Eye on ALEC

The "bill mill" is taking the fight hyperlocal with a new wing that aims to insert legislation at the city council level.

In the latest of his forays into "investigative comedy," John Oliver takes on the"conservative bill mill."

ALEC’s guiding principle — supporting big business — turns the small-c conservative ideal of individual liberty and local control on its head.

The influential right-wing lobbying group is seeking out friendly state attorneys and encouraging them to sue the Environmental Protection Agency.

Polls show that living wage hikes and paid sick leave bills are popular. So corporate lobbyists have found a workaround.

ALEC is preparing to launch a sister network that will seek to replicate its influence within state legislatures in city councils and municipalities.

A new short film by Orlando Bagwell explores how these laws have created "a climate of fear that can prey upon and inflame racial tensions."

About one-third of North Carolina lawmakers are members of the business-backed, limited-government group ALEC.

Every news cycle seems to bring another revelation of the corrupting influence of dark money on American politics.

The policies advocated by some of Google’s grantees are in stark contrast with the progressive image that the tech giant has worked to promote.