Laura Macomber
Laura Macomber is an associate producer at Okapi Productions. She is a former employee of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, where she produced news stories for the company’s live journalism events, Women in the World and The Hero Summit. Follow her on Twitter: @Lemacomber.
ALL POSTS BY Laura Macomber
January 3, 2014Essential reading about the money trail in North Carolina politics, the far-right agenda it has helped usher through and why this story should matter to everyone in America.
August 20, 2013For the past year, ALEC and its members have been rolling out legislation that attempts to repeal renewable energy laws. Their effort, for the most part, has failed.
July 23, 2013Discover why companies like AT&T want to unplug the way roughly 19 million Americans still communicate with the rest of the world.
June 28, 2013A new Florida law prohibits “living wage” and paid sick-leave policies set by local city and town councils.
June 14, 2013Despite its expressed commitment to transparency, the controversial organization appears to have undertaken efforts to stop its documents from falling into outside hands.
June 6, 2013ALEC's report claims to rank U.S. states based on their “economic outlook," but it's ideology that gets a state to the top -- or bottom -- of the list.
May 30, 2013See how, once again, the American Legislative Exchange Council is fitting its sticky fingers into scores of legislative cookie jars.
