Rising fuel costs lead to higher food prices, ‘shrinkflation’
By Sean Salai – The Washington Times Wednesday, May 25, 2022 What’s the opposite of a bargain? Consumers are finding out as they increasingly spend more to get…
-
ALEC on Talkback Radio: Americans Ask Who is in Control of our U.S. Forest Service, Arsonists?
Karla Jones, ALEC’s Senior Task Force Director for Federalism and International Relations, was a featured guest on Talkback Radio Show with host Chuck Wilder this week talking about her…
-
Fiscal Rules: An Important Step on the Path to Responsible Fiscal Policy
Government spending is at an all-time high, and with the federal debt reaching its highest levels since World War II, and state government spending has risen more than 90%…
-
New Report Details the Current State of Virginia Education
“Lower expectations, wider gaps, and lack of transparency.” This is the assessment provided by Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and the Department of Education in a…
-
ALEC on Conservative Talk Radio: The progressive left has weaponized ESG investing
This week Jonathan Williams, ALEC Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist was a featured guest on a conservative radio show in Tucson, AZ hosted by Charles Heller. Williams…
-
ALEC in Bloomberg News: America’s Political Right Has a New Enemy No. 1: ESG Investors
Bloomberg News Jeff Green and Saijel Kishan May 20, 2022 (Bloomberg) — Heading into the hotly contested midterm elections, the American political right has a new rallying cry:…
-
ALEC in the Associated Press: GOP directs culture war fury toward green investing trend
BY SAM METZ ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 20, 2022 Republicans are coming out swinging against Wall Street’s growing efforts to consider factors like long-term environmental risk in investment decisions,…
-
VIDEO: New Yorkers Fight Back Against Big Government Spenders
This week on ALEC TV, ALEC’s Executive Vice President of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams and ALEC’s Public Affairs Director Catherine Mortensen spoke with New York Assemblyman Kevin Byrne…
-
ALEC in Real Clear Investigations: It’s Conservative David vs. the Woke Corporate Green Giant
RealClearInvestigations By Ben Weingarten, May 17, 2022 Eight years ago, a holder of a modest amount of Apple stock found himself in the peculiar position of being told…
-
2021 ALEC Annual Report
More than any year in recent memory, 2021 demonstrated how everyday Americans are directly impacted by policies at the state and local level. When questions arose about when indoor dining…
-
ALEC in the Santa Fe New Mexican: New Mexico behind in reducing youth incarceration
New Mexico behind in reducing youth incarceration Santa Fe New Mexican By Steven Greenhut May 15 New Mexico continues to have one of the nation’s highest rates of juvenile…
-
VIDEO: Drug Cartels War on America’s Wildlands
This week ALEC Digital Engagement Manager Leo Briceno and ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director Joe Trotter sat down with former California game warden Lt. John Nores, Jr.,…